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California Watch: 2020 November Ballot Initiatives

By Michael D. Tanner.

California’s ballot propositions can be confusing but are often important. This piece provides an overview of the initiatives relevant to Cato’s Project on Poverty and Inequality in California.

Pandemics and Policy

Abolish Price and Wage Controls

By Ryan Bourne.

Economists tend to oppose price controls at the best of times, but the public’s willingness to allow market‐​set prices appears to diminish when emergencies hit.

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Pedro Schwartz discusses capitalism, law, democracy, and socialism on Accion Humana TV

Featuring Pedro Schwartz. October 1, 2020.

Cato Institute’s research on asset forfeiture is cited on FOX 5 Atlanta

Featuring Cato Institute. December 4, 2019.

Andrew M. Grossman participates in the panel, “Third Party Litigation Financing: A Distorting or Reinforcing Practice?”, hosted by the Federalist Society

Featuring Andrew M. Grossman. June 11, 2019.

Cato Institute’s stance on assets forfeiture is cited on WHYY’s Radio Times

Featuring Cato Institute. May 1, 2019.
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Books

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Human Capitalism: How Economic Growth Has Made Us Smarter — and More Unequal

October 2012
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Rehabilitating Lochner

April 2011
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Schools for Misrule: Legal Academia and an Overlawyered America

February 2011
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In the Name of Justice

February 2009
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Reflections of a Political Economist

August 2008
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The Antitrust Religion

December 2006
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Economic Freedom of the World: 2006 Annual Report

December 2005
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Economic Freedom of the World: 2005 Annual Report

December 2004
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Commentary

Emergency Regulations Often Make the Next Emergency Worse

By Walter Olson. Washington Examiner. April 13, 2020.

The Case for Legalizing Political Betting

By Michael Collins. National Review (Online). March 5, 2020.

Did Maximum Security Win the Kentucky Derby? Law and Economics Says … Maybe

By Todd Zywicki. National Review (Online). May 11, 2019.
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Blog Posts

California Watch: 2020 November Ballot Initiatives

By Michael D. Tanner. October 26, 2020.

The Rights of Women

By David Boaz. August 25, 2020.

Some Reasons for Optimism Regarding the “Hollowing Out” of America’s Middle Class

By Scott Lincicome. August 20, 2020.
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Cato Studies

Abolish Price and Wage Controls

By Ryan Bourne. September 15, 2020.

Anyone’s Game: Sports‐​Betting Regulations after Murphy v. NCAA

By Patrick Moran. March 11, 2019.

Societal Support for Paying Plasma Donors in Canada

By Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis. August 22, 2018.
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Articles

Regulation Uber Alles: How Governments Hurt Workers and Consumers in the New New Economy

By Ilya Shapiro and David McDonald. University of Chicago Legal Forum. 2017.

High Court Erases Precedent in Chrysler Bankruptcy

By Ilya Shapiro. Counsel's Advisory. January 15, 2010.

Constitutionally Troubled: ‘TARP’ and its Delegation of Legislative Power

By Robert A. Levy. Legal Opinion Letter. February 27, 2009.
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Public Filings

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

By Ilya Shapiro, David McDonald, and Manuel S. Klausner. September 6, 2017.

St. Bernard Port, Harbor & Terminal District v. Violet Dock Port, Inc.

By Thomas M. Flanagan, Andy Dupre, Luke Wake, & Ilya Shapiro. June 30, 2017.

Marilley v. Bonham

By Stephen S. Schwart, Ilya Shapiro, and David McDonald. June 22, 2017.
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Cato Reviews & Journals

Cato News Notes

March/​April 2019.

The Future of Law & Economics

By Phil Murray. Winter 2017/2018.

The Color of Law

By David R. Henderson. Fall 2017.
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Events

Cato University: College of History and Philosophy

August 2, 2018 to August 4, 2018. Cato University.

Cato Club Naples 2017

December 6, 2017. Conference.

16th Annual Constitution Day

September 18, 2017. Conference.
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Sarbanes‐​Oxley: 10 Years Later

October 3, 2012

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