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# September/​October 2016 

Vol. 38 No. 5 

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### [Risk, Regulation, and the Innovation Slowdown ](/policy-report/september/october-2016/risk-regulation-innovation-slowdown)

By Fredrik Erixon and Bjorn Weigel 

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#### [Gun Control: Grounds for Compromise? ](/policy-report/september/october-2016/gun-control-grounds-compromise)

By [Robert A. Levy](https://www.cato.org/people/robert-levy) 

#### [Rethinking Foreign Policy Challenges ](/policy-report/september/october-2016/rethinking-foreign-policy-challenges)

#### [Solving the Problem of Political Ignorance ](/policy-report/september/october-2016/solving-problem-political-ignorance)

#### [Is the TPP Free Trade? ](/policy-report/september/october-2016/tpp-free-trade)

#### [The Real History of the Fed ](/policy-report/september/october-2016/real-history-fed)

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