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|name        = Cato Institute
|image       = [[File:Cato logo.PNG]]
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|founder     = [[Edward H. Crane]]
|established = 1977
|mission     = to increase the understanding of public policies based on the principles of limited government, free markets, individual liberty, and peace.<ref name="mission">{{Cite web
  | title = Cato's Mission
  | publisher = Cato.org
  | url = http://www.cato.org/about-mission.html
  | accessdate = 2011-06-30}}</ref>
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|president   = Edward H. Crane
|chairman    = [[Robert A. Levy]]
|head_label  = Executive Vice President
|head        = [[David Boaz]] 
|faculty     = 46
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|staff       = 100
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|non-profit_slogan = "Individual Liberty, Free Markets, and Peace"
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|location    = [[Washington, D.C.]]
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|address     = 1000 [[Massachusetts Avenue (Washington, D.C.)|Massachusetts Avenue]] NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
|website     = [http://www.cato.org Cato.org]
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The '''Cato Institute''' is a public policy research organization – a [[think tank]] – dedicated to the principles of individual [[liberty]], limited government, [[free market]]s and peace. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues.

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.<ref name="About">[http://www.cato.org/about.php "About Cato"]. Cato.org. Retrieved 2011-06-30.</ref>

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