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The Federal Emergency Management Agency: Floods, Failures, and Federalism
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 Federalism is supposed to undergird America’s system of handling disasters, particularly natural disasters. State, local, and private organizations should play the dominant role. Today, however, growing federal intervention is undermining the role of private institutions and the states in handling disasters. In a new paper, Cato scholar Chris Edwards looks at FEMA’s response to major disasters, and argues that policymakers should reverse course and begin cutting FEMA. “Ultimately,†says Edwards, “the agency should be closed down by ending aid programs for disaster preparedness and relief and privatizing flood insurance.â€
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Why Government Fails and Why Ideas Matter
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Far too many people who call for government intervention assume that politicians and other government agents are superhuman — that when they are elected or appointed to political office, they are miraculously transformed into beings consistently more altruistic, knowledgeable, and wise than are business executives, consumers, and other people who operate only in the private sector. In the new Cato Policy Report, Cato adjunct Donald J. Boudreaux explains how knowledge of Public Choice destroys the romantic myth that government is some sort of miracle worker.
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The Executive Action Obama Should Take on Immigration
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According to various news sources, President Obama is planning executive action on immigration by the end of the year. Most observers are interested in how the president’s executive actions could affect unlawful immigrants, but his actions could also improve the legal immigration system. Cato scholar Alex Nowrasteh has argued that one beneficial reform that’s possible through executive action would be to increase the number of employment-based green cards available to highly skilled workers.
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Creating a ‘Win-Win’ in M&A, Part V: How BB&T Guarded against Hostile Bids
By John A. Allison. American Banker. November 17, 2014.
Who’s Afraid of a Little Deflation?
By John H. Cochrane. The Wall Street Journal. November 17, 2014.
The End of Dodd-Frank?
By Mark A. Calabria. Washington Times. November 13, 2014.
Fall of the Berlin Wall: The Problems of too Much Equality
By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar. Investor’s Business Daily. November 7, 2014.
Just Say “Noâ€: Time to End the War on Drugs in Afghanistan
By Ted Galen Carpenter and Christopher A. Preble. National Interest (Online). November 3, 2014.
A Voting Rights Amendment Is an Unnecessary Measure to Meet Exaggerated Needs
By Ilya Shapiro. The New York Times. November 3, 2014.
Saving the GOP from Modern Know-Nothingism
By Alex Nowrasteh. The Wall Street Journal. October 30, 2014.
American Protectionism Threatens US-China Trade
By K. William Watson. The Diplomat. October 28, 2014.
Make America Safer: Shut Down the Department of Homeland Security
By Chris Edwards. Reason. October 27, 2014.
In China, Law Isn’t Winning
By Xia Yeliang. Foreign Policy. October 21, 2014.
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Labor Market Fluidity and Economic Performance
By Steven J. Davis and John Haltiwanger. Research Briefs in Economic Policy No. 14. November 12, 2014.
How Responsive Is Investment in Schooling to Changes in Redistributive Policies and in Returns?
By Ran Abramitzky and Victor Lavy. Research Briefs in Economic Policy No. 13. October 29 2014.
Will Nonmarket Economy Methodology Go Quietly into the Night? U.S. Antidumping Policy toward China after 2016
By K. William Watson. Policy Analysis No. 763. October 28, 2014.
Marijuana Policy in Colorado
By Jeffrey Miron. Working Paper No. 24. October 23, 2014.
SSDI Reform: Promoting Gainful Employment while Preserving Economic Security
By Jagadeesh Gokhale. Policy Analysis No. 762. October 22, 2014.
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No, Canada Did Not Recriminalize Drugs in British Columbia by Jeffrey A. Singer, May 8, 2024
As Policymakers Begin to Crack Down on Xylazine (Tranq), They Should Get Ready for Medetomidine by Jeffrey A. Singer, May 8, 2024
Building for Babies: Build, Baby, Build and Fertility by Bryan Caplan, May 8, 2024
Jones Act Exacerbates US Ferry System Struggles by Colin Grabow, May 7, 2024
Should Government Redistribute Media Income? by Marc Joffe, May 7, 2024
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Will AI Power a Better Future for Local Journalism? featuring Anonymous, May 9, 2024
Exploring Tensions among the US, China, and Europe featuring Anonymous, May 8, 2024
Discrimination and Identity Politics Have No Place in Medical Education featuring Anonymous, May 7, 2024
Trump and Biden Aren't Free Traders, so What's the Difference? featuring Anonymous, May 6, 2024
Medicare Can't and Won't Go on Like This featuring Anonymous, May 3, 2024
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Kurtz v. Verizon New York, Inc.
By J. David Breemer, Christopher M. Kieser, Ilya Shapiro & Trevor Burrus. Legal Briefs. November 14, 2014.
Liberty Coins, LLC v. Goodman
By Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus and Gabriel Latner. Legal Briefs. November 6, 2014.
Vermont Right to Life Committee v. Sorrell
By Allen Dickerson, Zac Morgan, Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus & Gabriel Latner. Legal Briefs. November 4, 2014.
Stewart & Jasper Orchards v. Jewell
By John J. Park, Karen Harned, Luke Wake, Ilya Shapiro & Trevor Burrus. Legal Briefs. November 3, 2014.
Kentner v. City of Sanibel
By Ilya Somin, Karen Harned, Luke Wake, Ilya Shapiro & Trevor Burrus. Legal Briefs. November 3, 2014.
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 The Tyranny of Silence
By Flemming Rose
When the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published the cartoons of the prophet Muhammad nine years ago, Denmark found itself at the center of a global battle about the freedom of speech. The paper’s culture editor, Flemming Rose, defended the decision to print the 12 drawings, and he quickly came to play a central part in the debate about the limitations to freedom of speech in the 21st century.
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 A Dangerous World? Threat Perception And U.S. National Security
Edited by Christopher Preble and John Mueller
The authors examine the most frequently referenced threats, including wars between nations and civil wars within nations, and discuss the impact of rising nations, weapons proliferation, general unrest, transnational crime, and state failures.
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 Bootleggers & Baptists
By Adam C. Smith and Bruce Yandle
Economists Bruce Yandle and Adam Smith explain how money and morality are often combined in politics to produce arbitrary regulations benefiting cronies, while constraining productive economic activities by the general public.
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 Aftermath: The Unintended Consequences of Public Policy
By Thomas E. Hall
In Aftermath, noted economist Thomas Hall examines four major instances of significant unintended consequences, all of them negative, resulting from major public policies: the federal income tax, cigarette taxes, minimum wage laws, and alcohol prohibition.
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If Everything Is Getting Better, Why Do We Remain So Pessimistic?
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Boom Towns: Restoring the Urban American Dream
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The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
October 30, 2014
Pruitt, Halbig, King & Indiana: Is ObamaCare Once Again Headed to the Supreme Court?
November 24, 2014
Free Speech and Minority Rights: the One, Inc. v. Olesen Case
December 3, 2014
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December 3, 2014
Too Big to Jail: How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations
December 4, 2014
The Future of U.S. Economic Growth
December 5, 2014
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