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April 28, 2011
Blog

Has President Obama Given up on Changing U.S. Foreign Policy?
… New Yorker article by Ryan Lizza, suggest that President Obama has given up on changing U.S. foreign and defense policy: Panetta is a dubious choice to fulfill Obama’s recent pledge to trim military spending. Any secretary charged with …
By Justin Logan
April 27, 2011
Blog

Obama’s Economic Policies Create Misery
The public has finally started to give President Obama’s economic policies a big “thumbs down”. This shouldn’t surprise anyone who is familiar with the Misery Index. While President Obama sings the glories of big government, it is ironic …
By Steve H. Hanke
April 8, 2011
Blog

GE and Obama: A Betrothal at the Altar of Industrial Policy
… and the president appear to be two peas in a pod when it comes to faith in government-directed industrial policy. Immelt admires the German model of industrial policy because the Germans believe in “government and business working as a …
By Daniel J. Ikenson
April 8, 2011
Testimony

An Old Perspective on Asset Price Bubbles Policy
… least as many policy instruments as goals. If we are going to control a bubble by using an aggregate monetary policy instrument — ordinarily, the federal funds rate — we will have to accept unpleasant trade‐offs because tighter policy may push …
By William Poole
April 7, 2011
Washington Times

Democrats’ Social Security Policy Dilemma
Democratic policymakers appear divided on Social Security policy — whether changes to Social Security benefits should be among budget policies to reduce federal deficits. Despite Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s recent emphatic rejection of that idea, the sizable decline in …
By Jagadeesh Gokhale
March 25, 2011
Cato Daily Podcast

Obama’s War without Policy in Libya
Featuring Benjamin H. Friedman and Caleb O. Brown
March 18, 2011
Blog

Libya: War Without Policy
… air strikes can target Qaddafi’s units as they drive east, the strikes can protect many civilians. The vagueness on policy goals may be the price of gaining international consensus. Plans and tactics may clarify at tomorrow’s war summit …
By Benjamin H. Friedman
March 11, 2011
Blog

Norquist Is Right, Coburn Is Wrong: Tax Increases Undermine Good Fiscal Policy
… people into higher tax brackets. This second chart shows CBO’s estimate of personal income tax revenue based on current policy (as opposed to estimates based on current law, which includes already‐legislated tax hikes). To be more specific, it …
By Daniel J. Mitchell
March 10, 2011
Politico.com

Budget Policy Talk in the Dark
… income and outgo over the next 10 years, they fail to answer two questions pivotal to mature judgment on budget policy. First, to what extent is the government over‐promising to provide public services — including social insurance, defense, welfare, homeland …
By Jagadeesh Gokhale and David Schoenbrod
February 8, 2011
Foreign Policy Briefing

No. 91
Beyond Symbolism? The U.S. Nuclear Disarmament Agenda and Its Implications for Chinese and Indian Nuclear Policy
By Lavina Lee
January 31, 2011
Blog

Egypt and Energy Policy
By Roger Pilon
January 21, 2011
Blog

If They Gave Out Awards for Good Policy Design…
By Andrew J. Coulson
December 30, 2010
National Interest (Online)

Empowering the Body Snatchers: Washington’s Appalling Kosovo Policy
By Ted Galen Carpenter
December 21, 2010
Trade Policy Analysis

No. 44
Protection Made to Order: Domestic Industry’s Capture and Reconfiguration of U.S. Antidumping Policy
By Daniel J. Ikenson
December 17, 2010
Cato Daily Podcast

Foreign Policy in 2011
Featuring Christopher A. Preble and Caleb O. Brown

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Has President Obama Given up on Changing U.S. Foreign Policy?

Obama’s Economic Policies Create Misery

GE and Obama: A Betrothal at the Altar of Industrial Policy

An Old Perspective on Asset Price Bubbles Policy

Democrats’ Social Security Policy Dilemma

Obama’s War without Policy in Libya

Libya: War Without Policy

Norquist Is Right, Coburn Is Wrong: Tax Increases Undermine Good Fiscal Policy

Budget Policy Talk in the Dark

Beyond Symbolism? The U.S. Nuclear Disarmament Agenda and Its Implications for Chinese and Indian Nuclear Policy

Egypt and Energy Policy

If They Gave Out Awards for Good Policy Design…

Empowering the Body Snatchers: Washington’s Appalling Kosovo Policy

Protection Made to Order: Domestic Industry’s Capture and Reconfiguration of U.S. Antidumping Policy

Foreign Policy in 2011