The Cato Institute's research on telecommunications and information policy advances the Institute's vision of free minds and free markets within the information policy, information technology, and telecommunications sectors of the American economy. Regrettably, the companies and technologies in this sector are increasingly under assault by politicians and regulators at all levels of government — city, county, state, federal, and international. Cato's scholars will work to address the many contentious public policy concerns and debates surrounding these important sectors of the American economy. The research agenda we have crafted reflects the broad array of existing and emerging public policy matters that legislators and regulators are currently considering.
The Cult of the Presidency
Examines how Americans have expanded presidential power over recent decades by expecting solutions for all national problems, concluding by calling for the Presidency to return to its properly defined constitutional limits.
The Politics of Freedom
David Boaz offers his unique and often surprising views on such hot-button issues as the presidential race, individual rights vs. national security, drugs, immigration, the war on terror, and government intrusion into private lives.