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Cato Institute

http://www.cato.org

Aims

The Cato Institute is a non-profit public policy research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Institute is named for Cato's Letters, a series of libertarian pamphlets that helped lay the philosophical foundation for the American Revolution. The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace. Toward that goal, the Institute strives to achieve greater involvement of the intelligent, concerned lay public in questions of policy and the proper role of government.

Activities

The Cato Institute undertakes an extensive publications program dealing with the complete spectrum of public policy issues. Books, monographs, briefing papers and shorter studies are commissioned to examine issues in nearly every corner of the public policy debate. Policy forums and book forums are held regularly, as are major policy conferences, which Cato hosts throughout the year, and from which papers are published thrice yearly in the Cato Journal. Additionally, Cato has held major conferences in London, Moscow, Shanghai, and Mexico City. The Institute also publishes the quarterly magazine Regulation, the scholarly journal Cato Journal and a bimonthly newsletter, Cato Policy Report.

Publications and other Resources

The website features a very large amount of downloadable material available at no cost. This includes Policy Studies divided into Policy Analysis, Trade Policy Analysis, Foreign Policy Briefing, Tax and Budget Bulletin, Trade Briefing Papers and Social Security Choice Papers. Articles from both the current issue and archived issues of Regulation and Cato Journal are also available in PDF format at no cost. Samples from the Center's audio publication CatoAudio are also available to download in Mp3 and RealAudio formats at no cost.