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  • June 18, 2016
    Foundation for Economic Education
    Not Voting Is a Powerful Form of Dissent
    … means vote left? It is so unfair, we are told. The wealthy, elderly, and well‐​educated disproportionately participate, which “skews policymaking,” complained the Economist. Just think of all the government programs the underrepresented could vote for themselves if only they …
    By Doug Bandow
  • June 23, 2015
    Blog
    Are State Regulators A Source of Systemic Risk?
    … policyholder withdrawals and surrenders.” You’d think this would be a good thing, but no FSOC worries that “Surrenders and policy loan rates could increase if MetLife’s policyholders feared that stays were likely to be imposed either by MetLife …
    By Mark A. Calabria
  • March 2, 2015
    Blog
    After Eight Years of Losses, End the Government’s Postal Monopoly
    … changing circumstances. In 1971 Congress turned the Post Office into the semi‐​independent USPS but retained its control over postal policies and, of course, preserved the system’s delivery monopoly. Banning competition could not preserve the postal market. The number …
    By Doug Bandow
  • May 8, 2014
    Investor’s Business Daily
    115 Years after His Birth, Hayek’s Ideas Remain Relevant
    … articles that detailed the information problems confronting a central bank. His argument later became encapsulated as the “lags” in monetary policy — i.e., the unpredictability of when the effects of monetary policy actions will be felt. Monetary policymakers give lip …
    By Gerald P. O’Driscoll Jr.
  • Cato University 2012 Schedule
    … Podcast of the Event 3:30pm – 3:45pm Refreshment Break 3:45pm – 5:00pm Daniel Griswold Daniel Griswold, “Understanding Public Policy — A Primer” Download a Video of the EventDownload a Podcast of the Event 6:30pm – 7:00pm Reception 7 …
  • November 8, 2012
    Blog
    Graduating Law Students & Young Lawyers, Come Work for Liberty!
    … at our Center for Constitutional Studies. This is an opportunity to assist projects ranging from Supreme Court amicus briefs to policy papers to the Cato Supreme Court Review. Start/​end dates are flexible. Interested students and graduates should email a …
    By Ilya Shapiro
  • May 15, 2012
    Blog
    Stop Using Slippery-Slope Arguments? Where Would that End?
    … more productive use of his thousand words than his build‐​up to this thesis: If you are opposed to a policy, state your case based on the merits — not on the imagined risk of what else might happen down the …
    By Michael F. Cannon
  • April 6, 2012
    Blog
    Graduating Law Students: Come Work for Liberty!
    … at our Center for Constitutional Studies. This is an opportunity to assist projects ranging from Supreme Court amicus briefs to policy papers to the Cato Supreme Court Review. Start/​end dates are flexible. Interested students and graduates should email a …
    By Ilya Shapiro
  • February 4, 2011
    Blog
    Who’s Afraid of an Amendments Convention?
    … with the recent resurgence in limited‐​government ideas, various amendments have been floated — by Tea Party activists, politicians, academics, and policy analysts. Randy Barnett’s “repeal amendment” — that a vote by two thirds of states can repeal federal law — is …
    By Ilya Shapiro
  • July 19, 2010
    Blog
    Michael Gerson Calls on Republicans to Stick with Big Government
    … American tradition and with basic principles of limited government. Moreover, he charges us with wanting to change a set of policies that have not served the weak, the elderly and the disadvantaged well, because they have encouraged and promoted weakness …
    By David Boaz
  • March 18, 2010
    Blog
    Would ObamaCare Improve Public Health? Probably Not.
    … rates of surgical intervention increase the risk and spread of drug resistant infections like MRSA. Avery is the author of the Cato Institute briefing paper, “Scientific Misconduct: The Manipulation of Evidence for Political Advocacy in Health Care and Climate Policy.”
    By Michael F. Cannon
  • September 22, 2009
    DC Examiner
    Right’s Czar Mania Is a Distraction
    … in federal law either. That’s because “czar” is a media‐​coined, catchall term for presidential assistants tasked with coordinating policy on issues that cut across departmental lines. Officials dubbed “czars” range from the truly powerful, like Nixon’s National …
    By Gene Healy
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