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9 unusual facts about Cato Institute


Austrian School

Economists of the Hayekian view are affiliated with the Cato Institute, George Mason University, and New York University, among other institutions.

Eric Garris

When Rothbard and his supporters began to feel that the Libertarian Party, through outfits such as the Cato Institute, was becoming too cozy with the Republican Party and its policies, they founded the "Libertarian Radical Caucus" which was led primarily by Garris and his most consistent collaborator Justin Raimondo.

John Stagliano

Stagliano espouses a libertarian political philosophy, and has been a significant financial contributor to the Cato Institute and the Reason Foundation, both libertarian think tanks.

Manhattan Construction Company

Manhattan Construction built the Manhattan Building, Oklahoma State Capitol Dome, Reliant Stadium, the George Bush Presidential Library, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, the Cato Institute headquarters, the Prayer Tower at the Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States Capitol Visitor Center, and many more.

One Way Forward

Research on this problem has been done by liberals like Ralph Nader, Public Citizen, and Common Cause and conservatives like the Cato Institute.

Overlawyered

On April 26, 2013, Olson announced the blog had affiliated itself with the Cato Institute, where he is a senior fellow.

Richard Dennis

He is the president of the Dennis Trading Group Inc. and the vice-chairman of C&D Commodities, a former chairman of the advisory board of the Drug Policy Alliance, a member of the Board of Directors of the Cato Institute, and on the Board of Trustees of the Reason Foundation.

Robert L. Bradley, Jr.

He is also an adjunct scholar of the Cato Institute and the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.; and a visiting fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs in London.

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement

Fellows within the Cato Institute, such as Robert Levy, assert that the lawsuit that brought on the tobacco settlement was instigated by a need to make beneficiary payments to Medicare recipients.


Emergency Service Unit

Among the critics is journalist and political analyst at the Cato Institute, Radley Balko, who has written several books and articles on the subject.

Patrick Basham

Patrick Basham is an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute, and the founding Director (in 2006) of the Democracy Institute.

USA Next

Theodore Frank of the American Enterprise Institute called the lawsuit "frivolous" and Walter Olson of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and Cato Institute criticized the move as placing them in company with Eliot Spitzer for litigiousness.


see also

Niskanen

William A. Niskanen, alumnus professor of economics and chairman of the Cato Institute