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  • December 11, 2012
    Blog
    Amendment 64 Becomes Law in Colorado
    … federal law and state law, the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution (Article VI, Clause 2) makes it clear that state policies are subordinate to federal policies. There are, however, important limitations to the doctrine of federal supremacy. First, there must …
    By Tim Lynch
  • July 30, 2012
    Blog
    States Resist ObamaCare Implementation, Oklahoma Edition
    … that’s going to be a real barrier to providing information to people,” said David Blatt, director of the Oklahoma Policy Institute, a state policy think tank. “There’s a lot of important outreach that needs to happen before January …
    By Michael F. Cannon
  • May 14, 2012
    Blog
    NCLB Is ‘Voluntary,’ Too
    … you hear many people crowing that adopting NCLB was voluntary? Because they know that it’s almost impossible for state policymakers to turn down hundreds‐​of‐​millions of federal dollars. It looks like a whole lot of money to state …
    By Neal McCluskey
  • January 9, 2011
    Blog
    George W. McDonnell
    … as governor of Virginia from 1994 through 1997, has a reputation as a staunch conservative. But he earned a grade of 40 on the Cato Institute’s Fiscal Policy Report Card. McDonnell seems to be headed for a similar grade.
    By David Boaz
  • April 5, 2010
    Blog
    Bush, Rove, and Limited Government
    … too true. And a point made many times by Cato Institute analysts. But Shirley and Devine could have gone further. Policies that “tilted power toward Washington”? How about the attempt to nationalize marriage law, for 200 years a matter reserved …
    By David Boaz
  • February 10, 2010
    Blog
    Maybe Greece Should Go Bankrupt
    … entitlements are wildly unsustainable. A fiscal crisis — with no escape options — is probably the only hope of reversing these disastrous policies. So why, then, would it make sense for Germany and other nations to provide an escape option? Bailing out …
    By Daniel J. Mitchell
  • November 8, 2009
    New York Post
    A Fed Takeover by Any Other Name…
    … policies must include. Even those who now have health plans and are happy with them would have to switch to policies that include the government‐​required benefits — insurance that might well be more expensive, thanks to the new benefits you …
    By Michael D. Tanner
  • June 13, 2007
    Blog
    New at Cato Unbound: Has Globalization Changed the Game?
    … the big states tend to dominate the process, but non‐​state actors now often succeed in making marginal changes to policy (which add up) while the big powers are asleep at the wheel. And hot off the press today, UCLA …
    By Will Wilkinson
  • December 4, 2006
    Blog
    Is Rawlsekianism the Future?
    … on our common ground as liberals. The project Brink mentions, melding the best of Rawls and Hayek and identifying feasible policies of a Rawlsekian stripe, is very dear to my heart. The point of my 2005 Cato social security paper …
    By Will Wilkinson
  • November 19, 2006
    Cato.org
    Rest in Peace, Milton Friedman
    … began writing. He wrote first about technical economic issues, laying the groundwork for a later shift in U.S. monetary policy. Then in 1962, amidst the enthusiasm for John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier, he published “Capitalism and Freedom,” proposing …
    By David Boaz
  • October 20, 2006
    Blog
    Libertarian Voters Hit the Headlines
    … GOP. And they realized that the Bush Republicans have not been delivering fiscal responsibility, federalism, or any of the other policies that libertarians and other voters expect from Republicans. If you think I have a starry-eyed view of some …
    By David Boaz
  • July 9, 2009
    Book Forum
    Voting Rights—and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections
    Featuring the author Abigail Thernstrom, Vice-Chair, United States Commission on Civil Rights, with comments by Roger Clegg, President and General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity. Moderated by Roger Pilon, Director, Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies.
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