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A free-trade agreement between the United States and Colombia has been stalled in the U.S. Congress for more than four years since it was signed in November 2006. In a new study, Cato scholars Juan Carlos Hidalgo and Daniel Griswold examine the Colombia agreement in light of the president's call to boost U.S. exports, and examine whether violence in Colombia against union members poses a legitimate obstacle to trade liberalization.
Green energy promises an alluring future—more jobs in a cleaner environment. There's just one problem: the lack of credible evidence that any of that can occur. The False Promise of Green Energy, a new book from the Cato Institute, critically and realistically evaluates the claims of green-energy and green-jobs proponents who argue that we can improve the economy and the environment, almost risk-free, by spending hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars in return for false or highly speculative promises.
The Obama administration on Monday released its budget proposal for fiscal year 2012. The plan offers cuts in many government programs but, as in years past, ignores the largest drivers of the country's long-term debt: entitlements. With various other budget proposals expected out in the coming days and weeks, the Cato Institute offers a wide array of resources for finding savings on the federal balance sheet.
The Case for Gold
This landmark book was the minority report from the U.S. Gold Commission in 1982, which evaluated the role of gold in the monetary system. It covers the history of gold in the United States, explains how the breakdown in its use as a financial standard was caused by government, and details the critical need for sound money.
The False Promise of Green Energy
Offers an outstanding, nearly unprecedented evaluation of claims by green energy and green jobs proponents that we can improve the economy and the environment, almost risk free, by spending billions of dollars on what are ultimately false promises.
Liberty of Contract
Examines the history of the right of individuals to bargain over the terms of their own contracts and shows how this right has been continuously diminished by court decisions and by our country's growing regulatory and welfare state.
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