Cato scholars examine federal, state, and local spending and tax issues from a limited government perspective. They explore the benefits of lower-rate tax systems, the distortions caused by government spending, and the dangers of rising debt. A guiding principle for budget policy is federalism, the idea that federal activities should be limited and that most government activities are better handled by the states.
Tax and Budget Policy
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Tax Cutting and Economic Growth: Lessons from the Coolidge Tax Reform
Cato Club Naples - The Sequester and Other Possible Victories in the Battle to Restrain Leviathan
The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America
Would a Financial Transaction Tax Affect Financial Market Activity?
Taxes and Economic Growth: Understanding the Effects
What’s New in State Tax Policy? Pro-Growth Reforms vs. Special-Interest Breaks
Millennials and the Welfare State: Burden or Blessing?
The Real Effects of Sequestration
The Economic Effects of Military Spending
Countervailing Calamity: How to Stop the Global Subsidies Race
The IRS’s Illegal Attempt to Increase Taxes and Spending under the PPACA: A Guide for the Perplexed
Corporate Tax Reform: An International Perspective
The American Welfare State: How We Spend Nearly $1 Trillion a Year Fighting Poverty — And Fail
Financing Failure: A Century of Bailouts