Cato Handbook on Policy, 6th Edition
Edited by Edward H. Crane and David Boaz
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What Congress and Governors Should Do
Price: $5.00
Publication Date: February 2005
ISBN: 1-930865-68-6
Number of Pages: 648
Paperback
Categories: Government and Politics
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About the Book
Now in its sixth edition, the Cato Handbook on Policy sets the standard in Washington for real cuts in federal spending, taxes, and power. Breathtaking in scope, the 69 chapters—each beginning with a quick reference list of recommendations—offer an issue-by-issue detailed blueprint for reducing the federal government to the limits intended by the Founding Fathers. Providing both in-depth analysis and concrete recommendations, Cato’s Handbook is an invaluable resource for policymakers and anyone else interested in securing liberty through limited government.
All chapters of the Handbook are available in PDF from the Cato website.
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About the Editors
Edward H. Crane: Under the leadership of its founder and president Ed Crane, the Cato Institute has grown to become one of the nation's most prominent public policy research organizations. Crane has been a pioneer in framing the political debate as one, not between liberal and conservative, but rather between civil society (the voluntary sector) and political society (government power). He is credited with being one of the first national leaders of the term limitation movement. Crane is the coeditor of several books, publisher of Regulation magazine, serves on the Board of U.S. Term Limits, and is a member of the Mont Pèlerin Society. Crane's writing has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times and Forbes. He has been interviewed on NPR's "Morning Edition" and "Talk of the Nation," Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and other media. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Southern California Graduate School of Business Administration, Crane is a chartered financial analyst and former vice president at Alliance Capital Management Corp.
David Boaz: Cato's executive vice president David Boaz is a provocative commentator on a broad range of political and cultural issues; he has played a key role in the development of the Cato Institute and the libertarian movement. He is the author of Libertarianism: A Primer, published in 1997 by the Free Press and described by the Los Angeles Times as "a well-researched manifesto of libertarian ideas," the editor of The Libertarian Reader, and co-editor of the Cato Handbook for Congress (2003). He is a leading authority on domestic issues such as education choice, drug legalization, the growth of government, and the rise of libertarianism and is a frequent guest on national television and radio shows. Boaz's March 1988 New York Times article on the futility of the drug war touched off a national debate over the decriminalization of drugs. Some of Boaz's op-eds have been published in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, National Review, and Slate. He also has appeared on ABC's "Politically Incorrect" with Bill Maher, CNN's "Crossfire," NPR's "Talk of the Nation," Fox News Channel, BBC, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and other media. Boaz, a graduate of Vanderbilt University, is the former editor of New Guard magazine and was executive director of the Council for a Competitive Economy prior to joining Cato in 1981.
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What Others Have Said
“A soup-to-nuts agenda to reduce spending, kill programs, terminate whole agencies and dramatically restrict the power of the federal government.”
—Washington Post
“There are two documents essential to sanity and survival on Capitol Hill. The first and foremost is the Constitution. The second is the Cato Handbook.”
—Rep. J. D. Hayworth
“A blueprint for cutting the federal government by eliminating eight Cabinet secretariats and more than 100 programs.”
—Boston Globe
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