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Cato periodicals blend academic rigor with real-world relevance, examining today’s critical policy debates through the lens of individual freedom and market principles.

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Spring 2025
Vol. 2, No. 1

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Free Society is a quarterly magazine that brings to life the ideas and principles central to libertarianism and Cato’s mission: individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace.

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Spring 2025
Vol. 48, No. 1

Regulation

In Regulation, many of the nation’s top economists, law professors, and other policy experts offer easy-to-understand guidance and insights on microeconomics and regulatory policy affecting every American’s life.

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Cato Handbook for Policymakers

In the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, scholars offer hundreds of policy suggestions for members of Congress, agency and administration officials, and state policymakers.

Publication Frequency

Periodic; to coincide with presidential or midterm elections

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Human Freedom Index

The Human Freedom Index presents the state of human freedom in the world based on a broad measure that encompasses personal, civil, and economic freedom.

Publication Frequency

Annual

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Economic Freedom of the World

Economic Freedom of the World seeks to measure the consistency of the institutions and policies of various countries with voluntary exchange and the other dimensions of economic freedom.

Publication Frequency

Annual

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Cato Supreme Court Review

In the Cato Supreme Court Review, leading legal scholars analyze the most important cases of the Supreme Court’s most recent term.

Publication Frequency

Annual

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Freedom in the 50 States

Freedom in the 50 States ranks the American states according to how their public policies affect individual freedoms in the economic, social, and personal spheres.

Publication Frequency

Bi-Annual

From the Archives
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Cato Journal

The Cato Journal—America’s leading free‐​market public policy journal—ran from 1981 to 2021.

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Cato Policy Report

Cato Policy Report was a bimonthly newsletter taking a comprehensive look at Cato’s wide-ranging research programs.

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Cato’s Letter

A quarterly message on liberty.