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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

"Smart-Growth Plans Are a Failure in Portland," by Randal O'Toole, Houston Chronicle, November 14, 2009

"NYC: The City That Never Smokes," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, Spiked (Online), October 26, 2009

"There's No Way to Enforce a Texting While Driving Ban," by Radley Balko, U.S. News & World Report (Online), October 13, 2009

"The Sensational Giles and O'Keefe," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, September 16, 2009

"Break Local Monopolies by Letting Insurers Compete across State Lines," by Michael F. Cannon, Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2009

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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

Media Highlight Radley Balko paper on texting while driving is cited on CNBC's Power Lunch November 2, 2009 [Flash Video, 00:29]

Media Highlight David Boaz discusses nannyism and texting while driving on ABC's GMA August 6, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:24]

Daily Podcast "Lessons from Massachusetts Health Care Reform" featuring Michael D. Tanner, June 9, 2009 [Flash Audio, 04:18]

Media Highlight Robert A. Levy discusses Tennessee health care surcharge on FOX's FOX & Friends May 1, 2009 [Flash Video, 03:57]

Daily Podcast "Drinking Ages and Highway Fatalities" featuring Jeffrey A. Miron, March 13, 2009 [Flash Audio, 05:53]

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