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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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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.
Global Warming’s ‘Fatal Conceit’
By Richard W. Rahn. Washington Times. April 2, 2013.
Eric Cantor Hawks Medical Industrial Policy
By Michael D. Tanner. Bloomberg.com. February 7, 2013.
Higher Yields & Farmer Preferences Show, Bt Cotton Detractors Spreading Patent Falsehoods
By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar. Economic Times (India). January 30, 2013.
By George Avery. Briefing Paper No. 117. February 8, 2010.
Bending the Productivity Curve: Why America Leads the World in Medical Innovation
By Glen Whitman and Raymond Raad. Policy Analysis No. 654. November 18, 2009.
The High Costs of Federal Energy Efficiency: Standards for Residential Appliances
By Ronald J. Sutherland. Policy Analysis No. 504. December 23, 2003.
NASA and Mission to Planet Earth
By Edward L. Hudgins. Testimony. March 19, 1997.
Space: The Free-Market Frontier
Featuring Edward L. Hudgins. April 16, 2003. Book Forum.
Space: The Free-Market Frontier
Featuring Edward L. Hudgins. March 15, 2001. Conference.
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