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  • February 28, 2013
    Washington Times
    Book Review: Heavens on Earth
    … most recent book, Heavens on Earth. Mr. Floru’s ambitions are not scholarly. Rather, he wants to provide a timely, policy‐​relevant manifesto to steer the West from its current path of sluggish growth and persistent unemployment. Through eight well …
    By Dalibor Rohac
  • February 20, 2013
    Forbes.com
    Obama’s Minimum Wage Hike: A Case of Zombie Economics
    … the wind blows a leaf upward, the law of gravity remains intact, so too with the law of demand. Public policy should be based on sound economics, not on politically popular myths. The United States needs to abolish the minimum …
    By James A. Dorn
  • March 27, 2012
    Testimony
    Alaska Biometrics
    … my testimony will shed some light on your deliberations. My name is Jim Harper, and I am director of information policy studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. The Cato Institute is a non‐​profit research foundation dedicated …
    By Jim Harper
  • June 30, 2009
    Blog
    Consumer Financial Product Commission Distracts from Real Reform
    … were serious about avoiding the next housing bubble and financial crisis, he would propose eliminating some of the various federal policies that contributed to the housing bubble. For instance, how about requiring real down payments when the taxpayer is on …
    By Mark A. Calabria
  • June 16, 2009
    Blog
    Obama Financial Reform Plan Misses the Mark
    … should end the out‐​sourcing of their own due diligence to the rating agencies. Instead of addressing our destructive federal policies at extending homeownership to households that cannot sustain it, the Obama plan calls for increased “consumer protections” in the …
    By Mark A. Calabria
  • Winter 2009
    Cato Journal
    pdf (47.77 kB)
    Editor’s Note
    … sions? • Was the subprime/financial crisis chiefly the result of the clustering of private mistakes or primarily due to government policy errors, includ- ing monetary policy? • In the case of insolvent banks, is the appropriate policy to bail them out …
    By James A. Dorn
  • February 9, 2021
    Blog
    Minimum Wage Effects
    Minimum Wage Effects
    Democrats have pushed to include a federal minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion relief bill being debated in Congress. But with millions of people unemployed and small businesses struggling, now would be an awful time to impose such a costly mandate.
    By Chris Edwards
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