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Subject: Cato Online Update Vol. 4 No. 12
Cato Online Update
Vol. 4 No. 12
October 4, 1999
http://www.cato.org
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PONDERING PROHIBITION
The drug war has proven to be a costly failure. Drugs are as easy to obtain
as ever. And yet, alternative drug policies are ignored by our political
leaders. To further a more mature debate, tomorrow, October 5, 1999, the
Cato Institute will host Beyond Prohibition: An Adult Approach to Drug
Policies in the 21st Century. Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico, who has
become a leading advocate for drug decriminalization, is among the speakers
scheduled for this day long conference. The event will be broadcast live
via the Cato Web site.
http://www.cato.org/events/drugwar/index.html
BREAKING WINDOWS?
In the new Cato Policy Analysis "Microsoft Redux: Anatomy of a Baseless
Lawsuit", Robert A. Levy examines the twisted reasoning behind the Justice
Department's case against Microsoft.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-352es.html
WHY IMPORTS ARE IMPORTANT
In Trade Briefing Paper No. 6, "Trade, Jobs, and Manufacturing: Why (Almost
All) U.S. Workers Should Welcome Imports", Dan Griswold writes that the
level of imports has no negative impact on total employment, and that most
Americans work in fields that do not face significant import competition.
http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/briefs/tpb-006es.html
IS THE IMF TO BLAME?
In the new Cato Foreign Policy Briefing "Repairing the Lender-Borrower
Relationship in International Finance," Ian Vshielding creditors and debtor nations from economic realities creates
disorder and prolongs the process of crisis resolution.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/fpb-054es.html
BRIEFING PAPERS, BRIEFLY NOTED
In Cato Briefing Paper No. 51, "Strong Cryptography: The Global Tide of
Change," Arnold G. Reinhold writes that current export controls adversely
affect the U.S. software industry and national security, while Cato
Briefing Paper No. 52, Kevin Dowd's "Too Big to Fail? Long-Term Capital
Management and the Federal Reserve," examines the Fed's ill-conceived LTCM
bailout on its first anniversary.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-051es.html
http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-052es.html
MONEY TALKS
On October 21, the Cato Institute will hold its 17th Annual Monetary
Conference, cosponsored with The Economist. Leading policy-makers and
monetary experts will discuss the current global monetary order and
proposals for improving that order. Those proposals range from
dollarization to a new Bretton Woods system to private competing
currencies. Speakers include Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President
and CEO Jerry L. Jordan.
http://www.cato.org/events/monconf17/index.html
GETTING TECHNICAL
>From communications to biology, technology is transforming our world. On
November 4-5, scholars, entrepreneurs and scientists will come together in
California for the annual Cato Institute/Forbes ASAP Technology & Society
conference to consider the implications.
http://www.cato.org/events/techconf99/index.html
DAILY SUPPLEMENTS
Remember to visit the Cato Web site each weekday for Cato Institute
scholars' insights into the issues of the day in Today's Commentary, and
news and Cato analysis in the Cato Daily Dispatch.
http://www.cato.org/dailys/daily-index.html
http://www.cato.org/dispatch/dispatch-index.html
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