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Featuring Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, FedEx Corporation; Andrew Morriss, D. Paul Jones Jr. & Charlene A. Jones Chairholder in Law and Professor of Business, University of Alabama; and James L. Smith, Cary M. Maguire Chair in Oil and Gas Management, Southern Methodist University; moderated by Jerry Taylor, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute.
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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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More Bang for Your Buck
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.
Hoosiers Are Right to Be Wary about Common Core
By Neal McCluskey. Indy Star. April 30, 2013.
Why Not Teacher Evaluations by Students?
By Nat Hentoff. Cato.org. April 17, 2013.
Keeping Low-income Students from Being Throwaway Kids
By Nat Hentoff. Cato.org. April 3, 2013.
The Impact of Charter Schools on Public and Private School Enrollments
By Richard Buddin. Policy Analysis No. 707. August 28, 2012.
They Spend WHAT? The Real Cost of Public Schools
By Adam B. Schaeffer. Policy Analysis No. 662. March 10, 2010.
Unbearable Burden? Living and Paying Student Loans as a First-Year Teacher
By Neal McCluskey. Policy Analysis No. 629. December 15, 2008.
How High Is Teacher Pay in Oklahoma?
Neal McCluskey. Oklahoma Journal of Public Affairs. Vol. 16. No. 6. June 2011.
Has Public Spending on Public Schools Risen Too High?
Adam B. Schaeffer. CQ Researcher. April 29, 2011.
Comparing Public, Private, and Market Schools: The International Evidence
Andrew J. Coulson. Journal of School Choice. Vol. 3. 2009.
“Zero Tolerance.” Causes, Consequences, and Alternatives
By Andrew J. Coulson. Testimony. December 12, 2012.
By Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. January 26, 2012.
By Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. April 15, 2011.
How Should Schools Respond to America’s Growing Diversity?
Featuring Neal McCluskey. January 31, 2013. Policy Forum.
Chicago: Teachers Unions’ Last Stand?
Featuring Caleb O. Brown and Neal McCluskey. September 19, 2012. Sponsor E-Briefing.
Cloning “Superman”: What Other Countries Already Know about Scaling Up Good Schools
Featuring Andrew J. Coulson. January 28, 2011. Policy Forum.
By Neal McCluskey. May 2009.
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