Center for Representative Government

Taking its inspiration from James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, the Cato Institute’s Center for Representative Government is dedicated to promoting limited, representative government. Today, government offers many new threats to individual freedom and the virtues needed for its preservation. Unfortunately, career politicians, an ever‐expanding government and massive regulatory constraints dominate American political life. The Center and its scholars are working through books, conferences, forums, op‐eds, speeches, congressional testimony, and TV and radio appearances to bring the ideals of individual liberty, civil society, limited government and citizen legislators back to the forefront of American political life.

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Cato University: College of History and Philosophy

History is indispensable to understanding and defending liberty under our constitutionally limited, representative government. And at the core of that history are the philosophical beliefs and values on which the American republic was founded. Cato University’s College of History and Philosophy, August 2 – 4 in San Diego, brings these two powerful subjects together to explore the foundations of liberty and justice, of wealth and poverty, of individual rights and the rule of law.

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To encourage people everywhere to better understand and appreciate the principles of government that are set forth in America’s founding documents, the Cato Institute published this pocket‐size edition.

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The Cato Institute offers a wealth of online educational audio and video resources, from self‐paced guides on the ideas of liberty and the principles of economics, to exclusive, archived lectures by thinkers such as Milton Friedman and F. A. Hayek. Browse through some highlights of our collections, for personal study or for use in the classroom.

The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty

May 17, 2018 • Cipriani 42nd Street • New York, NY

The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, named in honor of perhaps the greatest champion of liberty in the 20th century, is presented every other year to an individual who has made a significant contribution to advance human freedom. The 2018 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty Biennial Dinner will be held on May 17, 2018 at Cipriani 42nd Street, New York.

Center for Representative Government

Emily Ekins’ survey, “Findings from the Cato Institute 2019 Welfare, Work, and Wealth National Survey,” is cited on WLW Radio

Big Government Conservatism Returns

Emily Ekins’ survey, “Findings from the Cato Institute 2019 Welfare, Work, and Wealth National Survey,” is cited on Nightly Business Report

Emily Ekins’ survey, “Findings from the Cato Institute 2019 Welfare, Work, and Wealth National Survey,” is cited on CNBC’s Squawk Box

Speech Paternalism and the People Most Likely to Advocate It

Emily Ekins’ soundbite on cannabis legalization heading into the 2020 election is cited on WZTA’s The Idea Garden

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