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  • July 18, 2013
    Blog
    A Big, Tiny Deal on Student Loans
    … seems likely to become a bit more so. If this compromise eventually gets signed by the president, it will likely be hailed as a big, bipartisan deal. And maybe politically it would be. But as policy? It would barely register.
    By Neal McCluskey
  • July 15, 2013
    Blog
    Debating Tax Havens
    … make it hard for high-tax nations to enforce their punitive tax laws. But why should the jurisdictions with good policy, such as the Cayman Islands, be responsible for enforcing the tax law of governments that impose bad policy? I …
    By Daniel J. Mitchell
  • July 11, 2013
    The Blaze
    The Internet Needs a ‘No Spy Zone’
    … revelations. Companies need to step in to meet the demand for a more private Internet, and governments need to adopt policies that respect privacy rights and limit government intrusion. If the U.S. government’s response so far is any …
    By Simon Lester
  • July 8, 2013
    Blog
    Coup in Egypt: America Doesn’t Run the World After All
    Egypt is descending into political chaos. And there’s nothing Washington can do. Indeed, American foreign policy is a wreck. The common assumption that the U.S. controls events around the globe has been exposed yet again as an embarrassing …
    By Doug Bandow
  • July 1, 2013
    National Interest (Online)
    Will Rice Wreck Obama’s Presidency?
    … different interests. It overstates the similarity between the historical episode that has had the searing effect and whatever is the policy problem of today. Swearing in advance to take a particular side in a future policy debate without knowing the …
    By Doug Bandow
  • June 25, 2013
    Blog
    Understanding Disappointing Charter School Results
    … autonomy over where and when it will open a new branch. Charters are also subject to rigid price controls, a policy so damaging to the efficient and effective operation of markets that it garners almost no support among professional economists …
    By Andrew J. Coulson
  • June 24, 2013
    Providence Journal
    World Could Use More Boldness at Next Summit of G8
    … contrary, Congress is considering an expensive new farm bill and the E.U. maintains the even more expensive Common Agricultural Policy. Proposals for Asia‐​Pacific and transatlantic trade liberalization remain ever complicated and perhaps impossible. America is pursuing the Trans …
    By Doug Bandow
  • June 24, 2013
    The Free Lance-Star
    The US in the Red: How Are We Doing?
    … disaster. The past is passé: When making budget policies, the $17 trillion of explicit federal debt—the result of past policies and outcomes—should not receive as much importance as prospective debt accumulation under today’s budget policies. And, unlike …
    By Jagadeesh Gokhale
  • June 22, 2013
    Blog
    Cato Comments on TSA Body Scanners
    Outside of war zones, Americans are more likely to die as a result of TSA policies than from Islamic terrorism.
    By Jim Harper
  • Regulation
    Vol. 36 No. 2
    Summer 2013
    Summer 2013
    As concern over climate change grows, policymakers face a difficult question: How much should society spend today to protect future generations against the unknown risks emissions create? In the new issue of Regulation, Bob Litterman, Robert S. Pindyck, Daniel Sutter, Shi-Ling Hsu, and David R. Henderson explore a variety of approaches.
  • June 3, 2013
    Blog
    The Federal Reserve vs. Small Business
    In short, the Fed’s zero interest-rate policy has exacerbated a credit crunch that has been holding back the economy.
    By Steve H. Hanke
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