The Cato Institute is a Washington, D.C.-based public policy research organization founded in 1977 that promotes principles of limited government, free markets, individual liberty, and peace. It conducts research, publishes policy analyses, and engages in public education on domestic and international issues.
Limited government, free market economics, deregulation, lower taxes, civil liberties, criminal justice reform, free trade, restrained foreign policy, and constitutional governance
Primarily funded through private donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations
Cato Institute Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Project on Criminal Justice, scholars such as David Boaz and Walter Olson
Non-profit think tank
