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Barack Obama's Keynesian Mistake
Ike Brannon and Chris Edwards on the stimulus in the National Post.
The Optimum Government
Richard W. Rahn on limited government and spending levels.
$646,214 Per Government Job
Alan Reynolds on the stimulus in The Wall Street Journal.
Defense Doesn't Need Stimulus
William D. Hartung and Christopher A. Preble in the Washington Times.
Gitmo & National Security Courts: Poor Law, Poor PR
David H. Rittgers on RealClearPolitics.

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Cato @ Liberty Blog

"Only the Little People Pay Taxes"
by David Boaz

"Coordinated Care: An Exchange with Greg Scandlen"
by Michael F. Cannon

"Big Business and the Stimulus"
by Tad DeHaven

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January 31, 2009

Mr. President, We Disagree

President Obama says that "economists from across the political spectrum agree" on the need for massive government spending to stimulate the economy. In fact, many economists disagree. Hundreds of them, including Nobel laureates and other prominent scholars, have signed the statement that appears in the Cato Institute's ad in the New York Times, Washington Post, and in other national publications.

Obama Closing Gitmo

President Obama last week ordered the military prison at Guantanamo Bay closed within a year and appealed to military judges to halt ongoing prosecutions of terrorism suspects. Cato scholar David H. Rittgers approves, commenting: "Terrorism and insurgency constitute violence with a message. To effectively counter terrorists, we must provide a message of our own that denies a propaganda victory to their cause. Meting sound and irreproachable justice is an important way to do that."

New Cato Policy Report Dissects the Financial Crisis

Atop every policymaker's agenda is the ongoing financial crisis. Is the United States heading for a recession? If so, how bad will it be? What should policymakers do about it? What shouldn't they do? The latest Cato Policy Report tackles these issues.

  • Full Issue (PDF, 2.8M )
  • "The Return of Big Government?," by David Boaz [PDF] [HTML]
  • "Lessons from the Subprime Crisis," [PDF] [HTML]
  • "Economists Debate Roots of Financial Crisis," [PDF] [HTML]


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