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  • September 18, 2015
    Cato Video
    Race, Housing, and Education
    Race, Housing, and Education
    It has long been a public policy goal—and social ideal—to bring black and white children together in the same schools. It is a goal, however, that has not been met. In this forum we will discuss several reasons …
    Featuring Bartley Danielsen
  • December 30, 2014
    Blog
    New Study Finds More Evidence of Poverty Traps in the Welfare System
    A new study from the Illinois Policy Institute analyzes the welfare benefits package available at different levels of earnings in that state. The authors find that low‐​income workers have limited economic incentive to increase their earnings from the minimum …
    By Charles Hughes
  • November 25, 2014
    Cato Online Forum
    Hacking the Regulatory State
    … Carew, “FDA Regulation in the Data‐​Driven Economy,” Progressive Policy Institute, October 2014Michael Mandel, “How the FDA Impedes Innovation,” Progressive Policy Institute, June 2011.Michael Mandel, “Reviving Jobs and Innovation: A Progressive Approach to Improving Regulation” Progressive Policy Institute, February …
    By Michael Mandel
  • November 10, 2014
    Cato Online Forum
    Invest in Smarter Government
    If one wanted to blame public policy for limiting economic growth, the tax code is a very good place to start. As Bill Frenzel, a former Congressman turned Brookings tax policy scholar, has put it: “The U.S. tax code …
    By Lee Drutman
  • November 10, 2014
    Reason.com
    What Is the Libertarian Response to Ebola?
    Pandemics vs. Personal Liberty Public health policy should not be exempt from the “non‐​aggression principle.” Force must be prohibited from interpersonal relationships, except when used in self‐​defense or retaliation. In the case of a highly contagious lethal disease …
    By Jeffrey A. Singer
  • June 3, 2014
    Blog
    Kevin Sabet’s “Seven Myths” About Marijuana
    Kevin Sabet is a former senior policy adviser to then–White House Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske. In this interview with the Heritage Foundation, Sabet discusses his recent book, Reefer Sanity: Seven Great Myths about Marijuana. Let’s examine Sabet’s …
    By Jeffrey Miron
  • January 14, 2014
    Blog
    The Common Coring of Private Schools
    Today, the Fordham Institute released a “policy toolkit” proposing private schools be required to administer state tests to all students participating in a school choice program, and publicize the results. Private schools that the state deemed persistently underperforming would be …
    By Jason Bedrick
  • December 18, 2013
    Blog
    Clay Conrad on Jury Nullification
    A few weeks ago, the Drug Policy Alliance had its annual convention in Denver. I was on a panel that addressed jury nullification. The other panelists were Clay Conrad (author, Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine), Kirsten Tynan (Fully …
    By Tim Lynch
  • February 4, 2013
    American Spectator (Online)
    Obamacare Alchemy
    Tinkering with the contraception mandate won’t change its base properties.
    By Doug Bandow
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