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Obesity - A Liberty or License
Obesity is becoming an epidemic in America. So should First Lady Michelle Obama pursue a campaign against obesity? Or is this, as Sarah Palin contends, another example of “big brother” hovering ove...
The Budgetary Impact of Ending Drug Prohibition, Cato White Paper No. 30
State and federal governments in the United States face massive looming fiscal deficits. One policy change that can reduce deficits is ending the drug war. Legalization means reduced expenditure ...
Ending the Free Airplane Rides of Infants: A Myopic Method of Saving Lives, Cato Briefing Paper
Executive Summary
Since 1978 airline deregulation has saved the traveling public tens of billions of dollars without sacrificing safety. Nevertheless, under the banner of saving children's lives, ...
The Advancing Nanny State: Why the Government Should Stay Out of Child Care, Cato Policy Analysis
Executive Summary
On October 23, 1997, the Clinton administration will host the White House Conference on Child Care. The administration is expected to announce several initiatives to expand feder...
Tobacco Medicaid Litigation: Snuffing Out the Rule of Law, Cato Policy Analysis
Executive Summary
Tobacco is under siege. No fewer than 39 states are suing the industry to recover Medicaid outlays for smoking-related illnesses. Florida has led that effort with a new statute, ...
Alcohol Prohibition Was a Failure, Cato Policy Analysis
Executive Summary
National prohibition of alcohol (1920-33)--the "noble experiment"--was undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden created by prisons ...
Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies, Cato Whi
On July 1, 2001, a nationwide law in Portugal
took effect that decriminalized all drugs, including
cocaine and heroin. Under the new legal
framework, all drugs were "decriminalized,&quo t; not
"legal...
Against the New Paternalism: Internalities and the Economics of Self-Control, Cato Policy Analy
Executive Summary
Economists have long argued that government intervention makes most sense in situations that involve externalities. Externalities are costs or benefits that spill over onto t...
Back Door to Prohibition: The New War on Social Drinking, Cato Policy Analysis N
Executive Summary
December 2003 marks the 70th anniversary
of the Twenty-First Amendment, which repealed
alcohol prohibition in the United States. The 13
years between the passage of th...
Internet Privacy and Self-Regulation: Lessons from the Porn Wars, Cato Briefing
Executive Summary
The availability and adequacy of technical remedies ought to play a crucial role in evaluating the propriety of state action with regard to both the inhibition of Internet porn...
Constitutional and Antitrust Violations of the Multistate Tobacco Settlement, Ca
Executive Summary
The 1998 tobacco settlement is a sophisticated, white-collar crime instigated by contingency fee lawyers in pursuit of unimaginable riches. In collaboration with state attorney...
Gambling America: Balancing the Risks of Gambling and Its Regulation, Cato Polic
Executive Summary
Americans, it would seem, are all gamblers now. Opportunities abound, from state and interstate lotteries to the traditional contests of horses and greyhounds and in all manner...
Internet Gambling: Popular, Inexorable, and (Eventually) Legal, Cato Policy Anal
Executive Summary
The Internet offers new and better access to something that American consumers demand in spades: gambling. Lawmakers and prohibitionists can neither effectively stop Internet g...
