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| 1974–1976 || The Charles Koch Foundation days || Cato's own timelines begin in 1977, and it's not clear what they were up to in the first two years before the name change.
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| 1977–1981 || Rothbard is around ||
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| {{dts|March 1, 2012}}{{snd}}{{dts|October 2012}} || Koch v. Cato dispute ||
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== Numerical and visual data  ==
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=== Mentions on Google Scholar ===
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The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of May 20, 2021.
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! Year
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! Brookings Institution
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! Cato Institute
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! RAND Corporation
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| 1980 || 2,170 || 475 || 4,200
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| 1985 || 2,510 || 799 || 4,360
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| 1990 || 3,290 || 1,180 || 5,400
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| 1995 || 4,980 || 1,580 || 5,590
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| 2000 || 8,800 || 2,900 || 7,720
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| 2002 || 11,300 || 3,660 || 8,920
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| 2004 || 13,500 || 4,320 || 10,800
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| 2006 || 15,100 || 5,120 || 12,400
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| 2008 || 17,100 || 5,530 || 14,400
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| 2010 || 20,700 || 5,810 || 16,900
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| 2012 || 23,400 || 7,360 || 20,200 
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| 2014 || 21,500 || 7,640 || 21,300 
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| 2016 || 24,700 || 7,870 || 21,900 
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| 2017 || 25,600 || 8,040 || 22,400 
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| 2018 || 25,300 || 8,040 || 22,900 
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| 2019 || 24,700 || 8,170 || 23,100 
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| 2020 || 23,300 || 7,660 || 22,500 
 
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[[File:Brookings inst tb.png|thumb|center|700px]]
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=== Google Trends ===
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The image below shows {{w|Google Trends}} data for Cato Institute (Think tank) from January 2004 to January 2021, when the screenshot was taken.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cato Institute |url=https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F013pt4 |website=trends.google.com |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref>
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[[File:Cato gtrends.jpeg|thumb|center|800px]]
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=== Google Ngram Viewer ===
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The chart below shows {{w|Google Ngram Viewer}} data for Cato Institute, from 1974 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cato Institute |url=https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Cato+Institute&year_start=1974&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=true |website=books.google.com |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref>
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[[File:Cato ngram.jpeg|thumb|center|800px]]
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=== Wikipedia Views ===
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The chart below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia article {{w|Cato Institute}} on desktop, mobile-web, desktop-spider, mobile-web-spider and mobile app, from July 2015, to December 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cato Institute |url=https://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultiplemonths.php?page=Cato+Institute&allmonths=allmonths&language=en&drilldown=all |website=wikipediaviews.org |access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref>
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[[File:Cato wv.jpeg|thumb|center|500px]]
  
 
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| 1977 || {{dts|January}} || || The Cato Institute is established in San Francisco by Edward H. Crane and Charles G. Koch.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|2,11}}
 
| 1977 || {{dts|January}} || || The Cato Institute is established in San Francisco by Edward H. Crane and Charles G. Koch.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|2,11}}
 
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| 1977 || {{dts|November}} || || ''[[wikipedia:Inquiry (magazine)|Inquiry Magazine]]'', a biweekly political affairs magazine, is founded at the Cato Institute.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|2,11}}
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| 1977 || {{dts|November}} || Periodical || ''[[wikipedia:Inquiry (magazine)|Inquiry Magazine]]'', a biweekly political affairs magazine, is founded at the Cato Institute.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|2,11}}
 
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| 1978–1982 || || || The Cato Institute first publishes ''Literature of Liberty'', a magazine where each issue discusses the literature of a particular field. The publication would b transferred to {{w|Institute for Humane Studies}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/literature-liberty |author=Aaron Ross Powell |date=February 1, 2012 |publisher=Libertarianism.org |title=Literature of Liberty |accessdate=August 26, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Doherty" />{{rp|526}}
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| 1978–1982 || || Periodical || The Cato Institute first publishes ''Literature of Liberty'', a magazine where each issue discusses the literature of a particular field. The publication would b transferred to {{w|Institute for Humane Studies}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/literature-liberty |author=Aaron Ross Powell |date=February 1, 2012 |publisher=Libertarianism.org |title=Literature of Liberty |accessdate=August 26, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Doherty" />{{rp|526}}
 
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| 1978 || {{dts|February}} || || Cato launches ''Byline'', a daily radio program.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|10}}<ref name="cato40-timeline">{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/cato40/timeline |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Cato: 40 Years of Advancing Liberty |accessdate=August 26, 2017}}</ref>
 
| 1978 || {{dts|February}} || || Cato launches ''Byline'', a daily radio program.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|10}}<ref name="cato40-timeline">{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/cato40/timeline |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Cato: 40 Years of Advancing Liberty |accessdate=August 26, 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 1978 || {{dts|March}} || || Cato Institute publishes ''The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science'' by {{w|Ludwig von Mises}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|11}}
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| 1978 || {{dts|March}} || Publication || Cato Institute publishes ''The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science'' by {{w|Ludwig von Mises}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|11}}
 
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| 1978 || {{dts|June}} || || The Cato Institute launches its Summer Seminar in Political Economy.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|12}}
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| 1978 || {{dts|June}} || Meeting || The Cato Institute launches its Summer Seminar in Political Economy.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|12}}
 
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| 1979 || {{dts|January}} || || The Cato Institute launches the newsletter ''Policy Report''.<ref name="cato-25">{{cite web |url=https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/25th_annual_report.pdf |title=25 years at the Cato Institute: The 2001 Annual Report |publisher=Cato Institute |year=2001 |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref>{{rp|12–13}}
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| 1979 || {{dts|January}} || Periodical || The Cato Institute launches the newsletter ''Policy Report''.<ref name="cato-25">{{cite web |url=https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/25th_annual_report.pdf |title=25 years at the Cato Institute: The 2001 Annual Report |publisher=Cato Institute |year=2001 |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref>{{rp|12–13}}
 
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| 1979 || {{dts|May}} || || Cato Institute publishes two manuscripts by {{w|F. A. Hayek}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|16}}
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| 1979 || {{dts|May}} || Publication || Cato Institute publishes two manuscripts by {{w|F. A. Hayek}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|16}}
 
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| 1980 || {{dts|January}} || || The first issue of Policy Analysis is published.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|17}}
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| 1980 || {{dts|January}} || Periodical || The first issue of Policy Analysis is published.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|17}}
 
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| 1980 || {{dts|November}} || || Cato Institute publishes ''The Regulation of Medical Care: Is the Price Too High?'' by {{w|John C. Goodman}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|18}}
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| 1980 || {{dts|November}} || Publication || Cato Institute publishes ''The Regulation of Medical Care: Is the Price Too High?'' by {{w|John C. Goodman}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|18}}
 
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| 1980 || {{dts|December}} || || Cato Institute publishes ''Social Security: The Inherent Contradiction'' by {{w|Peter Ferrara}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|19}}
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| 1980 || {{dts|October}}–December || Publication || Cato Institute publishes ''Social Security: The Inherent Contradiction'' by {{w|Peter Ferrara}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|19}}<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| Early 1980s || || || The Cato Institute relocates to Washington D.C.<ref name="Doherty" />{{rp|446}}
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| 1981 || {{dts|March}} || Periodical || The first issue of the ''{{w|Cato Journal}}'' is published.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|22}}
 
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| 1981 || {{dts|March}} || || The first issue of the ''{{w|Cato Journal}}'' is published.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|22}}
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| 1981 || {{dts|March}} || People || {{w|Murray Rothbard}} is fired from Cato Institute.<ref name="Doherty">{{cite book |title=Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement |author=Brian Doherty |year=2007 |publisher=PublicAffairs}}</ref>{{rp|417}}
 
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| 1981 || {{dts|March}} || || {{w|Murray Rothbard}} is fired from Cato Institute.<ref name="Doherty">{{cite book |title=Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement |author=Brian Doherty |year=2007 |publisher=PublicAffairs}}</ref>{{rp|417}}
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| 1981 || {{dts|December}} || Meeting || Cato Institute holds a symposium on pollution.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|23}}
 
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| 1981 || {{dts|December}} || || Cato Institute holds a symposium on pollution.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|23}}
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| 1981 || {{dts|December}} || || {{w|Ludwig von Mises}}'s widow Margit gives her approval to found the Mises Institute.<ref name="old-about-page">{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026003336/http://www.mises.org:80/about.aspx |title=About the Mises Institute |accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 1981 || {{dts|December}} || || {{w|Ludwig von Mises}}'s widow Margit gives her approval to found the Mises Institute.<ref name="old-about-page">{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026003336/http://www.mises.org:80/about.aspx |title=About the Mises Institute |accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref>
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| 1982 || {{dts|January}} || || The Cato Institute relocates to Washington D.C.<ref name="Doherty" />{{rp|446}}<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 1982 || {{dts|February}} || || Cato Institute publishes ''Freedom, Feminism, and the State''.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|24}}
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| 1982 || {{dts|February}} || Publication || Cato Institute publishes ''Freedom, Feminism, and the State''.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|24}}
 
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| 1982 || {{dts|May}} || || Cato Institute publishes the Polish ''Solidarnosc z Wolnoscia'' (''Solidarity with Liberty''), a book containing essays by {{w|F.A. Hayek}}, {{w|Milton Friedman}}, {{w|Ludwig von Mises}}, {{w|Michael Polanyi}}, and others. Cato then smuggles copies of the book into Poland.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|25}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/policy-report/2007/1/cpr29n1-3.pdf |title=Remembering Milton Friedman |accessdate=August 26, 2017 |date=January 2007 |publisher=Cato |journal=Cato Policy Report |quote=Our first collaboration with Milton Friedman was to smuggle his ideas behind the Iron Curtain, in our 1982 Polish book ''Solidarity with Liberty'' and then in a 1985 Russian book ''Friedman and Hayek on Freedom''.}}</ref>
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| 1982 || {{dts|May}} || Publication || Cato Institute publishes the Polish ''Solidarnosc z Wolnoscia'' (''Solidarity with Liberty''), a book containing essays by {{w|F.A. Hayek}}, {{w|Milton Friedman}}, {{w|Ludwig von Mises}}, {{w|Michael Polanyi}}, and others. Cato then smuggles copies of the book into Poland.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|25}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/policy-report/2007/1/cpr29n1-3.pdf |title=Remembering Milton Friedman |accessdate=August 26, 2017 |date=January 2007 |publisher=Cato |journal=Cato Policy Report |quote=Our first collaboration with Milton Friedman was to smuggle his ideas behind the Iron Curtain, in our 1982 Polish book ''Solidarity with Liberty'' and then in a 1985 Russian book ''Friedman and Hayek on Freedom''.}}</ref>
 
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| 1982 || {{dts|October}} || Physical location || The Mises Institute is founded by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. (founding president), with {{w|Murray Rothbard}} as the founding vice president.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mises.org/about-mises |publisher=Mises Institute |title=About Mises |date=June 18, 2014 |accessdate=August 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="what-is-the-mises-Institute">{{cite web |url=https://mises.org/about-mises/what-is-the-mises-Institute |publisher=Mises Institute |title=What Is the Mises Institute? |date=June 18, 2014 |accessdate=August 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="faq-2007-12-14">{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214105818/http://www.mises.org/content/faq.aspx |title=Mises.org: Frequently Asked Questions |accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref>
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| 1982 || {{dts|October}} || || The Mises Institute is founded by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. (founding president), with {{w|Murray Rothbard}} as the founding vice president.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mises.org/about-mises |publisher=Mises Institute |title=About Mises |date=June 18, 2014 |accessdate=August 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="what-is-the-mises-Institute">{{cite web |url=https://mises.org/about-mises/what-is-the-mises-Institute |publisher=Mises Institute |title=What Is the Mises Institute? |date=June 18, 2014 |accessdate=August 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="faq-2007-12-14">{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214105818/http://www.mises.org/content/faq.aspx |title=Mises.org: Frequently Asked Questions |accessdate=August 23, 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 1983 || {{dts|January}} || || The Cato Institute hosts its first annual monetary conference. The topic for the first year is "The Search for Stable Money".<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|28}}
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| 1983 || {{dts|January}} || Meeting || The Cato Institute hosts its first annual monetary conference. The topic for the first year is "The Search for Stable Money".<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|28}}
 
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| 1983 || {{dts|November}} || || Cato Institute publishes ''Telecommunications in Crisis: Technology, Deregulation, and the First Amendment'', arguing for a [[wikipedia:Spectrum management|free market in the frequency spectrum]].<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|30}}
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| 1983 || {{dts|November}} || Publication || Cato Institute publishes ''Telecommunications in Crisis: Technology, Deregulation, and the First Amendment'', arguing for a [[wikipedia:Spectrum management|free market in the frequency spectrum]].<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|30}}
 
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| 1984 || {{dts|August}} || || Cato Institute publishes ''Beyond Liberal and Conservative: Reassessing the Political Spectrum''.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|31}}
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| 1984–1985 || {{dts|September}} || Publication || The Cato Institute publishes ''Friedman and Hayek on Freedom'', a collection of Russian-language essays by {{w|F. A. Hayek}} and {{w|Milton Friedman}}. Cato then smuggles copies of the book into the {{w|Soviet Union}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|40}}<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 1985 || {{dts|May}} || || {{w|William Niskanen}} joins the Cato Institute board of directors as chairman.<ref name="Doherty" />{{rp|452}}<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|35}}
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| 1984 || {{dts|August}} || Publication || Cato Institute publishes ''Beyond Liberal and Conservative: Reassessing the Political Spectrum''.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|31}}
 
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| 1985 || {{dts|July}} || || The Cato Institute publishes ''National Economic Planning: What is Left?'' by Don Lavoie.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|36}}
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| 1985 || {{dts|May}} || People || {{w|William Niskanen}} joins the Cato Institute board of directors as chairman. At the time Niskanen is already known for his work in the Ronald Reagan administration among other places: "Niskanen was a veteran of Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers, was a respected economist in his own right, and had a reputation for integrity from quitting as chief economist for Ford Motors over [[wikipedia:William A. Niskanen#Ford Motor Company|disagreement about their embrace of trade protectionism]]."<ref name="Doherty" />{{rp|452}}<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|35}}
 
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| 1985 || {{dts|September}} || || The Cato Institute publishes ''Friedman and Hayek on Freedom'', a collection of Russian-language essays by {{w|F. A. Hayek}} and {{w|Milton Friedman}}. Cato then smuggles copies of the book into the {{w|Soviet Union}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|40}}
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| 1985 || {{dts|July}} || Publication || The Cato Institute publishes ''National Economic Planning: What is Left?'' by Don Lavoie.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|36}}
 
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| 1989 || || || The Cato Institute acquires ''[[wikipedia:Regulation (magazine)|Regulation]]'', the magazine-turned-periodical started by the {{w|American Enterprise Institute}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv25n2/v25n2-2.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207063848/https://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv25n2/v25n2-2.pdf |archivedate=February 7, 2006 |title=A Retrospective |author=William A. Niskanen |year=2002 |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
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| 1989 || || Periodical || The Cato Institute acquires ''[[wikipedia:Regulation (magazine)|Regulation]]'', the magazine-turned-periodical started by the {{w|American Enterprise Institute}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv25n2/v25n2-2.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207063848/https://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv25n2/v25n2-2.pdf |archivedate=February 7, 2006 |title=A Retrospective |author=William A. Niskanen |year=2002 |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref> (Cato's 40-year anniversary timeline gives January 1990 for the acquisition.)<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 1989 || || || The Cato Institute establishes its Center for Constitutional Studies.<ref name="cato-25" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/centers/center-constitutional-studies |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Center for Constitutional Studies |accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref>
 
| 1989 || || || The Cato Institute establishes its Center for Constitutional Studies.<ref name="cato-25" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/centers/center-constitutional-studies |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Center for Constitutional Studies |accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 1989 || {{dts|December}} || || The Cato Institute publishes ''The Rights Retained by the People: The History and Meaning of the Ninth Amendment''.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|55}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fee.org/articles/book-review-the-rights-retained-by-the-people-the-history-and-meaning-of-the-ninth-amendment-edited-by-randy-e-barnett/ |title=The Rights Retained by the People: The History and Meaning of the Ninth Amendment |author=James A. Woehlke |date=October 1, 1992 |accessdate=August 30, 2017}}</ref>
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| 1989 || {{dts|December}} || Publication || The Cato Institute publishes ''The Rights Retained by the People: The History and Meaning of the Ninth Amendment''.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|55}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fee.org/articles/book-review-the-rights-retained-by-the-people-the-history-and-meaning-of-the-ninth-amendment-edited-by-randy-e-barnett/ |title=The Rights Retained by the People: The History and Meaning of the Ninth Amendment |author=James A. Woehlke |date=October 1, 1992 |accessdate=August 30, 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 1990 || {{dts|September}} || || The Cato Institute holds its first conference in Moscow, titled ''Transition to Freedom: the New Soviet Challenge''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cis.org.au/app/uploads/2015/04/images/stories/policy-magazine/1991-autumn/1991-7-1-ross-parish.pdf |title=Transition to Freedom? The Cato Institute's Moscow Conference |author=Ross Parish |year=1991 |accessdate=August 30, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|59}}
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| 1990 || {{dts|September}} || Meeting || The Cato Institute holds its first conference in Moscow, titled ''Transition to Freedom: the New Soviet Challenge''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cis.org.au/app/uploads/2015/04/images/stories/policy-magazine/1991-autumn/1991-7-1-ross-parish.pdf |title=Transition to Freedom? The Cato Institute's Moscow Conference |author=Ross Parish |year=1991 |accessdate=August 30, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|59}}
 
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| 1991 || || || Cato Institute is "solidly against" the {{w|Gulf War}}. Cato loses "nearly $1 million in funding over its stance against the Gulf War" due to some of its funders being for the war.<ref name="Doherty" />{{rp|454}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2012/09/farewell_ed_cra.html |title=Ed Crane: An Appreciation |author=David Henderson |date=September 29, 2012 |accessdate=August 27, 2017 |quote=One of the things I most admire about Ed is how he stayed principled when George Bush I got the U.S. into the first Gulf war. At the time, one major contributor to Cato withdrew his funding and, possibly, persuaded others to do so also, but Ed stayed strong and just worked that much harder to raise funds to fill the gap. |publisher=[[wikipedia:EconLog|EconLog]]}}</ref>
 
| 1991 || || || Cato Institute is "solidly against" the {{w|Gulf War}}. Cato loses "nearly $1 million in funding over its stance against the Gulf War" due to some of its funders being for the war.<ref name="Doherty" />{{rp|454}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2012/09/farewell_ed_cra.html |title=Ed Crane: An Appreciation |author=David Henderson |date=September 29, 2012 |accessdate=August 27, 2017 |quote=One of the things I most admire about Ed is how he stayed principled when George Bush I got the U.S. into the first Gulf war. At the time, one major contributor to Cato withdrew his funding and, possibly, persuaded others to do so also, but Ed stayed strong and just worked that much harder to raise funds to fill the gap. |publisher=[[wikipedia:EconLog|EconLog]]}}</ref>
 
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| 1991 || {{dts|March}} || || The Cato Institute publishes ''Liberating Schools: Education in the Inner City'', a collection of articles edited by {{w|David Boaz}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|64}}
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| 1991 || {{dts|March}} || Publication || The Cato Institute publishes ''Liberating Schools: Education in the Inner City'', a collection of articles edited by {{w|David Boaz}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|64}}
 
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| 1991 || {{dts|April 20}}–21 || || The Cato Institute conference "All the President's Men: Perestroika Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow", the second in Moscow, takes place.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|64}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/policy-report/1991/8/v13n4.pdf |title=Second Moscow Conference Draws Worldwide Attention |date=July 1991 |accessdate=August 30, 2017}}</ref>{{rp|4}}
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| 1991 || {{dts|April 20}}–21 || Meeting || The Cato Institute conference "All the President's Men: Perestroika Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow", the second in Moscow, takes place.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|64}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/policy-report/1991/8/v13n4.pdf |title=Second Moscow Conference Draws Worldwide Attention |date=July 1991 |accessdate=August 30, 2017}}</ref>{{rp|4}}
 
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| 1991 || {{dts|May 1}} || || ''America Entangled: The Persian Gulf Crisis and Its Consequences'', edited by Ted Galen Carpenter, is published.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://store.cato.org/book/america-entangled |publisher=Cato Store |title=America Entangled |date=April 15, 2015 |accessdate=August 30, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|61}}
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| 1991 || {{dts|May 1}} || Publication || ''America Entangled: The Persian Gulf Crisis and Its Consequences'', edited by Ted Galen Carpenter, is published.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://store.cato.org/book/america-entangled |publisher=Cato Store |title=America Entangled |date=April 15, 2015 |accessdate=August 30, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|61}}
 
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| 1992 || {{dts|May}} || || ''Patient Power'' by {{w|John C. Goodman}} is published by Cato Institute.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|67}}
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| 1992 || {{dts|May}} || Publication || ''Patient Power'' by {{w|John C. Goodman}} is published by Cato Institute.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|67}}
 
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| 1992 || {{dts|May}} || || The Cato Institute conference Liberty in the Americas: Free Trade and Beyond takes place in {{w|Mexico City}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|70}}
 
| 1992 || {{dts|May}} || || The Cato Institute conference Liberty in the Americas: Free Trade and Beyond takes place in {{w|Mexico City}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|70}}
 
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| 1993 || {{dts|January}} || || Cato publishes ''Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thoughts'' by {{w|Jonathan Rauch}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|71}}
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| 1993 || {{dts|January}} || Publication || Cato publishes ''Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thoughts'' by {{w|Jonathan Rauch}}.<ref name="cato-25" />{{rp|71}}
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| 1993 || {{dts|May 6}}–7 || || Cato Institute celebrates the grand opening of its new headquarters. Staff members complete the move on May 10.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/policy-report/1993/8/v15n4.pdf |title=1,000 Guests Gather for Grand Opening |journal=Cato Policy Report |date=July 1993 |accessdate=September 1, 2017}}</ref>
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| 1995 || {{dts|February 22}} || Domain || The <code>cato.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=cato.org |title=Showing results for: CATO.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 1995-02-22T05:00:00Z}}</ref> On its timeline, Cato claims the website launched January 1, 1995, almost two months prior.<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
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| 1996 || {{dts|August 19}} || Domain || The <code>socialsecurity.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=socialsecurity.org |title=Showing results for: SOCIALSECURITY.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 31, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 1996-08-19T04:00:00Z}}</ref>
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| 1996 || {{dts|November 11}} || Domain || The <code>libertarianism.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=libertarianism.org |title=Showing results for: LIBERTARIANISM.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 1996-11-11T05:00:00Z}}</ref> The website would not launch in its current form until the end of 2011.
 
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| 1995 || {{dts|February 22}} || || The <code>cato.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=cato.org |title=Showing results for: CATO.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 1995-02-22T05:00:00Z}}</ref>
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| 1997 || {{dts|June 27}} || Domain || The <code>freetrade.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=freetrade.org |title=Showing results for: FREETRADE.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 31, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 1997-06-27T04:00:00Z}}</ref>
 
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| 1996 || {{dts|August 19}} || || The <code>socialsecurity.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=socialsecurity.org |title=Showing results for: SOCIALSECURITY.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 31, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 1996-08-19T04:00:00Z}}</ref>
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| 1997 || {{dts|October 21}} || Domain || The <code>cato-university.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=cato-university.org |title=Showing results for: CATO-UNIVERSITY.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 31, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 1997-10-21T04:00:00Z}}</ref> Cato University would launch the following year.
 
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| 1996 || {{dts|November 11}} || || The <code>libertarianism.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=libertarianism.org |title=Showing results for: LIBERTARIANISM.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 1996-11-11T05:00:00Z}}</ref> The website would not launch in its current form until the end of 2011.
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| 1997 || {{dts|December 2}} || Social media || Cato joins Free-Market.net as a partner for hosting various mailing lists.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011103143945/http://www.free-market.net:80/partners/c/cato.html#lists |title=Free-Market.Net Partner Cato Institute |accessdate=August 31, 2017 |quote=Free-Market.Net Partner Since: December 2, 1997}}</ref>
 
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| 1997 || {{dts|June 27}} || || The <code>freetrade.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=freetrade.org |title=Showing results for: FREETRADE.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 31, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 1997-06-27T04:00:00Z}}</ref>
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| 1998 || || Publication || Cato Institute first publishes its {{w|pocket Constitution}}. Cato's edition contains the {{w|United States Declaration of Independence}} and the {{w|United States Constitution}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/policy-report/septemberoctober-2005/cato-constitution |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Policy Report: The Cato Constitution |date=September 1, 2005 |accessdate=August 31, 2017 |quote=Since its first publication in 1998, Cato has distributed more than four million copies of the pocket Constitution.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/01/history_of_the_pocket_constitution_these_miniature_versions_of_america_s.html |title=The Bizarre, Incomplete History of the Pocket Constitution |author=Betsy Woodruff |date=January 28, 2015 |publisher=Slate Magazine |accessdate=August 31, 2017 |quote=The most American thing that has ever existed landed on my desk a few weeks ago in an unsolicited mailing from a libertarian-leaning think tank: a snappy new Cato Institute pocket Constitution, one of millions printed since the booklets first started streaming off printing presses decades ago.}}</ref> (Cato's 40-year anniversary timeline claims the first pocket Constitution was published in 2002.)<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 1997 || {{dts|October 21}} || || The <code>cato-university.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=cato-university.org |title=Showing results for: CATO-UNIVERSITY.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 31, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 1997-10-21T04:00:00Z}}</ref>
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| 1998 || || || Cato University launches.<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 1997 || {{dts|December 2}} || || Cato joins Free-Market.net as a partner for hosting various mailing lists.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011103143945/http://www.free-market.net:80/partners/c/cato.html#lists |title=Free-Market.Net Partner Cato Institute |accessdate=August 31, 2017 |quote=Free-Market.Net Partner Since: December 2, 1997}}</ref>
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| 1998 || {{dts|May 26}} || Domain || The <code>elcato.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=elcato.org |title=Showing results for: ELCATO.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 1998-05-26T04:00:00Z}}</ref>
 
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| 1998 || {{dts|May 26}} || || The <code>elcato.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=elcato.org |title=Showing results for: ELCATO.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 1998-05-26T04:00:00Z}}</ref>
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| 1998 || {{dts|May 29}} || Website || The Cato Institute announces the launch of its Spanish-language website, El Cato en Español.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980712161034/http://cato.org:80/new/catonew.html |title=What's New at Cato |accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 1998 || {{dts|May 29}} || || The Cato Institute announces the launch of its Spanish-language website, El Cato en Español.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980712161034/http://cato.org:80/new/catonew.html |title=What's New at Cato |accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref>
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| 1999 || {{dts|March 1}} || || Cato Institute files its first ''[[wikipedia:Amicus curiae|amicus curiae]]'' at the {{w|United States Supreme Court}}.<ref name="cato40-timeline" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/about/cato-amicus-program |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Cato's Amicus Brief Program |accessdate=September 1, 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 2001 || {{dts|March 15}} || || The <code>catostore.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=catostore.org |title=Showing results for: CATOSTORE.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 31, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 2001-03-15T20:19:39Z}}</ref> Cato originally owned the domain,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211023414/http://www.cato.org:80/ |title=The Cato Institute: Public Policy Analysis, Limited Government, Free Markets |accessdate=August 31, 2017}}</ref> buy as of August 30, 2017 it no longer does.
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| 2001 || {{dts|March 15}} || Domain || The <code>catostore.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=catostore.org |title=Showing results for: CATOSTORE.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 31, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 2001-03-15T20:19:39Z}}</ref> Cato originally owned the domain,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211023414/http://www.cato.org:80/ |title=The Cato Institute: Public Policy Analysis, Limited Government, Free Markets |accessdate=August 31, 2017}}</ref> but as of August 30, 2017 it no longer does.
 
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| 2001–2003 || || || A series of commentaries from the Cato Institute argue against a war in Iraq.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/us-should-refrain-attacking-iraq |publisher=Cato Institute |title=U.S. Should Refrain from Attacking Iraq |date=December 7, 2001 |author=William A. Niskanen |accessdate=August 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/dont-start-second-gulf-war |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Don't Start the Second Gulf War |date=August 12, 2002 |author=Doug Bandow |accessdate=August 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/top-10-reasons-not-do-iraq |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Top 10 Reasons Not to "Do" Iraq |author=Ivan Eland |date=August 19, 2002 |accessdate=August 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/one-last-time-case-against-war-iraq |publisher=Cato Institute |title=One Last Time: The Case Against a War with Iraq |author=William A. Niskanen |date=March 3, 2003 |accessdate=August 27, 2017}}</ref>
 
| 2001–2003 || || || A series of commentaries from the Cato Institute argue against a war in Iraq.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/us-should-refrain-attacking-iraq |publisher=Cato Institute |title=U.S. Should Refrain from Attacking Iraq |date=December 7, 2001 |author=William A. Niskanen |accessdate=August 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/dont-start-second-gulf-war |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Don't Start the Second Gulf War |date=August 12, 2002 |author=Doug Bandow |accessdate=August 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/top-10-reasons-not-do-iraq |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Top 10 Reasons Not to "Do" Iraq |author=Ivan Eland |date=August 19, 2002 |accessdate=August 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/one-last-time-case-against-war-iraq |publisher=Cato Institute |title=One Last Time: The Case Against a War with Iraq |author=William A. Niskanen |date=March 3, 2003 |accessdate=August 27, 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 2005 || {{dts|October 7}} || || The <code>cato-unbound.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=cato-unbound.org |title=Showing results for: CATO-UNBOUND.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 2005-10-07T20:46:24Z}}</ref>
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| 2005 || {{dts|October 7}} || Domain || The <code>cato-unbound.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=cato-unbound.org |title=Showing results for: CATO-UNBOUND.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 2005-10-07T20:46:24Z}}</ref>
 
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| 2005 || {{dts|December}} || || The first issue of ''{{w|Cato Unbound}}'', a web-only debate platform of the Cato Institute, is published.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato-unbound.org/issues/december-2005/living-constitution |publisher=Cato Unbound |title=December 2005: The Living Constitution: Amendments for the 21st Century |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2005 || {{dts|December}} || Periodical || The first issue of ''{{w|Cato Unbound}}'', a web-only debate platform of the Cato Institute, is published.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato-unbound.org/issues/december-2005/living-constitution |publisher=Cato Unbound |title=December 2005: The Living Constitution: Amendments for the 21st Century |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 2005 || {{dts|December 16}} || || Cato Institute senior scholar {{w|Doug Bandow}} resigns after it is revealed that he accepted payments from lobbyist {{w|Jack Abramoff}} for writing columns favorable to Abramoff's clients including "the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/17/politics/columnist-resigns-his-post-admitting-lobbyist-paid-him.html |date=December 17, 2005 |publisher=[[wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]] |title=Columnist Resigns His Post, Admitting Lobbyist Paid Him |first1=Anne E. |last1=Kornblut |first2=Philip |last2=Shenon |accessdate=August 26, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Doherty" />{{rp|588}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/dec/17/20051217-123710-7853r/ |title=Abramoff reported to pay columnists |publisher=The Washington Times |accessdate=August 26, 2017 |quote=One columnist, Doug Bandow, was a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a Washington-based libertarian research group. Cato accepted Mr. Bandow's resignation yesterday after learning that he took money from Mr. Abramoff. Business Week Online reported that Mr. Bandow received as much as $2,000 per column. }}</ref>
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| 2005 || {{dts|December 16}} || People || Cato Institute senior scholar {{w|Doug Bandow}} resigns after it is revealed that he accepted payments from lobbyist {{w|Jack Abramoff}} for writing columns favorable to Abramoff's clients including "the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/17/politics/columnist-resigns-his-post-admitting-lobbyist-paid-him.html |date=December 17, 2005 |publisher=[[wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]] |title=Columnist Resigns His Post, Admitting Lobbyist Paid Him |first1=Anne E. |last1=Kornblut |first2=Philip |last2=Shenon |accessdate=August 26, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Doherty" />{{rp|588}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/dec/17/20051217-123710-7853r/ |title=Abramoff reported to pay columnists |publisher=The Washington Times |accessdate=August 26, 2017 |quote=One columnist, Doug Bandow, was a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a Washington-based libertarian research group. Cato accepted Mr. Bandow's resignation yesterday after learning that he took money from Mr. Abramoff. Business Week Online reported that Mr. Bandow received as much as $2,000 per column.}}</ref>
 
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| 2007 || {{dts|December 27}} || || The <code>downsizinggovernment.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=downsizinggovernment.org |title=Showing results for: DOWNSIZINGGOVERNMENT.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 2007-12-27T16:18:50Z}}</ref>
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| 2006 || {{dts|May 14}} || || The first Cato Daily Podcast is released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/2006/5?page=1 |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Multimedia: Cato Daily Podcast |accessdate=August 31, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 2008 || {{dts|July 15}} || || The Cato Institute Twitter account, CatoInstitute, is created.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/catoinstitute |title=Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2007 || {{dts|December 27}} || Domain || The <code>downsizinggovernment.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=downsizinggovernment.org |title=Showing results for: DOWNSIZINGGOVERNMENT.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 2007-12-27T16:18:50Z}}</ref> The website would not launch until 2009.
 
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| 2009 || {{dts|September 8}} || || The <code>policemisconduct.net</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=policemisconduct.net |title=Showing results for: policemisconduct.net |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 2009-09-08T18:56:13Z}}</ref>
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| 2008 || {{dts|July 15}} || Social media || The Cato Institute Twitter account, CatoInstitute, is created.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/catoinstitute |title=Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 2010 || {{dts|August 23}} || || {{w|Brink Lindsey}} leaves the Cato Institute for a position at the {{w|Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029102055/http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2010/08/23/the-liberaltarian-diaspora/ |title=The Liberaltarian Diaspora |author=Will Wilkinson |date=August 23, 2010 |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2008 || {{dts|August 12}} || Social media || Cato Institute publishes its first tweet.<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 2010 || {{dts|September 15}} || || {{w|Will Wilkinson}} leaves the Cato Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/content/slate/blogs/weigel/2010/08/23/a_purge_at_the_cato_institute.html |title=A Purge at the Cato Institute? |publisher=Slate Magazine |author=David Weigel |date=August 23, 2010 |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://volokh.com/2010/08/24/the-cato-institutes-supposed-purge-of-the-liberaltarians/ |title=The Cato Institute's Supposed "Purge" of the Liberaltarians |author=Ilya Somin |publisher=The Volokh Conspiracy |date=August 24, 2010 |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2010/08/brink_lindsey_w.html |title=Brink Lindsey, Will Wilkinson |author=Arnold Kling |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:EconLog|EconLog]]}}</ref>
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| 2008 || {{dts|September 1}} || People || {{w|Robert A. Levy}} becomes chairman of Cato Institute.<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 2011 || {{dts|April 3}} || || The <code>humanprogress.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=humanprogress.org |title=Showing results for: HUMANPROGRESS.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 2011-04-03T15:35:13Z}}</ref> The website would not launch until the beginning of 2014.
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| 2009 || || Website || Cato Institute launches DownsizingGovernment.org. The website is "designed to help policymakers and the public understand where federal spending goes and how to reform each government department."<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 2011 || {{dts|November 4}} || || {{w|Libertarianism.org}}, a website supported by the Cato Institute, launches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/welcome-libertarianismorg |publisher=Libertarianism.org |title=Welcome to Libertarianism.org |author=Aaron Ross Powell |date=November 4, 2011 |accessdate=August 27, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2009 || {{dts|September 8}} || Domain || The <code>policemisconduct.net</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=policemisconduct.net |title=Showing results for: policemisconduct.net |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 2009-09-08T18:56:13Z}}</ref> The site would not launch until mid-2012.
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| 2010 || {{dts|August 23}} || People || {{w|Brink Lindsey}} leaves the Cato Institute for a position at the {{w|Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029102055/http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2010/08/23/the-liberaltarian-diaspora/ |title=The Liberaltarian Diaspora |author=Will Wilkinson |date=August 23, 2010 |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2010 || {{dts|September 15}} || People || {{w|Will Wilkinson}} leaves the Cato Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/content/slate/blogs/weigel/2010/08/23/a_purge_at_the_cato_institute.html |title=A Purge at the Cato Institute? |publisher=Slate Magazine |author=David Weigel |date=August 23, 2010 |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://volokh.com/2010/08/24/the-cato-institutes-supposed-purge-of-the-liberaltarians/ |title=The Cato Institute's Supposed "Purge" of the Liberaltarians |author=Ilya Somin |publisher=The Volokh Conspiracy |date=August 24, 2010 |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2010/08/brink_lindsey_w.html |title=Brink Lindsey, Will Wilkinson |author=Arnold Kling |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:EconLog|EconLog]]}}</ref>
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| 2011 || {{dts|April 3}} || Domain || The <code>humanprogress.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=humanprogress.org |title=Showing results for: HUMANPROGRESS.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 2011-04-03T15:35:13Z}}</ref> The website would not launch until the beginning of 2014.
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| 2011 || {{dts|October 26}} || People || {{w|William A. Niskanen}} dies. His death raises the issue of what happens to the shares in the corporation he held, which turns into the Koch v. Cato dispute.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://volokh.com/2012/03/02/koch-v-cato/ |title=Koch v. Cato |author=Jonathan H. Adler |publisher=The Volokh Conspiracy |date=March 2, 2012 |accessdate=September 1, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2011 || {{dts|November 4}} || Website || {{w|Libertarianism.org}}, a website supported by the Cato Institute, launches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/welcome-libertarianismorg |publisher=Libertarianism.org |title=Welcome to Libertarianism.org |author=Aaron Ross Powell |date=November 4, 2011 |accessdate=August 27, 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 2012 || || || Cato Institute completes a building expansion and renovation of its Washington, D.C. headquarters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clarkconstruction.com/our-work/projects/cato-institute-expansion-and-renovation |title=Cato Institute Expansion and Renovation |publisher=Clark Construction |accessdate=August 26, 2017}}</ref>
 
| 2012 || || || Cato Institute completes a building expansion and renovation of its Washington, D.C. headquarters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clarkconstruction.com/our-work/projects/cato-institute-expansion-and-renovation |title=Cato Institute Expansion and Renovation |publisher=Clark Construction |accessdate=August 26, 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 2012 || || || Cato Institute co-publishes the {{w|Index of Freedom in the World}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/articles/towards-worldwide-index-3-vasquez-stumberger.pdf |first1=Ian |last1=Vásquez |first2=Tanja |last2=Štumberger |year=2012 |publisher=Fraser Institute |title=An Index of Freedom in the World |accessdate=August 31, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2012 || || Publication || Cato Institute co-publishes the {{w|Index of Freedom in the World}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/articles/towards-worldwide-index-3-vasquez-stumberger.pdf |first1=Ian |last1=Vásquez |first2=Tanja |last2=Štumberger |year=2012 |publisher=Fraser Institute |title=An Index of Freedom in the World |accessdate=August 31, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2012 || {{dts|February 29}} || || Charles and David Koch file a lawsuit in Kansas court over William Niskanen's shares.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/think-tanked/post/cato-says-koch-engaged-in-a-hostile-takeover-of-the-think-tank/2012/03/01/gIQAd4vLlR_blog.html |publisher=[[wikipedia:The Washington Post|The Washington Post]] |author=Allen McDuffee |title=Cato says Koch engaged in "a hostile takeover" of the think tank |date=March 1, 2012 |accessdate=September 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2012/03/kochs-launch-court-fight-over-cato-073494 |title=Kochs launch court fight over Cato |publisher=POLITICO |accessdate=September 1, 2017 |date=March 1, 2012 |author=Mike Allen |quote=Koch officials tell POLITICO that the brothers think the shareholder agreement is clear that there should now only be three shareholders, while Crane thinks Niskanen's 25-percent control should go to his widow, Kathryn Washburn.}}</ref> The media begins reporting the following day.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kochvcato.wordpress.com/bibliography/ |title=Bibliography |date=September 24, 2012 |publisher=Koch v. Cato |accessdate=September 1, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2012 || {{dts|May 1}} || Website || Cato Institute launches PoliceMisconduct.net. The site is "a comprehensive database of media reports on police impropriety".<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 2012 || {{dts|June 25}} || || Charles and David Koch announce that they are close to settling the lawsuits over ownership of the Cato Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2012/06/25/kochs-cato-institute-ready-to-end-lawsuits |title=Kochs, Cato Institute ready to end lawsuits |publisher=[[wikipedia:U.S. News & World Report|U.S. News & World Report]] |date=June 25, 2012 |author=John Hanna |accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2012 || {{dts|June 25}} || || Charles and David Koch announce that they are close to settling the lawsuits over ownership of the Cato Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2012/06/25/kochs-cato-institute-ready-to-end-lawsuits |title=Kochs, Cato Institute ready to end lawsuits |publisher=[[wikipedia:U.S. News & World Report|U.S. News & World Report]] |date=June 25, 2012 |author=John Hanna |accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/news-releases/2012/6/25/cato-institute-shareholders-reach-agreement-principle |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Cato Institute and Shareholders Reach Agreement in Principle |date=June 25, 2012 |accessdate=September 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://kochvcato.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/peace/ |title=Peace |author=Joey Coon |date=June 26, 2012 |publisher=Koch v. Cato |accessdate=September 1, 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 2012 || {{dts|October}} || || [[wikipedia:Ed Crane (political activist)|Ed Crane]] steps down as President and CEO of Cato Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/people/edward-crane |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Edward H. Crane |accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2012 || {{dts|October}} || People || [[wikipedia:Ed Crane (political activist)|Ed Crane]] steps down as President and CEO of Cato Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/people/edward-crane |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Edward H. Crane |accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 2012 || {{dts|October}} || || {{w|John A. Allison IV}} becomes the President and CEO of Cato Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/people/john-allison |publisher=Cato Institute |title=John A. Allison |accessdate=August 25, 2017 |quote=Allison was president and CEO of the Cato Institute from October 2012 to April 2015.}}</ref>
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| 2012 || {{dts|October}} || People || {{w|John A. Allison IV}} becomes the President and CEO of Cato Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/people/john-allison |publisher=Cato Institute |title=John A. Allison |accessdate=August 25, 2017 |quote=Allison was president and CEO of the Cato Institute from October 2012 to April 2015.}}</ref>
 
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| 2013 || {{dts|April 26}} || || {{w|Walter Olson}} announces that {{w|Overlawyered}} is now affiliated with the Cato Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/04/overlawyered-now-cato-institute-blog/ |title=Overlawyered: now a Cato Institute blog |author=Walter Olson |publisher=Overlawyered |date=April 26, 2013 |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2013 || {{dts|April 26}} || Website || {{w|Walter Olson}} announces that {{w|Overlawyered}} is now affiliated with the Cato Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/04/overlawyered-now-cato-institute-blog/ |title=Overlawyered: now a Cato Institute blog |author=Walter Olson |publisher=Overlawyered |date=April 26, 2013 |accessdate=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
 
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| 2014 || {{dts|January 1}} || || Cato Institute launches HumanProgress.org. The website "provides data about the many ways in which the world has become a better place".<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
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| 2014 || {{dts|January 1}} || Website || Cato Institute launches HumanProgress.org. The website "provides data about the many ways in which the world has become a better place".<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 2014 || {{dts|October 6}} || || The <code>alt-m.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=alt-m.org |title=Showing results for: ALT-M.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 2014-10-06T22:42:42Z}}</ref> Cato's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives is also established during this year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/centers/center-monetary-financial-alternatives |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives |accessdate=August 31, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cato40-timeline" />
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| 2014 || {{dts|October 6}} || Domain || The <code>alt-m.org</code> domain name is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=alt-m.org |title=Showing results for: ALT-M.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=August 24, 2017 |quote=Creation Date: 2014-10-06T22:42:42Z}}</ref> Cato's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, whose blog is hosted at the domain, is also established during this year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/centers/center-monetary-financial-alternatives |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives |accessdate=August 31, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 2014 || {{dts|December 12}} || || The inaugural Cato Institute Surveillance Conference takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/events/2014-cato-institute-surveillance-conference |publisher=Cato Institute |title=The 2014 Cato Institute Surveillance Conference |date=November 11, 2014 |accessdate=August 31, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lawfareblog.com/2014-cato-institute-surveillance-conference |publisher=Lawfare |author=Cody M. Poplin |title=The 2014 Cato Institute Surveillance Conference |date=December 16, 2014 |accessdate=August 31, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.justsecurity.org/18518/cato-institute-surveillance-conference/ |title=The Cato Institute Surveillance Conference |date=December 17, 2014 |publisher=Just Security |author=Julian Sanchez |accessdate=August 31, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cato40-timeline" />
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| 2014 || {{dts|December 12}} || Meeting || The inaugural Cato Institute Surveillance Conference takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/events/2014-cato-institute-surveillance-conference |publisher=Cato Institute |title=The 2014 Cato Institute Surveillance Conference |date=November 11, 2014 |accessdate=August 31, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lawfareblog.com/2014-cato-institute-surveillance-conference |publisher=Lawfare |author=Cody M. Poplin |title=The 2014 Cato Institute Surveillance Conference |date=December 16, 2014 |accessdate=August 31, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.justsecurity.org/18518/cato-institute-surveillance-conference/ |title=The Cato Institute Surveillance Conference |date=December 17, 2014 |publisher=Just Security |author=Julian Sanchez |accessdate=August 31, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 2015 || {{dts|February 1}} || || ''The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom'' by Cato Institute's executive vice president {{w|David Boaz}} is published.<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
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| 2015 || {{dts|February 1}} || Publication || ''The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom'' by Cato Institute's executive vice president {{w|David Boaz}} is published.<ref name="cato40-timeline" />
 
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| 2015 || {{dts|April 1}} || || Peter Goettler becomes the new President and CEO of Cato Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/news-releases/2015/3/30/cato-institute-announces-new-ceo |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Cato Institute Announces New CEO |date=March 30, 2015 |accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/people/peter-goettler |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Peter Goettler |accessdate=August 25, 2017 |quote=Peter Goettler joined the Cato Institute as President and CEO in April, 2015.}}</ref>
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| 2015 || {{dts|April 1}} || People || Peter Goettler becomes the new President and CEO of Cato Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/news-releases/2015/3/30/cato-institute-announces-new-ceo |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Cato Institute Announces New CEO |date=March 30, 2015 |accessdate=August 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/people/peter-goettler |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Peter Goettler |accessdate=August 25, 2017 |quote=Peter Goettler joined the Cato Institute as President and CEO in April, 2015.}}</ref>
 
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| 2015 || {{dts|August 1}} || || The first {{w|Human Freedom Index}} is published. The report is co-published by Cato Institute.<ref name="cato40-timeline" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Human Freedom Index |accessdate=August 31, 2017 |quote=The report is co-published by the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute, and the Liberales Institut at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.}}</ref>
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| 2015 || {{dts|August 1}} || Publication || The first {{w|Human Freedom Index}} is published. The report is co-published by Cato Institute.<ref name="cato40-timeline" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index |publisher=Cato Institute |title=Human Freedom Index |accessdate=August 31, 2017 |quote=The report is co-published by the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute, and the Liberales Institut at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.}}</ref>
 
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Revision as of 18:04, 20 May 2021

This is a timeline of Cato Institute.

Big picture

Time period Development summary More details
1974–1976 The Charles Koch Foundation days Cato's own timelines begin in 1977, and it's not clear what they were up to in the first two years before the name change.
1977–1981 Rothbard is around
March 1, 2012 – October 2012 Koch v. Cato dispute

Numerical and visual data

Mentions on Google Scholar

The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of May 20, 2021.

Year Brookings Institution Cato Institute RAND Corporation
1980 2,170 475 4,200
1985 2,510 799 4,360
1990 3,290 1,180 5,400
1995 4,980 1,580 5,590
2000 8,800 2,900 7,720
2002 11,300 3,660 8,920
2004 13,500 4,320 10,800
2006 15,100 5,120 12,400
2008 17,100 5,530 14,400
2010 20,700 5,810 16,900
2012 23,400 7,360 20,200
2014 21,500 7,640 21,300
2016 24,700 7,870 21,900
2017 25,600 8,040 22,400
2018 25,300 8,040 22,900
2019 24,700 8,170 23,100
2020 23,300 7,660 22,500
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Google Trends

The image below shows Google Trends data for Cato Institute (Think tank) from January 2004 to January 2021, when the screenshot was taken.[1]

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Google Ngram Viewer

The chart below shows Google Ngram Viewer data for Cato Institute, from 1974 to 2019.[2]

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Wikipedia Views

The chart below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia article Cato Institute on desktop, mobile-web, desktop-spider, mobile-web-spider and mobile app, from July 2015, to December 2020.[3]

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Full timeline

Year Month and date Event type Details
1974 December 19 The articles of incorporation of The Charles Koch Foundation, Inc. are approved in Kansas.[4][5]
1976 July 28 The amendment to the articles of incorporation, to change the name of the organization from "The Charles Koch Foundation, Inc." to "Cato Institute", is approved in Kansas.[4][5]
1977 January The Cato Institute is established in San Francisco by Edward H. Crane and Charles G. Koch.[6]:2,11
1977 November Periodical Inquiry Magazine, a biweekly political affairs magazine, is founded at the Cato Institute.[6]:2,11
1978–1982 Periodical The Cato Institute first publishes Literature of Liberty, a magazine where each issue discusses the literature of a particular field. The publication would b transferred to Institute for Humane Studies.[7][8]:526
1978 February Cato launches Byline, a daily radio program.[6]:10[9]
1978 March Publication Cato Institute publishes The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science by Ludwig von Mises.[6]:11
1978 June Meeting The Cato Institute launches its Summer Seminar in Political Economy.[6]:12
1979 January Periodical The Cato Institute launches the newsletter Policy Report.[6]:12–13
1979 May Publication Cato Institute publishes two manuscripts by F. A. Hayek.[6]:16
1980 January Periodical The first issue of Policy Analysis is published.[6]:17
1980 November Publication Cato Institute publishes The Regulation of Medical Care: Is the Price Too High? by John C. Goodman.[6]:18
1980 October–December Publication Cato Institute publishes Social Security: The Inherent Contradiction by Peter Ferrara.[6]:19[9]
1981 March Periodical The first issue of the Cato Journal is published.[6]:22
1981 March People Murray Rothbard is fired from Cato Institute.[8]:417
1981 December Meeting Cato Institute holds a symposium on pollution.[6]:23
1981 December Ludwig von Mises's widow Margit gives her approval to found the Mises Institute.[10]
1982 January The Cato Institute relocates to Washington D.C.[8]:446[9]
1982 February Publication Cato Institute publishes Freedom, Feminism, and the State.[6]:24
1982 May Publication Cato Institute publishes the Polish Solidarnosc z Wolnoscia (Solidarity with Liberty), a book containing essays by F.A. Hayek, Milton Friedman, Ludwig von Mises, Michael Polanyi, and others. Cato then smuggles copies of the book into Poland.[6]:25[11]
1982 October The Mises Institute is founded by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. (founding president), with Murray Rothbard as the founding vice president.[12][13][14]
1983 January Meeting The Cato Institute hosts its first annual monetary conference. The topic for the first year is "The Search for Stable Money".[6]:28
1983 November Publication Cato Institute publishes Telecommunications in Crisis: Technology, Deregulation, and the First Amendment, arguing for a free market in the frequency spectrum.[6]:30
1984–1985 September Publication The Cato Institute publishes Friedman and Hayek on Freedom, a collection of Russian-language essays by F. A. Hayek and Milton Friedman. Cato then smuggles copies of the book into the Soviet Union.[6]:40[9]
1984 August Publication Cato Institute publishes Beyond Liberal and Conservative: Reassessing the Political Spectrum.[6]:31
1985 May People William Niskanen joins the Cato Institute board of directors as chairman. At the time Niskanen is already known for his work in the Ronald Reagan administration among other places: "Niskanen was a veteran of Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers, was a respected economist in his own right, and had a reputation for integrity from quitting as chief economist for Ford Motors over disagreement about their embrace of trade protectionism."[8]:452[6]:35
1985 July Publication The Cato Institute publishes National Economic Planning: What is Left? by Don Lavoie.[6]:36
1989 Periodical The Cato Institute acquires Regulation, the magazine-turned-periodical started by the American Enterprise Institute.[15] (Cato's 40-year anniversary timeline gives January 1990 for the acquisition.)[9]
1989 The Cato Institute establishes its Center for Constitutional Studies.[6][16]
1989 December Publication The Cato Institute publishes The Rights Retained by the People: The History and Meaning of the Ninth Amendment.[6]:55[17]
1990 September Meeting The Cato Institute holds its first conference in Moscow, titled Transition to Freedom: the New Soviet Challenge.[18][6]:59
1991 Cato Institute is "solidly against" the Gulf War. Cato loses "nearly $1 million in funding over its stance against the Gulf War" due to some of its funders being for the war.[8]:454[19]
1991 March Publication The Cato Institute publishes Liberating Schools: Education in the Inner City, a collection of articles edited by David Boaz.[6]:64
1991 April 20–21 Meeting The Cato Institute conference "All the President's Men: Perestroika Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow", the second in Moscow, takes place.[6]:64[20]:4
1991 May 1 Publication America Entangled: The Persian Gulf Crisis and Its Consequences, edited by Ted Galen Carpenter, is published.[21][6]:61
1992 May Publication Patient Power by John C. Goodman is published by Cato Institute.[6]:67
1992 May The Cato Institute conference Liberty in the Americas: Free Trade and Beyond takes place in Mexico City.[6]:70
1993 January Publication Cato publishes Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thoughts by Jonathan Rauch.[6]:71
1993 May 6–7 Cato Institute celebrates the grand opening of its new headquarters. Staff members complete the move on May 10.[22]
1995 February 22 Domain The cato.org domain name is registered.[23] On its timeline, Cato claims the website launched January 1, 1995, almost two months prior.[9]
1996 August 19 Domain The socialsecurity.org domain name is registered.[24]
1996 November 11 Domain The libertarianism.org domain name is registered.[25] The website would not launch in its current form until the end of 2011.
1997 June 27 Domain The freetrade.org domain name is registered.[26]
1997 October 21 Domain The cato-university.org domain name is registered.[27] Cato University would launch the following year.
1997 December 2 Social media Cato joins Free-Market.net as a partner for hosting various mailing lists.[28]
1998 Publication Cato Institute first publishes its pocket Constitution. Cato's edition contains the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.[29][30] (Cato's 40-year anniversary timeline claims the first pocket Constitution was published in 2002.)[9]
1998 Cato University launches.[9]
1998 May 26 Domain The elcato.org domain name is registered.[31]
1998 May 29 Website The Cato Institute announces the launch of its Spanish-language website, El Cato en Español.[32]
1999 March 1 Cato Institute files its first amicus curiae at the United States Supreme Court.[9][33]
2001 March 15 Domain The catostore.org domain name is registered.[34] Cato originally owned the domain,[35] but as of August 30, 2017 it no longer does.
2001–2003 A series of commentaries from the Cato Institute argue against a war in Iraq.[36][37][38][39]
2005 October 7 Domain The cato-unbound.org domain name is registered.[40]
2005 December Periodical The first issue of Cato Unbound, a web-only debate platform of the Cato Institute, is published.[41][9]
2005 December 16 People Cato Institute senior scholar Doug Bandow resigns after it is revealed that he accepted payments from lobbyist Jack Abramoff for writing columns favorable to Abramoff's clients including "the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians".[42][8]:588[43]
2006 May 14 The first Cato Daily Podcast is released.[44][9]
2007 December 27 Domain The downsizinggovernment.org domain name is registered.[45] The website would not launch until 2009.
2008 July 15 Social media The Cato Institute Twitter account, CatoInstitute, is created.[46]
2008 August 12 Social media Cato Institute publishes its first tweet.[9]
2008 September 1 People Robert A. Levy becomes chairman of Cato Institute.[9]
2009 Website Cato Institute launches DownsizingGovernment.org. The website is "designed to help policymakers and the public understand where federal spending goes and how to reform each government department."[9]
2009 September 8 Domain The policemisconduct.net domain name is registered.[47] The site would not launch until mid-2012.
2010 August 23 People Brink Lindsey leaves the Cato Institute for a position at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.[48]
2010 September 15 People Will Wilkinson leaves the Cato Institute.[49][50][51]
2011 April 3 Domain The humanprogress.org domain name is registered.[52] The website would not launch until the beginning of 2014.
2011 October 26 People William A. Niskanen dies. His death raises the issue of what happens to the shares in the corporation he held, which turns into the Koch v. Cato dispute.[53]
2011 November 4 Website Libertarianism.org, a website supported by the Cato Institute, launches.[54]
2012 Cato Institute completes a building expansion and renovation of its Washington, D.C. headquarters.[55]
2012 Publication Cato Institute co-publishes the Index of Freedom in the World.[56]
2012 February 29 Charles and David Koch file a lawsuit in Kansas court over William Niskanen's shares.[57][58] The media begins reporting the following day.[59]
2012 May 1 Website Cato Institute launches PoliceMisconduct.net. The site is "a comprehensive database of media reports on police impropriety".[9]
2012 June 25 Charles and David Koch announce that they are close to settling the lawsuits over ownership of the Cato Institute.[60][61][62]
2012 October People Ed Crane steps down as President and CEO of Cato Institute.[63]
2012 October People John A. Allison IV becomes the President and CEO of Cato Institute.[64]
2013 April 26 Website Walter Olson announces that Overlawyered is now affiliated with the Cato Institute.[65]
2014 January 1 Website Cato Institute launches HumanProgress.org. The website "provides data about the many ways in which the world has become a better place".[9]
2014 October 6 Domain The alt-m.org domain name is registered.[66] Cato's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, whose blog is hosted at the domain, is also established during this year.[67][9]
2014 December 12 Meeting The inaugural Cato Institute Surveillance Conference takes place.[68][69][70][9]
2015 February 1 Publication The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom by Cato Institute's executive vice president David Boaz is published.[9]
2015 April 1 People Peter Goettler becomes the new President and CEO of Cato Institute.[71][72]
2015 August 1 Publication The first Human Freedom Index is published. The report is co-published by Cato Institute.[9][73]

Meta information on the timeline

How the timeline was built

The initial version of the timeline was written by Issa Rice.

Issa likes to work locally and track changes with Git, so the revision history on this wiki only shows changes in bulk. To see more incremental changes, refer to the commit history.

Funding information for this timeline is available.

What the timeline is still missing

Timeline update strategy

It seems like on anniversaries Cato publishes a timeline containing what it thinks are significant events.

See also

External links

References

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  3. "Cato Institute". wikipediaviews.org. Retrieved 31 January 2021. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Articles of incorporation: Cato Institute and Charles Koch Foundation". Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Restated articles of incorporation: Cato Institute" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2017. The name of the corporation is CATO INSTITUTE and the name under which the corporation was originally incorporated is The Charles Koch Foundation, Inc. Its original Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Secretary of State of Kansas on December 19, 1974. Under date of December 10, 1975 a change of registered agent was filed. On July 28, 1976 an amendment was filed in the office of the Secretary of State whereby the name of the corporation was changed to Cato Institute. Thereafter, on March 14, 1977 an amendment was filed with the Secretary of State whereby Articles FOURTH and SEVENTH were changed, and on September 9, 1991 the registered agent of the corporation was changed to H. Allan Caldwell. 
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 "25 years at the Cato Institute: The 2001 Annual Report" (PDF). Cato Institute. 2001. Retrieved August 24, 2017. 
  7. Aaron Ross Powell (February 1, 2012). "Literature of Liberty". Libertarianism.org. Retrieved August 26, 2017. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Brian Doherty (2007). Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement. PublicAffairs. 
  9. 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 "Cato: 40 Years of Advancing Liberty". Cato Institute. Retrieved August 26, 2017. 
  10. "About the Mises Institute". Retrieved August 23, 2017. 
  11. "Remembering Milton Friedman" (PDF). Cato Policy Report. Cato. January 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2017. Our first collaboration with Milton Friedman was to smuggle his ideas behind the Iron Curtain, in our 1982 Polish book Solidarity with Liberty and then in a 1985 Russian book Friedman and Hayek on Freedom. 
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  13. "What Is the Mises Institute?". Mises Institute. June 18, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2017. 
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  16. "Center for Constitutional Studies". Cato Institute. Retrieved August 25, 2017. 
  17. James A. Woehlke (October 1, 1992). "The Rights Retained by the People: The History and Meaning of the Ninth Amendment". Retrieved August 30, 2017. 
  18. Ross Parish (1991). "Transition to Freedom? The Cato Institute's Moscow Conference" (PDF). Retrieved August 30, 2017. 
  19. David Henderson (September 29, 2012). "Ed Crane: An Appreciation". EconLog. Retrieved August 27, 2017. One of the things I most admire about Ed is how he stayed principled when George Bush I got the U.S. into the first Gulf war. At the time, one major contributor to Cato withdrew his funding and, possibly, persuaded others to do so also, but Ed stayed strong and just worked that much harder to raise funds to fill the gap. 
  20. "Second Moscow Conference Draws Worldwide Attention" (PDF). July 1991. Retrieved August 30, 2017. 
  21. "America Entangled". Cato Store. April 15, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2017. 
  22. "1,000 Guests Gather for Grand Opening" (PDF). Cato Policy Report. July 1993. Retrieved September 1, 2017. 
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  25. "Showing results for: LIBERTARIANISM.ORG". ICANN WHOIS. Retrieved August 24, 2017. Creation Date: 1996-11-11T05:00:00Z 
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  27. "Showing results for: CATO-UNIVERSITY.ORG". ICANN WHOIS. Retrieved August 31, 2017. Creation Date: 1997-10-21T04:00:00Z 
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