Law and Economics

Commentary

The Discrimination Dog That Didn’t Bark: Trump’s Religious Liberty Executive Order Is Much Less Threatening Than Critics Feared

By Walter Olson. Daily News. May 4, 2017.

Worried about Concentration? Then Worry about Rent-Seeking

By Brink Lindsey and Steven Teles. ProMarket. April 18, 2017.

Immigration Restrictions Hurt Americans, Too

By Ilya Somin. Austin American Statesman. April 13, 2017.

Cato Studies

Compulsory Voting, Turnout, and Government Spending: Evidence from Austria

By Mitchell Hoffman, Gianmarco Leon, and María Lombardi. Research Briefs in Economic Policy No. 68. January 25, 2017.

Could Mandatory Caps on Medical Malpractice Damages Harm Consumers?

By Shirley Svorny. Policy Analysis No. 685. October 20, 2011.

Reforming Indigent Defense: How Free Market Principles Can Help to Fix a Broken System

By Stephen J. Schulhofer and David Friedman. Policy Analysis No. 666. September 1, 2010.

Articles

Realizing Freedom

Cato's Letter. Tom G. Palmer. Cato.org. Vol. 8. No. 2. Spring 2010.

High Court Erases Precedent in Chrysler Bankruptcy

Ilya Shapiro. Counsel's Advisory. January 14, 2010.

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

Robert A. Levy. Legal Opinion Letter. February 26, 2009.

Public Filings

Marilley v. Bonham

By Stephen S. Schwart, Ilya Shapiro, and David McDonald. Legal Briefs. June 22, 2017.

Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Harris

By Allyson N. Ho, John C. Sullivan, C. Dean McGrath Jr., & Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. January 27, 2017.

Niang v. Carroll

By Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, and David McDonald. Legal Briefs. January 11, 2017.

Cato Reviews & Journals

Tort and Class Action Reform

Cato Handbook for Policymakers. Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 8th Edition (2017).

Great Data, Disappointing Economics

David R. Henderson. Regulation. Summer 2016.

When Law and Economics Was a Dangerous Subject

Nicola Giocoli. Regulation. Winter 2015-2016.

Events

16th Annual Constitution Day

Featuring Roger Pilon, Ilya Shapiro, Clay Calvert, Mark Chenoweth, Robert Corn-Revere, Trevor Burrus, David Goldberg, David G. Post, Thaya Brook Knight, Walter Olson, Richard W. Garnett, Christopher Landau, Neal Katyal, Nina Totenberg, & Philip Hamburger. September 18, 2017. Conference.

Cato University: College of Economics

Featuring Jeffrey Miron, Lynne Kiesling, Daniel J. Ikenson, & Tom G. Palmer. July 27, 2017 to July 29, 2017. Cato University.

The Conservatarian Manifesto

Featuring Trevor Burrus and Ilya Shapiro. July 14, 2015. Book Forum.