Cato Institute

The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization – a think tank – dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues. It has described itself as liberal (in the European or classical sense), and has argued that its beliefs are those of the American Revolution, Jeffersonian Democracy, and have more recently been called libertarianism and market liberalism.

Founded in 1977, Cato owes its name to Cato's Letters, a series of essays published in 18th- century England that presented a vision of society free from excessive government power.

Links

 * Cato Institute website