Cato Handbook for Policymakers: Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 8th Edition (2017) | Cato Institute

Introduction

1. Introduction

By David Boaz

2. Limited Government and the Rule of Law

By Tom G. Palmer

Bipartisan Action Agenda

3. Toward a Congressional Resurgence

By John Samples

4. Repealing Obamacare

By Michael F. Cannon

5. Federal Tax Reform

By Chris Edwards

6. Reviving Growth

By Brink Lindsey

7. Regressive Regulation

By Brink Lindsey

8. International Trade and Investment Policy

By Daniel J. Ikenson

9. Dealing with ISIS in Iraq and Syria

By Emma Ashford

10. Relations with Cuba

By Juan Carlos Hidalgo and Ian Vásquez

11. Reforming Surveillance Authorities

By Julian Sanchez

12. Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform

By Roger Pilon and Trevor Burrus

13. Immigration

By Alex Nowrasteh

14. Veterans Benefits

By Michael F. Cannon

Law and Liberty

15. Congress, the Courts, and the Constitution

By Roger Pilon

16. Property Rights and the Constitution

By Roger Pilon

17. Overcriminalization

By Tim Lynch

18. White‐Collar Prosecution

By Walter Olson

19. Technology and Law Enforcement

By Adam Bates and Matthew Feeney

20. Stopping Police Militarization

By Trevor Burrus

21. National ID Systems

By Jim Harper

22. Restoring the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

23. The War on Drugs

Government Reform

24. Fiscal Rules That Work

25. Fiscal Federalism

26. Campaign Finance: Fixing an Overregulated Marketplace of Ideas

27. Reclaiming the War Power

28. Tort and Class Action Reform

29. Redistricting

30. Government Transparency

Fiscal Policy

31. Averting National Bankruptcy

32. Cutting Federal Spending

33. Infrastructure Investment

34. Global Tax Competition

Health Care

35. Health Care Regulation

36. Health Insurance Regulation

37. The Tax Treatment of Health Care

38. Medicare

39. Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program

Entitlement Reform

40. Social Security

41. Poverty and Welfare

42. The Earned Income Tax Credit

Downsizing the Federal Government

43. Agricultural Policy

44. U.S. Postal Service

45. Amtrak

46. Air Traffic Control

47. K‑12 Education

48. Higher Education

49. Pre‑K Education

50. Housing and Urban Development

51. Interior Department and Public Lands

52. Surface Transportation Policy

53. Cultural Agencies

54. Special‐Interest Spending and Corporate Welfare

Regulation

55. Toward a New and Improved Regulatory Apparatus

56. Monetary Policy

57. Financial Regulation

58. Securities Regulation

59. Technology Freedom

60. Health and Safety Policy

61. The Minimum Wage

62. Labor and Employment Law

63. Environmental Policy

64. Global Warming and Climate Change

Foreign and Defense Policy

65. Restoring Prudence and Restraint in U.S. Foreign Policy

66. Countering Terrorism in the United States

67. Countering Terrorism with Targeted Killings

68. The Military Budget

69. Iran

70. U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan

71. Relations with China

72. Relations with Russia

73. East Asian Security

74. NATO Policy

75. The International War on Drugs

76. Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Terrorism

77. Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Policy

78. U.S. Policy toward Latin America

79. U.S. Policy toward Sub‐Saharan Africa

80. Foreign Aid and Economic Development

Contributors

Contributors