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Schools for Misrule: Legal Academia and an Overlawyered America

From Barack Obama (Harvard and Chicago) to Bill and Hillary Clinton (Yale), many of our current national leaders emerged from the rarefied air of the nation's top law schools. The ideas taught there in one generation often shape national policy in the next.

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The False Promise of Green Energy

This new work 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.

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Liberty of Contract: Rediscovering a Lost Constitutional Right

Examines the history of the liberty of contract 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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Cato Supreme Court Review: 2009-2010

Published every September, the Cato Supreme Court Review analyzes key cases from the Court's most recent term.

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Cato Handbook for Policymakers

The Cato Handbook for Policymakers offers an issue-by-issue detailed blueprint for reducing the federal government to the limits intended by the Founding Fathers.

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Cato State Legislative Guide

The 2011 Cato State Legislative Guide contains policy ideas and resources designed to help state policymakers tackle the key issues facing their states in a manner that expands individual liberty, promotes free markets, and reduces the size of government.

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Economic Freedom of the World

Economic Freedom of the World seeks to measure the consistency of the institutions and policies of various countries with voluntary exchange and the other dimensions of economic freedom.

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Regulation

Regulation magazine scrutinizes the effects of regulatory policies on our lives and livelihoods.

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The TechKnowledge newsletter applies the libertarian vision to cyberspace, the internet, e-commerce, and telecommunications. Technology is increasingly under assault by regulators at all levels of government. Policymakers have shown an increasing willingness to extend their misguided regulatory legacy to cover emerging technologies.

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Nuclear Proliferation Update

Nuclear Proliferation Update is dedicated to promoting peaceful resolutions to the nuclear crises in North Korea and Iran. It aims to provide policy makers with analysis on the latest developments in both nations and options for formulating coherent U.S. responses. In highlighting the importance of achieving diplomatic solutions, the goal is to avoid armed conflict and its attendant consequences.

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Immigration Reform Bulletin provides timely information, insight, and analysis about efforts to expand opportunities for legal immigration to the United States. The bulletin seeks to highlight immigration policies that promote economic growth, national security, and individual liberty.

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