Veronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center (and formerly with Cato) narrates a new video warning that it would be a mistake to turn America into a European-style welfare state, which is the fate of her native country.

The video is a joint production of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity and Reason TV. Enjoy.

Don’t Turn America into France is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog

Online technology offers President Obama more opportunities to increase government transparency than any president before him, says Jerry Brito, creator of StimulusWatch.org and senior fellow at the Mercatus Center.

In today’s Cato Daily Podcast, Brito says that although Obama has taken positive steps toward increasing transparency, there are hurdles in place that are restricting open access to government data.

President Obama has been very clear about making sure that Americans know where every dollar goes…the problem though so far, is that we have a Web site called Recovery.gov, but there isn’t much there yet.

New Podcast: ‘A More Transparent Federal Government’ is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog