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Address

Washington, DC

Conferences and Conventions

19 Aug 2004, Cato Policy Forum, in Washington, DC

Awards Granted

2002 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, 9 May 2002
Related Topic: Peter T. Bauer
2004 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, 1 Apr 2004
Related Topic: Hernando de Soto
The Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty
Related Topic: Milton Friedman
Biennial award given by the Cato Institute, in honor of Milton Friedman, to an individual who has made a significant contribution to advance human freedom.

Staff and Associates

Charles W. Adams Adjunct scholar (1996-1998)
Dominic T. Armentano Adjunct Scholar
Doug Bandow Senior Fellow (former)
Randy E. Barnett Senior Fellow
David Boaz Executive Vice President
Donald J. Boudreaux Adjunct Scholar
Ted Galen Carpenter Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies
Edward H. Crane III Founder and President
Richard A. Epstein Adjunct Scholar
Penn Jillette H.L. Mencken Research Fellow
Daniel B. Klein Adjunct Scholar
David H. Koch Member, Board of Directors
David B. Kopel Associate Policy Analyst
Tibor R. Machan Adjunct Scholar
Stephen Moore Senior Fellow
P.J. O'Rourke Fellow
Jim Powell Senior Fellow
Earl C. Ravenal Senior fellow
Thomas S. Szasz Adjunct Scholar
Richard H. Timberlake Jr. Adjunct Scholar
Walter E. Williams Adjunct Scholar
Leland B. Yeager Adjunct Scholar

Associations

Economic Freedom Network

Articles

The Liberty Manifesto, by P.J. O'Rourke, Jul 1993
Remarks at May 6 dinner celebrating Cato Institute new headquarters
An End to Eminent Domain Abuse?, by George C. Leef, Freedom Daily, Apr 2005
Related Topics: Eminent Domain Protections, Richard A. Epstein
"A devastating amicus curiae brief has been submitted by three Cato Institute legal scholars and University of Chicago law professor Richard Epstein, a long-time critic of eminent domain ... they demonstrate that the likelihood of any net benefit to New London is extremely small ..."
Libertarianism and the Great Divide: Radicalism versus "pragmatism" in Brian Doherty's Radicals for Capitalism, by Justin Raimondo, 16 Mar 2007
Related Topics: Libertarianism, Murray N. Rothbard
"... for all its comprehensiveness, Radicals for Capitalism, fails to tell the real story of Cato's founding: it was Rothbard who persuaded billionaire Charles Koch, in the winter of 1976, to set up a libertarian thinktank, along with a magazine (actually two magazines, Inquiry, an 'outreach' publication, and Libertarian Review, a previously-existing movement bulletin), along with a student group."
Power Profile: Ed Crane, by Patty Reinert, The Examiner, 30 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Edward H. Crane III, Libertarian Party
Biographical profile of Ed Crane, including his views on the current U.S. presidential candidates
"... Crane ... launched Cato in San Francisco with the backing of the like-minded Charles Koch of Koch Industries ... In 1981, Crane moved Cato to Washington, where he thought, rightly, that it would be taken more seriously and would have more influence. Cato now has an annual budget of $24 million, 80 percent of which comes from individual donors. Cato takes no government money and gets very little from corporations."
Selling Ideas, by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., 21 Dec 2005
Related Topics: Doug Bandow
"... as for Cato's own claim that its 'scholarship is not for sale,' someone seems to have overlooked the reality that the entire campaign to privatize Social Security, for example, was bought and paid for with millions from Wall Street. ... Intellectuals are always in a position to sell their talents to special interests, and many of them do, especially in Washington ..."

Writings

Boy Scouts of America and Monmouth Council, Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale: Supreme Court of the United States, Brief of Amici Curiae [PDF], 28 Feb 2000
Related Topic: Freedom of Association
"To ensure that government remain subject to the freely renewed consent of the People, rather than impose the views of a temporary regime upon the People, the Constitution offers its most steadfast and unflinching protection to a broadly defined sphere of private association."

Publications

Regulation
Quarterly
The Literature of Liberty: A Review of Contemporary Liberal Thought, by Leonard P. Liggio (Editor)
Jan 1978-Winter 1982, quarterly

Books Published

A Life of One's Own: Individual Rights and the Welfare State
    by David Kelley, Cato Institute, 1998
Related Topic: Rights
Generosity: Virtue in the Civil Society
    by Tibor R. Machan, Cato Institute, 1998
It's Getting Better All the Time: 100 Greatest Trends of the Last 100 Years
    by Stephen Moore, Julian L. Simon, Cato Institute, 2000
Peace and Freedom: Foreign Policy for a Constitutional Republic
    by Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Institute, 2002
Related Topic: Foreign Entanglements
The Half-Life of Policy Rationales: How New Technology Affects Old Policy Issues
    by Daniel B. Klein, Fred E. Foldvary, Cato Institute, 2003
Related Topic: Technology
Toward Liberty: The Idea That Is Changing the World
    by David Boaz (Editor), Cato Institute, Apr 2002
Related Topic: Liberty
Underground Government: The Off-Budget Public Sector
    by James T. Bennett, Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Cato Institute, 1983
Related Topic: Government
Voucher Wars: Waging the Legal Battle over School Choice
    by Clint Bolick, Cato Institute, 2003
Related Topic: Educational Freedom
What Do Economists Contribute?
    by Daniel B. Klein (Editor), Cato Institute, 1999
Related Topic: Economists