By Walter Olson
We’ve often deplored the continued push of criminal prosecution into matters that were once considered more suitable for regulation or for the operation of civil law. A little-noted report a few weeks back in the Los Angeles Times may indicate the next milestone in overcriminalization: The U.S. attorney has launched a fraud investigation to determine [...]
Prison Terms for Not Installing ADA Ramps? is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Chris Edwards
One of the issues discussed in my new essay on the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is the lobbying by groups of American Indians seeking official tribal status. The BIA has the power to confer tribal status, and it does so in a non-transparent manner. With official status comes tribal access to a wide range [...]
Indian Gaming: The Lobbyists Always Win is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
Politico‘s Jason Millman writes: How much does Rick Santorum hate President Barack Obama’s health care law? So much that he even opposes the parts a lot of Republicans like. The Republican presidential candidate, talking health care across the street from Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic Monday morning, blasted parts of the Affordable Care Act that poll well [...]
But, But…Price Controls Poll Well! is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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Associated Press photojournalist Noah Berger captured this thousand-word image near the Occupy Oakland demonstrations last month. Many Cato@Liberty readers will get it immediately. They can stop reading now. For everyone else, this image perfectly illustrates the ethos of what I call the Church of Universal Coverage. Like everyone who supports a government guarantee of access to medical care, [...]
The Ethos of Universal Coverage is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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Cato has published a new section on www.downsizinggovernment.org that examines the Department of the Interior. Interior is not one of the largest departments in terms of spending, but it has huge control over the lands and resources of the western United States. It oversees more than 500 million acres of land through the Bureau of [...]
Downsizing the Interior Department is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Walter Olson
Pietro Ichino, a professor of labor law at the University of Milan and a senator in the Italian legislature, is known as the author of several “neoliberal” books and studies …
Labor Law Professors Defy Death Threats in Italy is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
…appears at the end of this a poor, unsuccessful letter I sent to the editor of the Washington Post: After quoting a scholar who expresses the economic consensus that the rising cost of employer-purchased health benefits “means lower wages and salaries,” “New study shows health insurance premium spikes in every state” [Nov. 17] immediately contradicts that [...]
Cannon’s Second Rule of Economic Literacy is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
Here’s a poor, unsuccessful letter I sent to the editor of the Washington Post: “The dangerous gym membership” [Jan. 12] claims that in Medicare Advantage, “advertising a plan as the go-to health insurance source for marathoners could lure in a healthier subscriber base, disrupting the rest of the market place in the process.” Oh? Does [...]
‘The Dangerous Gym Membership’? is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Alan Reynolds
The title is from a Wall Street Journal editorial in January of 2011. I commented on Gingrich’s response to that editorial in the following excerpt from a chapter I wrote …
‘Professor Cornpone: Ethanol Lobbyist Newt Gingrich—and the Future of the GOP’ is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Michael F. Cannon
From the Los Angeles Times.
It works on so many levels.
Headline of the Week: “Consumer Chief Richard Cordray Promises Not to Abuse His Power” is a post from Cato @ Liberty – …
Headline of the Week: “Consumer Chief Richard Cordray Promises Not to Abuse His Power” is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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