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The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace. Toward that goal, the Institute strives to achieve greater involvement of the intelligent, concerned lay public in questions of policy and the proper role of government.
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				<title>Obama's the Candid Candidate on Energy (Commentary)</title>
				<link>http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9764</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Back in January of 2008, Barack Obama met with the editorial board of the San Francisco Chronicle and had this to say on the topic of climate change and electricity prices:

"Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket . Even regardless of what I say abou...]]></description>
				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>The Case against Government Support for Alternative Energy (Commentary)</title>
				<link>http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9767</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Economists agree that as long as energy prices are accurate (that is, as long as prices reflect total costs), the "right" (optimal) amount of investment in alternative energy will occur because capitalists like profits. If alternative energy makes economic sense, market actors will quickly figure th...]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>An Option for Containing Contagion (Daily Podcast)</title>
			<link>http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=748</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns: What's the Difference? (Commentary)</title>
				<link>http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9665</link>
				<description><![CDATA[In market economies firms go bankrupt all the time.  Bankruptcy courts handle the process quickly.  And no one pays any attention except those with outstanding claims.  What makes bankruptcy of financial firms different?  

The answer usually offered by economists is that the collapse of financial...]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Stop That Energy Bill! (Commentary)</title>
				<link>http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9636</link>
				<description><![CDATA[It's no surprise to find politicians in Washington frantically working to cobble together some sort of energy bill prior to the November elections. Polls show that high gasoline prices are easily the most important issue on the minds of voters, and legislators who fail to offer some convincing bluep...]]></description>
				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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				<title>Random Oil (Commentary)</title>
				<link>http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9628</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Oil prices seem to be in free-fall. After averaging a staggering $137 a barrel over the first week of July, they were down to $109 a barrel over the final week of August.

Where are prices going next? Who knows? Bearish talk about bubbles bursting and bullish talk about peak oil disguise the fact ...]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>How Fannie and Freddie Got Big (Daily Podcast)</title>
			<link>http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=685</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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