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The Economic Consequences of Sen. Sanders’ Stock Confiscation Plan

By Ryan Bourne. October 15, 2019.

Senator Bernie Sanders wants a world where workers have ownership stakes in large and public companies. But mandating worker ownership by government decree has big costs.

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Statewide California Rent Control: Shooting The Price Messenger

By Ryan Bourne. September 12, 2019.

California's lawmakers have voted for statewide rent control. This will worsen the supply problem for rentable accommodation in the state.

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Commentary

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

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

Obamacare’s Enemy No. 1 Says This Is the Wrong Way to Kill It

By Michael F. Cannon. New York Post. March 28, 2019.

Trump’s Latest Attack on Obamacare Damages the Justice Department

By Josh Blackman. Washington Post. March 27, 2019.
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Blog Posts

The Economic Consequences of Sen. Sanders’ Stock Confiscation Plan

By Ryan Bourne. October 15, 2019.

Statewide California Rent Control: Shooting The Price Messenger

By Ryan Bourne. September 12, 2019.

Cato Studies

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

By Patrick Moran. March 11, 2019.

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. December 31, 2017.

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. December 31, 2017.

High Court Erases Precedent in Chrysler Bankruptcy

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

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.
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Cato Reviews & Journals

Policy Report

Cato News Notes

April 8, 2019.
Policy Report

Cato News Notes

April 8, 2019.
Regulation

The Future of Law & Economics

By Phil Murray. December 13, 2017.
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Events

Cato University: College of History and Philosophy

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

Cato University: College of History and Philosophy

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

Cato Club Naples 2017

December 6, 2017. Conference.
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Speeches

Sarbanes‐​Oxley: 10 Years Later

By Mark A. Calabria. October 3, 2012.

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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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.

Veronique de Rugy discusses the “Green New Deal” on Reason TV

Featuring Veronique de Rugy. February 14, 2019.

Tom G. Palmer gives a lecture on “Law, Liberty and Freedom” on C‑SPAN 3’s American History TV

Featuring Tom G. Palmer. September 9, 2018.
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