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The Institute's stated mission is "to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets, and peace" by striving "to achieve greater involvement of the intelligent, lay public in questions of (public) policy and the proper role of government." Cato scholars conduct policy research on a broad range of public policy issues, and produce books, studies, op-eds, and blog posts. They are also frequent guests in the media. The Cato Institute is a non-partisan think tank, and its scholars' views are not consistently aligned with either major political party. Cato scholars were sharply critical of George W. Bush's administration (2001 � 2009) on a wide variety of issues, including the Iraq War, civil liberties, education, agriculture, energy policy, and excessive government spending. However, on other issues, most notably health care, Social Security, global warming, tax policy, and immigration, Cato scholars had praised Bush administration initiatives. During the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Cato scholars criticized both major-party candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama. The Cato Institute is named the fifth most influential think tank in the world in a study by the University of Pennsylvania in 2010. The same research named Cato the world's "top think tank for innovative ideas" in 2009. |
