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Just Get Out of the Way
International institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund routinely recommend sophisticated policies to improve the business environment that governments in poor countries cannot successfully implement. The result is often a worsening of private sector performance. In this book, Robert E. Anderson, a development consultant and former World Bank economist, recommends a different approach. Instead of adopting policies that are common in rich countries, Anderson suggests that policymakers take into account the institutional weaknesses typical of developing countries, and recommend simpler, market-oriented policies, which are more likely to produce growth and keep the private and public sectors honest.

Mugged by the State
It's a scandal--the misguided government policies and overzealous enforcement that have victimized ordinary Americans. That's the story Randall Fitzgerald tells in Mugged by the State. Fitzgerald uncovers example after example of government harassment, including: a woman taken to jail for not wearing a seatbelt; a family diner seized under eminent domain laws; a couple who found army helicopters hovering over their land in a dispute over wetlands; and others.

You Can't Say That!
"George Mason University law professor David E. Bernstein takes on a similar menace in You Can't Say That!: The Growing Threat to Civil Liberties from Antidiscrimination Laws. This excellent book demonstrates that, in case after case, "activists" for one cause or another have shown a willingness to trample on the rights of others. In the name of weeding out bigotry and male chauvinism, political conservatives are silenced by campus speech codes at public universities; in the name of tolerance, religious landlords are forced to accept tenants of whom they disapprove morally; in the name of defeating homophobia, the New Jersey supreme court tried to make itself the final arbiter of who should and should not be admitted to the Boy Scouts."

--National Review

Restoring the Lost Constitution
"Step by step, Randy Barnett constructs an intriguing case for a moderately libertarian natural-rights Constitution that allows government action only when, and because, doing so protects the generously defined liberties of each person. Along the way he sheds new light on old controversies. This book should provoke the kind of controversy that advances our understanding of the Constitution."

--Mark Tushnet, author of The New Constitutional Order

Voucher Wars: Waging the Legal Battle Over School Choice
by Clint Bolick
The book documents the twelve-year fight from the first urban school choice program in 1990, to the 2002 Supreme Court decision establishing the constitutionality of voucher programs. Milton Friedman says, "Clint Bolick has written an exciting and fascinating account of his experience as a lawyer defending school choice....a true human interest tale."

The Pocket Constitution
To encourage people everywhere to better understand and appreciate the principles of government that are set forth in America's founding documents, the Cato Institute is pleased to publish this pocket edition of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America, with a foreword by Roger Pilon.

	Cato Supreme Court Review: 2002-2003 The Cato Supreme Court Review is an annual critique of the Court's most important decisions from the term just ended, plus an incisive look at the cases ahead. In a collection of essays by scholars, lawyers, and Supreme Court litigators, it examines the Court's decisions and its upcoming cases in light of the nation's first principles -- liberty and limited government -- as articulated in the Declaration of Independence and secured by the Constitution. To purchase the book click here.

In Defense of Global Capitalism A young writer from Sweden, who started on the anarchist left, Johan Norberg has traveled to Vietnam, Africa, and other hot spots in the battle over globalization. With facts, statistics, and graphs, Norberg shows why capitalism is in the process of creating a better world. Norberg takes on the tough issues—economic growth, freedom vs. equality, free trade and fair trade, international debt, child labor, cultural imperialism—and concludes that free-market capitalism is the best route out of global poverty. To purchase the book click here.

	Antidumping Exposed: The Devilish Details of Unfair Trade Law This book seeks to penetrate the fog of complexity that shields the antidumping law from the scrutiny it deserves. It offers a detailed, step-by-step guide to how dumping is defined and measured under current rules. It identifies the many methodological quirks and biases that allow normal, healthy competition to be stigmatized as “unfair” and punished with often cripplingly high antidumping duties. To purchase the book click here.

Economic Freedom of the World: 2003 Annual Report The Cato Institute and the Fraser Institute, together with help from 50 think tanks around the world, present the 2003 edition of the Economic Freedom of the World report, which ranks 123 nations based on 38 separate criteria.

	Eco-nomics: What Everyone Should Know About Economics and the Environment It's one thing to be passionate about protecting the environment. It's another to be successful at it. Many laws have been enacted to clean up pollution or preserve natural beauty, but many of them don't work and others have unintended consequences. In this book, Stroup explains why many of our environmental laws have failed us and how we might go about doing a better job of protecting nature. To purchase the book click here.

Bad Neighbor Policy: Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin America Spending on federal antidrug measures continues to increase, and both the domestic and international tactics employed by the government in the name of an uncompromisingly drug-free society bring the inflammatory metaphor of war closer to reality. Ending the prohibitionist system would produce numerous benefits for the United States and Latin America alike. In this hard-hitting book, Ted Galen Carpenter takes a broad view of the fiasco that is Washington's drug war and provides a candid portrait of the situation in Latin America. To purchase the book click here.

	Space: The Free-Market Frontier In Space: The Free-Market Frontier, leading experts analyze how we can move from the current situation of limited access to space and truly make space a place where people can work, play, and live. This book considers how we arrived at our current situation, what signs hold the promise of a free-market future, and which policy changes might enable space to become the next free-market frontier. To purchase the book click here.

Bountiful Harvest: Technology, Food Safety, and the Environment In this provocative new book, University of Houston economics professor Thomas R. DeGregori debunks anti-science environmental activists, and lays out the case for employing modern technology in modern agriculture. DeGregori argues that innovations such as bioengineered foods have increased life expectancy, crop yields and generally improved human well-being. The AgBiotech Reporter calls DiGregori's book "the ideal handbook for anyone who wants to understand the opponents of progress." To purchase the book click here.

	Out of Bounds, Out of Control Written by James DeLong, Out of Bounds, Out of Control measures the enforcement activities of the Environmental Protection Agency and finds them disturbingly deficient. Environmental regulation is so detailed and obscure that no one can identify all relevant mandates, let alone ensure compliance. The book documents story after story of regulatory abuses, many of which are pandemic across the government. Ultimately, DeLong concludes that deep structural reform is needed to restore the rule of law to administrative agencies. To purchase the book click here.

Peace and Freedom: Foreign Policy for a Constitutional Republic In this collection of articles published since the mid-1980s, Ted Galen Carpenter not only outlines a coherent strategy for dealing with terrorism, but makes a comprehensive case for an entirely new U.S. foreign policy, one of "strategic independence." Carpenter emphasizes that U.S. foreign policy must protect and promote the values that have made America a great country, those of a constitutional republic based on the principles of limited government and individual liberty. To purchase the book click here.

	Copy Fights: The Future of Intellectual Property Rights in the Information Age Edited by Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr., this collection of essays from leaders in technology, copyright and intellectual property fields look at the timeless questions surrounding intellectual property and how they might change with emerging technology in the information age. Featuring selections from Tom W. Bell, John Perry Barlow, Rep. Rick Boucher, Stan Liebowitz, Mitch Glazier, and many more. To purchase the book click here.

James Madison and the Future of Limited Government Edited by John Samples, Cato's director of the Center for Representative Government, this collection of essays applies Madison's thoughts, ideas and vision to issues and dilemmas of the 21st century. The book features essays from thirteen leading scholars, including Tom G. Palmer, James M. Buchanan, Roger Pilon, Walter Berns and Jacob T. Levy.

	Government Failure: A Primer in Public Choice When market forces fail us, what are we to do? Who will step in to protect the public interest? The government, right? Wrong. The romantic view of bureaucrats coming to the rescue confuses the true relationship between economics and politics. Politicians often cite "market failure" as justification for meddling with the economy, but a group of leading scholars show the shortcomings of this view. In Government Failure, these scholars explain the school of study known as "public choice," which uses the tools of economics to understand and evaluate government activity.

Toward Liberty: The Idea That Is Changing the World Edited by Cato Executive Vice President David Boaz, Toward Liberty looks at the political philosophy that is sweeping the world. More and more countries are opting for free trade and free markets, and the rule of law. In this collection, scholars and politicians address the fall of communism and apartheid, globalization, school choice, Social Security privatization, technology and personal freedom.