The ''Cato Journal'' is a triannual peer-reviewed

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which covers

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from an Austro- libertarian point of view. It was established in 1981 and is published by the

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. It publishes articles discussing politics and economy. The journal is a "free-market, public policy journal ... for scholars concerned with questions of public policy, yet it is written and edited to be accessible to the interested lay reader". The

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is James A. Dorn.

History

The journal was established in 1981, when two issues were published. The frequency of publication has been triannual since 1982, with the exception of volume 15 for 1995. The Fall 2001 issue of the Cato Journal describes itself as "An interdisciplinary journal of public policy analysis" and contains articles by

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, Thomas M. Humphrey, Charles I.Plosser, Manuel H. Johnson, William A. Niskanen,

Robert D. McTeer Robert D. McTeer Jr. (born ) is an American economist, and has been a fellow at the US National Center for Policy Analysis since January 2007. McTeer is a former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (1981-1991), and a former chancellor ...

, Kevin Dowd, and Alan Reynolds, among others. In 2004/2005, the grouping together of issues into volumes switched from a Spring-Fall-Winter grouping to a Winter-Spring-Fall grouping, thereby synchronizing it with the calendar year.

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