April 27, 2011 11:01AM # Wednesday Links By George Scoville --- SHARE - [New research](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=12550) suggests that there has been more monetary and macroeconomic instability since the Federal Reserve’s inception than in the decades preceding it. - [New thinking](http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2011/04/26/cutting_expenditure_is_a_good_thing_98985.html) about the usefulness of government programs will help us from restore fiscal balance and economic well-being in America. - [New geopolitical circumstances](http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/04/time-us-get-out-nato) should make us wonder: why are we still a part of NATO? - [New Deal-era jurisprudence](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=12972) may soon be overturned as challenges to the Affordable Care Act reach the U.S. Supreme Court. - [New means of funding public roads](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-video/randal-otoole-discussing-gas-tax-future-transportation) will increase efficiency by confronting drivers with the costs of using them, and reducing congestion: - **Reminder**: If you’re in the DC area, please join us **this Friday at 4:00 p.m. Eastern** for [a special sneak preview of *Free or Equal*](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=7899) and Q&A with Cato senior fellow [Johan Norberg](https://www.cato.org/people/johan-norberg). [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).