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As concern over climate change grows, policymakers face a difficult question: How much should society spend today to protect future generations against the unknown risks emissions create? In the new issue of Regulation, Bob Litterman, Robert S. Pindyck, Daniel Sutter, Shi-Ling Hsu, and David R. Henderson explore a variety of approaches.
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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.
The US in the Red: How Are We Doing?
By Jagadeesh Gokhale. The Free Lance-Star. June 24, 2013.
Gov. Corbett Should Not Change Decision Rejecting Medicaid Expansion
By Michael F. Cannon. The Morning Call. June 1, 2013.
The Obstacle Is That Americans Don’t Want It
By Michael F. Cannon. The New York Times (Online). May 29, 2013.
50 Vetoes: How States Can Stop the Obama Health Care Law
By Michael F. Cannon. White Paper. March 21, 2013.
Spending Beyond Our Means: How We Are Bankrupting Future Generations
By Jagadeesh Gokhale. White Paper. February 13, 2013.
By Jagadeesh Gokhale. White Paper. April 6, 2011.
Should Kansas Expand Medicaid Under the Affordable Care Act?
Jagadeesh Gokhale. Kansas Policy Institute. February 2013.
The Effect of Federal Health Care ‘Reform’ on Kansas General Fund Medicaid Expenditures
Jagadeesh Gokhale and Angela C. Erickson. Kansas Policy Institute. June 2011.
Projecting Oklahoma’s Medicaid Expenditure Growth under the PPACA
Jagadeesh Gokhale and Angela C. Erickson. Oklahoma Council on Public Affairs. May 18, 2011.
The PPACA’s Health Insurance Exchanges and Medicaid Expansion
By Michael F. Cannon. Testimony. January 22, 2013.
By Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus and Kathleen Hunker. Legal Briefs. September 28, 2012.
By Jagadeesh Gokhale. Testimony. November 9, 2011.
Halbig v. Sebelius: ‘All of ObamaCare Hangs on the Outcome’
Featuring Michael F. Cannon. June 17, 2013. Policy Forum.
Featuring Michael F. Cannon and Caleb O. Brown. November 28, 2012. Sponsor E-Briefing.
Millennials and the Welfare State: Burden or Blessing?
Featuring Michael D. Tanner and Tom G. Palmer. October 25, 2012. .
Failures of the Unemployment Insurance System
By Chris Edwards and George C. Leef. June 2011.
By Chris Edwards. September 2010.
By Michael D. Tanner. September 2010.
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