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February 17
Is the European Union a Friend or Foe of Economic Freedom?
Featuring Massimiliano Trovato, Research Fellow, Instituto Bruno Leoni; with comments by Richard W. Rahn, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; moderated by Marian L. Tupy, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, Cato Institute.
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Winter 2016
A new, special issue of the Cato Journal considers the unintended consequences of government intervention by examining a number of public policies ranging from occupational licensing to the War on Poverty to the minimum wage and public education.
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Learning from Making a Murderer
February 29, 2016
The Inevitability of Federal-Land-Use Fights
February 26, 2016
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Conflating Terrorism and Insurgency
The post-9/11 conflation of insurgency with terrorism makes it seem that the world is awash in terrorism.More Commentary
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A Penalty’s Not a Tax Even if the IRS Enforces It
Echoes of Obamacare in a lawsuit challenging a new banking regulation.
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Cornerstone of Liberty: Property Rights in 21st Century America
Published in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Kelo v. New London, Cornerstone of Liberty: Property Rights in 21st Century America made a powerful contribution to the firestorm of interest in protecting property rights. Now in its second edition, Cornerstone of Liberty has been fully updated by authors Timothy and Christina Sandefur, and examines how dozens of new developments in courtrooms and legislatures across the country have shifted the landscape of private property rights since 2005.
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Cato Annual Report 2014
The Cato Institute has released its 2014 Annual Report, which documents a dynamic year of growth and productivity. “Libertarianism is the philosophy of freedom,” Cato’s David Boaz writes in his book, The Libertarian Mind. “It is the indispensable framework for the future.” And as the new report demonstrates, the Cato Institute, thanks largely to the generosity of our Sponsors, is leading the charge to apply this framework across the policy spectrum.
