• How Washington’s plans may result in even higher executive pay.
  “In 1993, Congress intervened in corporate compensation and messed things up. Now it’s the White House’s turn.”

• The case for allowing insider trading: “Want to keep companies honest, make the markets work more efficiently and encourage investors to diversify? Let insiders buy and sell.”

• Cato v. Heritage on the Patriot Act, Round III: “In hindsight, did Congress and the president react too hastily in 2001 by passing the Patriot Act just weeks after the 9/11 attacks?”

• Instead of fixing the Patriot Act, President Obama is protecting it.

• Twenty years later: Why the Berlin Wall fell.

• Podcast: “Financial Privacy and Freedom” featuring Prince Michael of Liechtenstein.

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