Centralized Cappuccino

• November 13, 2006

“Imagine what would happen if coffee shops were run like schools.” Hmm … Andrew Coulson of the Cato Institute ponders this question in the American Spectator.

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Taxes & Economy

Why should Pa. settle for mediocrity?

• October 23, 2006

Tony Phyrillas on Rendell’s ranking by the Cato Institute.

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Education

Our Soviet education model

• October 2, 2006

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s Bill Steigerwald interviews the Cato Institute’s Neal McCluskey on how a number of “conservatives” have taken a “180-degree wrong turn from conservatism’s once-solid principles of limited government,…

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Taxes & Economy

Subsidy Economics 101

• Nathan Benefield
• August 24, 2006

Cato Institute commentary on why government subsidies have made housing, health care, and education more expensive for twenty-somethings. “According to data from the College Board, over the past 20…

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Taxes & Economy

Tax Policy Under President Bush

• Nathan Benefield
• August 15, 2006

An overview of recent tax policy (and unresolved issues) from Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute. He makes the keen observation that the reason the tax cuts have yet…

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Taxes & Economy

Repealing the Federal Estate Tax

• Nathan Benefield
• August 4, 2006

Facts about the estate tax from the Cato Institute.

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State Budget

Budgeting in Neverland

• Nathan Benefield
• July 26, 2006

Policy Analysis from the Cato Institute on how Congress overspends because they only hear from the spending lobby, not taxpayers, during the budget process. The same can be said…

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Government Accountability

Database to Monitor Spending?

• Nathan Benefield
• July 19, 2006

US Senators Tom Coburn and Jeff Flake have proposed a database tracking all recipients of federal grants (see Cato Institute analysis). Like many of you, I would enjoy easy…

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Regulation

Steering Online Gamblers Toward State Lotteries

• Nathan Benefield
• July 14, 2006

Jacob Sullum of the Reason Foundation wonders why some members of Congress are pushing for tougher measures banning online gambling while supporting state lotteries and casinos. The answer is…

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