State and Local Regulations

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Books and Book Chapters

"Health Care Regulation," Chapter 15, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Housing Policy," Chapter 22, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Restoring the Right to Bear Arms," Chapter 31, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Antitrust," Chapter 40, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Electricity Policy," Chapter 42, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).

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Cato Studies

"Massachusetts Miracle or Massachusetts Miserable: What the Failure of the "Massachusetts Model" Tells Us about Health Care Reform," by Michael D. Tanner, Briefing Paper no. 112, June 9, 2009

"High-Speed Rail: The Wrong Road for America," by Randal O'Toole, Policy Analysis no. 625, October 31, 2008

"Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors: 2008," by Chris Edwards, Policy Analysis no. 624, October 20, 2008

"Medical Licensing: An Obstacle to Affordable, Quality Care," by Shirley Svorny, Policy Analysis no. 621, September 17, 2008

"The Planning Tax: The Case against Regional Growth-Management Planning," by Randal O'Toole, Policy Analysis no. 606, December 6, 2007

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Articles and Newsletters

"Don't Restructure Electricity: Deregulate," by Richard Gordon, Cato Journal vol. 20, no. 3, Winter 2001, pp. 32.

"Making Sense of Electricity Deregulation," by Peter VanDoren, Regulation vol. 23, no. 3, Summer 2000, pp. 5.

"Competition Requires Transmission Capacity: The Case of the U.S. Northeast," by Douglas Hale, Thomas Overbye, and Thomas Leckey, Regulation vol. 23, no. 2, Spring 2000, pp. 6.

"Electricity Restructuring: Deregulation or Reregulation?," by Severin Borenstein and James Bushnell, Regulation vol. 23, no. 2, Summer 2000, pp. 7.

"Electricity Markets: Should the Rest of the World Adopt the United Kingdom's Reforms?," by Catherine Wolfram, Regulation vol. 22, no. 4, Fall 1999, pp. 6.

"An Insider's Upside-Down View of Deregulation," by Richard L. Gordon, Regulation vol. 22, no. 2, Spring 1999, pp. 10.

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Opinion and Commentary

"Fearmongering Won't Make Us Healthier," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, New York Daily News, January 31, 2012

"Another ObamaCare Glitch," by Michael F. Cannon and Jonathan H. Adler, The Wall Street Journal, November 16, 2011

"Devil's Bargain: Wall St. and the Martin Act," by Walter Olson, New York Post, August 30, 2011

"Empower the Regulated," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, August 23, 2011

"Protecting Economic Liberty: The Essential Freedom," by Doug Bandow, Forbes, August 15, 2011

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Legal Briefs

Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association, September 17, 2010 (PDF, 274 KB)

Events

"Back to Enron: Were the Wrong Lessons Learned for Corporate Governance and Energy Policy?," October 30, 2008 [Book Forum]

"How Nations Prosper: Economic Freedom and Doing Business in 2007," September 21, 2006 [Book Forum]

"The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money," July 18, 2006 [Book Forum]

"John Stossel's "Is America Number One?"," July 17, 2006 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Size Matters: How Big Government Puts the Squeeze on America's Families, Finances, and Freedom (And Limits the Pursuit of Happiness)," February 2, 2006 [Book Forum]

Multimedia

DSM and Delegating Definitions of Disability featuring Walter Olson (December 29, 2011) [Daily Podcast, 07:26]

How Free Is Your State? featuring Jason Sorens (June 10, 2011) [Daily Podcast, 07:59]

Florida Governor Rick Scott speaks at a Cato seminar in Naples, Florida. (February 28, 2011) [Cato Video, 19:36]

David Boaz discusses California's 700 + new laws on FOX's Glenn Beck (January 3, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 05:19]

Talking Without a License in D.C. featuring Robert McNamara (September 16, 2010) [Daily Podcast, 05:10]

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