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The Gold Standard: An Analysis of Some Recent Proposals

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizes specific and recent proposals set forth to return the U.S. to the gold standard. Includes detailed information on the gold "price rule," "classical" gold standard, and other important terms.
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Cato Institute: Sequestration: Gramm Potent Weapon for Spending Restraint

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyzes the role of GRH Act in the federal budget process. (April 24, 1989)
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Cato: Homeschooling: Back to the Future? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A thoughtful look at the growing phenomenon of homeschooling in America. Article looks at the possible reasons for this trend, methods, and driving forces.
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Cato Institute: Congress, the Courts, and the Constitution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
An analysis of the conflicting views on the fundamental role of the government of the United States, specifically on the relationship between the different branches of the federal government, and what the Cato Institute regards as their...
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Cato Institute: Dewey J. Jones vs. the United States [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief of a court case where the petitioner argues that the Commerce Clause does not authorize Congress to make the arson of a private residence a federal crime, as it is already a state crime, and that police powers are assigned to the...
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Cato Institute: Free Trade, Free Markets: Rating the 105th Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
This article is about the dispute between a totally free market and one in which the government intervenes.
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Cato Institute: Global Competition Meets the New Deal

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives you information on what laws are, and facts about the global economy. Specifically, it discusses whether or not quality circles are illegal, and how global competition relates to the New Deal. (Date of Article: Feb....
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Executive Orders and National Emergencies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The subtitle of this essay is "How Presidents Have Come to 'Run the Country' by Usurping Legislative Power." It discusses how the Constitution defines executive powers in a general way, with few limitations on the power of the President...
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Atm Surcharges and the Expansion of Consumer Choice

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an essay that by advocates of ATM surcharges.
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Cato Institute: More Defense Spending for Smaller Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
"More Defense Spending for Smaller Forces: What Hath D0D Wrought?" by William A. Niskanen, from Policy Analysis No. 110, Cato Institute, July 29, 1988.
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James Madison's Vision of Liberty [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
An article by the CATO institute about James Madison's vision for his writing and contribution for the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Includes information on his views of a limited government for citizens' rights.
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Cato Handbook for Congress: Unfunded Mandates [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This PDF provides an overview of unfunded mandates within American government.
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Cato Institute: Marxist Dreams and Soviet Realities

For Students 9th - 10th
The CATO Institute, dedicated to "Individual Liberty, Limited Government, Free Markets and Peace, offers "Marxist Dreams and Soviet Realities" by Ralph Raico, originally published as Cato's Letter #2 in 1998 prior to the fall of the USSR.
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Buying Justice: Plaintiffs' Lawyers Reap Huge Dividends

For Students 9th - 10th
This writer discusses the buying of justices' impartiality by trial lawyers and calls for tort reform.