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Immigrants and Institutions
30 mei 2014 · 13 min
What impact do immigrants have on the institutions of their new home countries? Lees meer
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Obama Lays Out New Foreign Policy
29 mei 2014 · 12 min
Our Freeloading Allies Lees meer
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ObamaCare Rules Push More Employers to Drop Coverage
28 mei 2014 · 8 min
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Authoritarian Parties Make Gains in European Union
27 mei 2014 · 7 min
Elections in the European Union have given authoritarian parties big wins. Lees meer
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Leszek Balcerowicz Receives Milton Friedman Prize
23 mei 2014 · 12 min
From September 1989 to August 1991, Leszek Balcerowicz served as deputy prime minister and finance minister in Tadeusz Mazowiecki's administration, which was Eastern Europe's first noncommunist government since the end of World War II. He held those positions again from October 1997 to June 2000. Lees meer
He was chief architect of the Balcerowicz Plan, a radical reform program that helped transform the Polish economy in the 1990s. He liberalized the prices of most consumer goods and initiated sound fiscal and monetary measures designed to balance the budget and end hyperinflation.
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Capitalism, Freedom and American Values
22 mei 2014 · 17 min
Chess champion Garry Kasparov delivered the keynote address at the Cato Institute's biennial dinner for the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty. Lees meer
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DEA Deputizing Doctors
20 mei 2014 · 20 min
Balancing effective pain treatment for patients and obeying the law presents difficulties for physicians who receive precious little guidance from the feds. Lees meer
Mugged by the State: When Regulators and Prosecutors Bully Citizens
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Fighting FERC Fraud Claims in Public
19 mei 2014 · 10 min
Kevin and Rich Gates are fighting claims of fraud by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and they're doing so in broad daylight. Lees meer
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School Choice and Brown v. Board
16 mei 2014 · 10 min
It's been sixty years since school-based racial segregation was rejected by the Supreme Court. Lees meer
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No Place to Hide
15 mei 2014 · 28 min
In his new book, No Place to Hide, Glenn Greenwald traces the discovery and extent of the massive surveillance apparatus constructed by the National Security Agency. Lees meer
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Another Taxing Distinction for ObamaCare
14 mei 2014 · 9 min
Lawsuits challenging Obamacare are once again reaching the nation’s highest courts. Lees meer
Beyond the Individual Mandate: The Obamacare “Tax” Is Still Unconstitutional
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Unlucky Strike
13 mei 2014 · 11 min
Smoking is bad for you, but what about the guy next to you? And why are public health experts seemingly just as concerned about e-cigarettes as the real thing? Lees meer
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Is College Worth It?
12 mei 2014 · 16 min
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Copyright as Intellectual Privilege
9 mei 2014 · 14 min
Reforming our system of copyrights is needed now more than ever. Lees meer
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NSA Reform Clears Key Hurdle
8 mei 2014 · 9 min
Reining in certain NSA abuses is now closer to reality. Lees meer
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Development, Autocrats and The Tyranny of Experts
7 mei 2014 · 11 min
The technocratic approach to ending global poverty favored by development experts often strengthens authoritarian governments and neglects or undermines the preferences and personal choices of poor people. Lees meer
The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor
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Faith in the Public Sphere at SCOTUS
6 mei 2014 · 9 min
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The Defense Department's Procurement Problem
5 mei 2014 · 7 min
If you want to know why so many Defense Department projects are behind schedule and over budget, follow the incentives. Lees meer
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Why Government Fails So Often
2 mei 2014 · 40 min
Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better Lees meer
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The Humanitarian Failure in Libya
30 april 2014 · 10 min
Military interventions, even when driven by humanitarian concerns, should be judged by their actual consequences. Lees meer
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Rumblings of Revolution in Higher Education
28 april 2014 · 12 min
The cost of higher education continues to rise, but that’s not the case everywhere. Some schools are providing low-cost four-year degrees, all without large-scale subsidies. Lees meer
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The Most [Redacted] Administration in History
25 april 2014 · 9 min
President Obama is conventional with regard to government secrecy, even on matters of when and where the President may unilaterally order the execution of Americans. This comes despite claims that his administration would be "the most transparent" in history. Cato Vice President Gene Healy provides details. Lees meer
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Freedom in the States of India
24 april 2014 · 6 min
India has made great strides in human well being, but much remains to be done to bring millions more out of poverty. Which states are leading on measures of economic freedom and good governance? Lees meer
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John Paul Stevens on Fixing the Constitution
21 april 2014 · 7 min
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens would alter the Constitution in a few ways. He specifically wants to make adjustments to the First and Second Amendments. Lees meer
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Central versus Individual Planning
18 april 2014 · 21 min
The impulse to trust experts and vest them with the power to make decisions for us gives rise to central planning's worst abuses. It's a powerful impulse that freedom's champions must work to overcome. Lees meer
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Highly Profitable Nonprofit Universities
17 april 2014 · 8 min
Nonprofit universities make money, but they expense those profits away in various ways that don't help students or taxpayers. Lees meer
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New HHS Secretary Will Wield More Power
16 april 2014 · 7 min
The next head of the Department of Health and Human Services will wield more power than predecessor Kathleen Sebelius Lees meer
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IRS Claws at Debts of the Dead
15 april 2014 · 10 min
Social Security regrets its sins-of-the-fathers grab at grown kids' tax refunds. The plan would have allowed the government to claw back sometimes decades-old overpayments at the expense of the recipients' children. What comes next? Lees meer
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IRS v. The Little Guy
14 april 2014 · 8 min
The Internal Revenue Service is trying to license tax preparers without approval from Congress. If the scheme is allowed to continue, small tax preparers could be put out of business. That may be just fine with big box providers like H&R Block. Dan Alban represents some of these tax preparers in federal court. Lees meer
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The Trouble with Higher Education
11 april 2014 · 33 min
Change is coming to higher education, but it won't be easy and it won't be popular. Glenn Reynolds argues that decades of federal subsidies and piles of student debt have not given us better outcomes for students. Lees meer
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Permissionless Innovation and Tech Policy
9 april 2014 · 8 min
An improved standard of living depends on experimentation with new ideas, but politicians always seem to insist that innovators seek permission first. Author Adam Thierer argues they have it precisely backwards. Lees meer
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Hungary's Slide into Authoritarianism
7 april 2014 · 8 min
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party emerged victorious in elections there, but the swelling concentration of power into his office has been troubling to more than just his opposition. An ultranationalist, anti-Semitic party also made large gains in the parliament. Lees meer
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A Centennial Monetary Commission
4 april 2014 · 8 min
The Federal Reserve's record over the past century includes the Great Depression, the Great Inflation and the Financial Crisis in 2008. Is it time for a monetary commission to examine the Fed's record in greater detail?Event: The Fed’s 100th Anniversary and the Case for a Centennial Monetary Commission Lees meer
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Wind Down Fannie and Freddie
3 april 2014 · 6 min
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributed mightily to the financial crisis. The bailouts delivered to Fannie and Freddie were much larger than those received by many other financial firms, but opposition remains to winding the two firms down. Lees meer
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Free Speech and Aggregate Contribution Limits
2 april 2014 · 8 min
Contributions to candidates as individual acts don't corrupt the political process, so what about contributions overall? Lees meer
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The Kidney Sellers of Iran
31 maart 2014 · 12 min
The kidney shortage in the United States is expensive for those affected. And if it's too expensive, it's often fatal. Iran has dramatically alleviated the kidney shortage by allowing donors to be compensated. Lees meer
The Kidney Sellers: A Journey of Discovery in Iran
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Demystifying North Korea's Brutality
28 maart 2014 · 8 min
It's easy to laugh at North Korea's backwardness, but that laughter encourages us to ignore the government's brutality in the least free nation on earth. Michael Malice, in his new book, attempts to demystify the regime. Lees meer
DEAR READER: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il
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Origination and ObamaCare
27 maart 2014 · 9 min
Bills to raise revenue are supposed to start in the U.S. House. So why did ObamaCare receive the "gut and replace" treatment when it arrived in the Senate? Lees meer
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White House Offers Small NSA Reform
26 maart 2014 · 12 min
The President's plan to reform National Security Agency surveillance would nullify one form of bulk collection of Americans' phone records, but leaks about NSA implicate the agency is a far wider range of mischief. Lees meer
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School Choice Is Winning
25 maart 2014 · 10 min
The number of states with zero school choice options gets smaller every year. Bob Bowdon of Choice Media evaluates the state of educational freedom for children in the United States. Lees meer
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Tesla Motors' Disruptive Business Model
24 maart 2014 · 10 min
Tesla Motors makes "premium electric" automobiles, but some state-level protectionists don't like that Tesla owns its own dealerships. Lees meer
Tesla and the Red-State Blues
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Anti-Sanctions for Ukraine?
21 maart 2014 · 6 min
Sanctions on foreign countries that do bad things don't tend to achieve the desired results, but what about lifting punitive trade restrictions on countries in need? Bill Watson calls them "anti-sanctions." Lees meer
Let's Try Anti-Sanctions
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Seizure and Search of Mobile Phones at SCOTUS
20 maart 2014 · 7 min
The Supreme Court will soon have another chance to rein in police searches of our personal electronics. Lees meer
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Three Years Since the War in Libya
19 maart 2014 · 9 min
Even on humanitarian grounds, the war in Libya didn't help the people of that country prosper, says Benjamin H. Friedman. Lees meer
Did the Military Intervention in Libya Succeed?
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Free Expression and Discrimination Laws
18 maart 2014 · 9 min
When should your right to free expression be trumped by the demands of antidiscrimination laws? Lees meer
Choosing What to Photograph Is a Form of Speech
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Freaked-Out Parents, Bubble-Wrapped Kids
14 maart 2014 · 14 min
There was a time in the United States when young children roamed free of the fear of kidnapping or other horrible fates. The world has gotten much safer since then. Lees meer
Quit Bubble-Wrapping Our Kids!
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NSA Fakes Facebook to Spread Malware
13 maart 2014 · 12 min
The NSA's use of hijacked botnets and fake Facebook pages are aimed at gathering intelligence on a massive scale, whether or not those surveilled are suspected of any wrongdoing. Lees meer
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CIA Watches the Watchmen Watching Them
12 maart 2014 · 7 min
The head of the Senate intelligence committee accuses the CIA of surveilling and intimidating Senate staffers as they attempted to learn more about alleged CIA abuses. Lees meer
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Putting the IRS in Charge of Speech
11 maart 2014 · 12 min
The IRS is a political agency. It's been used against political opponents going back to at least the 1960s. New proposed rules governing nonprofits that lobby Congress could muzzle those groups when they want to talk to their own members. David Keating is President of the Center for Competitive Politics. Lees meer
Censorship Through the Tax Code: How the Proposed IRS Rules for Social Welfare Groups Stifle Political Activity
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The Explosion in Criminal Penalties
10 maart 2014 · 14 min
The dramatic rise in criminal penalties at both the state and federal level is cause for concern. Marc Levin of the Texas Public Policy Foundation argues that many petty crimes, though rightfully illegal, shouldn’t carry jail time. Restitution, he argues, is often a more appropriate penalty. Lees meer
Welcome Rumblings of a Wider Drug War Clemency
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