*Cato’s Letter* is a quarterly publication of the Cato Institute featuring essays and speeches from important thinkers. While [the entire archives are online](https://www.cato.org/catos-letter), these selected essays feature some of our most popular issues.

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Globalization Is Grrrreat!](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/catosletterv1n2.pdf) 
By Tom G. Palmer. Vol. 1. No. 2. Fall 2002 

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Bringing Capitalism to the Masses](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/catosletterv2n3.pdf) 
By Hernando De Soto. Vol. 2. No. 3. Summer 2004 

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Faith, Commerce & Freedom](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/catosletterv3n2.pdf) 
By Daniel T. Griswold. Vol. 3. No. 2. Spring 2005 

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Not Under My First Amendment](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/catosletterv3n4.pdf) 
By Floyd Abrams. Vol. 3. No. 4. Fall 2005. 

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Entrepreneurs Are the Heroes of the World](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/catosletterv5n1.pdf) 
By Johan Norberg. Vol. 5. No. 1. Winter 2007 

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Why Government Planning Always Fails](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/catosletterv6n1.pdf) 
By Randal O’Toole. Vol. 6. No. 1. Winter 2008 

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How the War on Drugs is Destroying Black America](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/catosletterv9n1.pdf) 
By Joh McWhorter. Vol. 9. No. 1. Winter 2011 

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The Financial Crisis: Why the Conventional Wisdom is Wrong](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/catosletterv12n4.pdf) 
By Richard Kovacevich. Vol. 12. No. 4. Fall 2014 

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Magna Carta’s Importance for America](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/catosletter-v13n31.pdf) 
By Roger Pilon. Vol. 13. No. 3. Summer 2013 

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The Purpose and Limits of Government](https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/cl-13.pdf) 
By Roger Pilon. No. 13. 1999.