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Policy Studies

“On the Limits of Federal Supremacy: When States Relax (or Abandon) Marijuana Bans,”

By Robert A. Mikos. Policy Analysis. December 12, 2012.

An ever-growing number of states have adopted legalization measures. This paper explains why these state laws, and most related regulations, have not been—and cannot be—preempted by Congress.

“India and the United States: How Individuals and Corporations Have Driven Indo-U.S. Relations,”

By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar. Policy Analysis. December 11, 2012.

The lesson is that good economic policy is good foreign policy.

“Fiscal and Generational Imbalances and Generational Accounts: A 2012 Update,”

By Jagadeesh Gokhale. Working Paper. November 13, 2012.

Official federal budget accounts are constructed exclusively in terms of current cash flows — receipts from taxes and fees

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“Stopping the Runaway Train: The Case for Privatizing Amtrak,”

By Randal O’Toole. Policy Analysis. November 13, 2012.

When Congress created Amtrak in 1970, passenger-rail advocates hoped that it would become an efficient and attractive mode of

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“Grading the Government’s Data Publication Practices,”

By Jim Harper. Policy Analysis. November 5, 2012.

Barack Obama promised transparency and open government when he campaigned for president in 2008, and he took office aiming to

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“Central Banks: Reform or Abolish?,”

By Gerald P. O’Driscoll Jr.. Working Paper. October 15, 2012.

Advocates of central bank reform must examine why central banks emerged and what forces sustain them. They did not arise in an

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Books

The Fire Next Door: Mexico’s Drug Violence and the Danger to America

Ted Galen Carpenter

The Libertarian Vote: Swing Voters, Tea Parties, and the Fiscally Conservative, Socially Liberal Center

David Boaz, David Kirby and Emily McClintock Ekins

False Idol: Barack Obama and the Continuing Cult of the Presidency

Gene Healy

Economic Freedom of the World: 2012 Annual Report

James D. Gwartney, Joshua Hall and Robert A. Lawson

Silent Spring at 50: The False Crises of Rachel Carson

Andrew P. Morriss, Roger E. Meiners and Pierre Desrochers

The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure: Why Pure Capitalism is the World Economy’s Only Hope

John A. Allison

Public Filings

“”Zero Tolerance.” Causes, Consequences, and Alternatives,”

By Andrew J. Coulson. Congressional Testimony. December 12, 2012.

“Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District,”

By Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus and Elisabeth Gusfa. Legal Briefs. November 28, 2012.

“City of Arlington v. FCC,”

By Ilya Shapiro, Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Trevor Burrus & Mac Stone. Legal Briefs. November 26, 2012.

“Hettinga v. United States,”

By Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus and Matt Gilliam. Legal Briefs. November 21, 2012.

“Gabelli v. SEC,”

By Ilya Shapiro, Walter Olson and David Scott. Legal Briefs. November 16, 2012.

“Nat’l Assoc. of Optometrists & Opticians v Harris,”

By Ilya Shapiro. Legal Briefs. November 13, 2012.

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