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In the latest issue of Regulation magazine, M. Todd Henderson reviews last year’s brouhaha over health insurance and birth control. According to Henderson, lost in the firestorm about religion and feminism were larger lessons about health care policy and regulation. Also in this issue, Cato scholar Richard L. Gordon argues that new federal efforts to cut emissions are the result of longstanding legal and judicial mandates, not a sudden Obama administration push.
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Contrary to countless tales of its demise, U.S. manufacturing has always been strong relative to its own past and relative to other countries’ manufacturing sectors.
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The Cato Institute tops a new measure of think tank performance in the United States, according to a recent report. Cato bested all other U.S. think tanks in the main category of “Aggregate Profile per Dollar Spent.” “I’m grateful to the Center for Global Development for showing that Cato gives its sponsors something I wish government gave more of to taxpayers: bang for the buck,” said Cato CEO John Allison.
By Doug Bandow. Providence Journal. March 8, 2013.
How Much Global Trade Governance Should There Be?
By Simon Lester. VoxEU.org. January 20, 2013.
The Wrong Way to Do Human Rights
By Simon Lester. Huffington Post. January 11, 2013.
Regulatory Protectionism: A Hidden Threat to Free Trade
By K. William Watson and Sallie James. Policy Analysis No. 723. April 9, 2013.
Liberalizing Cross-Border Trade in Higher Education: The Coming Revolution of Online Universities
By Simon Lester. Policy Analysis No. 720. February 5, 2013.
Still a Protectionist Trade Remedy: The Case for Repealing Section 337
By K. William Watson. Policy Analysis No. 708. September 19, 2012.
GDP and its Enemies: the Questionable Search for a Happiness Index
Johan Norberg. Centre for European Studies: Policy Brief. September 2010.
The Debt Threat: A Risk to U.S.-China Relations?
James A. Dorn. Brown Journal of World Affairs. Vol. 14. No. 2. 2008.
James A. Dorn. Beijing Review. Vol. 49. No. 40. October 5, 2006.
Made in America: Increasing Jobs through Exports and Trade
By Daniel J. Ikenson. Testimony. March 16, 2011.
Opening the World of Export Opportunity to U.S. Small Businesses
By Daniel Griswold. Testimony. June 19, 2008.
The Large Stake of U.S. Small Business in an Expanding Global Economy
By Daniel Griswold. Testimony. June 13, 2007.
Tom G. Palmer. Cato's Letter. Fall 2002.
Regulatory Protectionism: A Hidden Threat to Free Trade
Featuring K. William Watson, Donald J. Boudreaux and Sallie James. April 18, 2013. Policy Forum.
US-EU Free Trade Agreement: Recipe for Growth or Road to Nowhere?
Featuring Daniel J. Ikenson and Simon Lester. February 27, 2013. Policy Forum.
Investment Protectionism and What to Do about It
Featuring Daniel J. Ikenson. May 17, 2012. Policy Forum.
By Sallie James. October 2012.
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