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Unintended Consequences is the podcast of Regulation magazine, featuring hosts Peter Van Doren and Paul Matzko. It explores how government interventions can have surprising, and often negative, consequences.

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  • April 27, 2009
    Blog
    Globalization and Tax Reform
    Despite the recession, globalization continues to exert pressure for beneficial tax reforms. From Tax Notes International today: Jordanian Finance Minister Bassem al‐​Salem on April 20 confirmed that the government is working on draft legislation that would cut corporate tax …
    By Chris Edwards
  • July 14, 2008
    Blog
    McDonald’s CEO on Globalization and Eating Your Vegetables
    … million pounds of apples a year, more than any other buyer in the country. In the same interview, Skinner credited globalization as one of the reasons the company’s stock has roughly doubled in the past three years while the …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • March 31, 2008
    News Releases
    Trade and globalization not to blame for economic slowdown
    … Institute today.“If the past is any guide, politicians on the campaign trail will be tempted to blame trade and globalization for the passing pain of the business cycle. But an analysis of previous recessions and expansions shows that international …
  • October 12, 2007
    Blog
    Globalization and Food Safety
    … and the government there found E. coli, which led to a major recall across both countries. Here are some speculations: Globalization increases the safety of American‐​produced goods because those goods must often pass muster in foreign markets where consumers …
    By Chris Edwards
  • June 13, 2007
    Blog
    New at Cato Unbound: Has Globalization Changed the Game?
    … book, All Politics Is Global: Explaining International Regulatory Regimes, which argues that big nation‐​states still rule the roost and globalization has changed things less than you might think. In her reply to Drezner, Ann Florini, director of the Centre …
    By Will Wilkinson
  • June 11, 2007
    Blog
    Does Globalization Undermine Redistribution?
    … amount of money being used to subsidize less productive areas. The article suggests the growing unease is a function of globalization, though it is more plausible to argue that the high tax rates associated with redistributionist policies are becoming more …
    By Daniel J. Mitchell
  • Spring/Summer 2007
    Cato Journal
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    The Benefits and Risks of Financial Globalization
    … Foreign direct investments, as well as long-term contractual ar- rangements between domestic and foreign firms, have made today’s globalization different from yesterday’s globalization. In earlier peri- ods, countries specialized in products. Some produced raw materials; others produced …
    By Peter B. Kenen
  • February 23, 2007
    Blog
    Adam Smith and Globalization
    Media Name: 0221_globalization_bhead.jpg Here’s Cato’s own H.L. Mencken Research Fellow P.J. O’Rourke discussing his new book, On the Wealth of Nations on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer.  Can anyone identify the peculiar …
    By Tim Lynch
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