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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.
Tax Havens Should Be Emulated, Not Persecuted
By Daniel J. Mitchell. The Hill. April 19, 2013.
By Doug Bandow. American Spectator (Online). April 17, 2013.
America Needs an Alternative Maximum Tax
By John H. Cochrane. The Wall Street Journal. April 15, 2013.
OECD Launches New Effort to Undermine Tax Competition
By Daniel J. Mitchell. Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 68. March 12, 2013.
Infrastructure Investment: A State, Local, and Private Responsibility
By Chris Edwards. Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 67. January 18, 2013.
Should U.S. Fiscal Policy Address Slow Growth or the Debt? A Nondilemma
By Jeffrey A. Miron. Policy Analysis No. 718. January 8, 2013.
Daniel J. Mitchell. Tax Truths. April 2009.
The Iraq War and Iranian Power
Ted Galen Carpenter. Survival. Vol. 49. No. 4. Winter 2007.
Is the U.S. Corporate Tax in the Laffer Zone?
Chris Edwards. Tax Notes. December 9, 2007.
PPL Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
By Ilya Shapiro and Matt Gilliam. Legal Briefs. August 10, 2012.
The Illegal IRS Rule to Increase Taxes & Spending under ObamaCare
By Michael F. Cannon and Jonathan H. Adler. Testimony. August 2, 2012.
Tax Reform to Encourage Growth, Reduce the Deficit, and Promote Fairness
By Daniel J. Mitchell. Testimony. March 1, 2012.
Tax Cutting and Economic Growth: Lessons from the Coolidge Tax Reform
Featuring Daniel J. Mitchell and Marian L. Tupy. April 11, 2013. Policy Forum.
Would a Financial Transaction Tax Affect Financial Market Activity?
Featuring Mark A. Calabria. March 13, 2013. Policy Forum.
Taxes and Economic Growth: Understanding the Effects
Featuring Chris Edwards. February 15, 2013. Capitol Hill Briefing.
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