Experts from the Cato Institute analyze and discuss President Obama’s State of the Union Address 2012:
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state of the union address revisited
Posted in Cato Institute, Economics, Election 2012, Obama, Politics, USA on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
libertarianism
Posted in Cato Institute, Economics, Politics on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Great quotation by David Boaz, executive vice president of the Cato Institute: You learn the essence of libertarianism – which is also the essence of civilization – in kindergarten: Don’t hit other people, don’t take their stuff, and keep your promises. Most people understand that idea in their personal lives. Now, if only we could [...]
tax haven
Posted in Cato Institute, Politics on September 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Daniel J. Mitchell, senior fellow of the Cato Institute, discusses the morality and necessity of tax havens: Are Tax Havens Moral or Immoral? Actually, there are lots of people who have very compelling reasons to keep their money in havens, and only a tiny minority of them are escaping onerous tax burdens. Unfortunately, Mitchell does [...]
job statistics
Posted in Cato Institute, Economics, Obama, Politics, Unemployment, USA on September 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Daniel Mitchell from the Cato Institute provides a good example of how to abuse statistics: Obama’s Failure on Jobs: Four Damning Charts President Obama may have a buddy-buddy relationship with big labor, but he’s no friend to ordinary workers. Sure, his first figure beautifully shows the tremedous failure of Obama’s stimulus plan. But with regards [...]
what shift right
Posted in Cato Institute, Politics, USA on August 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
David Boaz, executive vice president of the Cato Institute, sheds some light on recent talks about America’s big shift right: What shift right? In politics, maybe. In the actual size of government, no.
and the blame goes to…
Posted in Cato Institute, Politics, Ron Paul, USA on August 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Instead of discussing how to solve America’s debt problem, most politicians in Washington spend their time arguing about which president is to blame for the disaster. Yesterday, Dan Mitchell, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, presented his answer to that question: To be fair, Obama’s responsibility for the downgrade is only 15 percent. However, I [...]
spending cuts revisited
Posted in Cato Institute, Politics, USA on August 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Just a short video by the Cato Institute on how much (or rather little) $2 trillion actually is.
