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Watering the Tree of Liberty Today
13 mei 2019 · 27 min
What does the struggle for liberty look like today? Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) discussed some of his ideas at the Cato Institute Benefactor Summit in April. Lees meer
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Considering the 'New START' for Nuclear Arms Reduction
10 mei 2019 · 14 min
Will the Trump Administration have enough time, or interest, in nuclear arms reductions before 2020? Eric Gomez discusses what's driving the discussions surrounding the New START treaty. Lees meer
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Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and the Regulatory Challenge
9 mei 2019 · 18 min
At a live recording of the Cato Daily Podcast in San Francisco, Cato's Diego Zuluaga and Matthew Feeney explored the costs and benefits of a relatively unregulated cryptocurrency marketplace. Lees meer
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What Does the U.S. Expect to Get with 'Maximum Pressure' on Iran?
8 mei 2019 · 9 min
The "maximum pressure" being applied to Iran is definitely costly to the U.S. and its allies, so we should expect to get a lot out of the policy, right? Emma Ashford and John Glaser explain why that's less than clear. Lees meer
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A Risk Analysis of Foreign and Native-Born Terrorists
7 mei 2019 · 6 min
The Trump Administration has ratcheted up rhetoric on the threat of terrorism on U.S. soil, calling for costly policy changes to foil foreign-born terrorism. The data don't support the claims. Alex Nowrasteh comments. Lees meer
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Trump Threatens More Tariffs on Chinese Goods
6 mei 2019 · 11 min
New threats of heightened tariffs may further complicate efforts to resolving trade relations with China. Dan Ikenson discusses what that means for Americans. Lees meer
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The Politics on the Ground over School Choice
30 april 2019 · 38 min
As founder and head of schools of Capital Prep schools, Steve Perry knows how school choice works, and the bankrupt politics that inhibit educational freedom. Lees meer
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The Telegraph As Technological Singularity
29 april 2019 · 16 min
The telegraph was supposed to liberate humanity. So what happened? Historian Anthony Comegna explains. Lees meer
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Donald Trump: Standing on the Shoulders of Tyrants
25 april 2019 · 11 min
How does the Trump record of aggrandizing the Oval Office compare to his predecessors? Cato's Gene Healy details his case in a new article in Reason. Lees meer
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Congress Should Consider Impeachment More Often
24 april 2019 · 12 min
Impeachable offenses aren't merely what members of the House agree they are. It's a substantial authority with some clear guidelines. One problem is, according to former Obama White House Counsel Bob Bauer, Congress is too afraid to launch inquiries. Lees meer
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The Mueller Report Is Out (Mostly)
23 april 2019 · 13 min
The long-awaited Mueller report into Russian meddling in U.S. elections is now available in a redacted form. Julian Sanchez discusses what's new in the report and how Congress could use the information. Lees meer
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Trump Imposes A Bad Deal on Major League Baseball
19 april 2019 · 15 min
A deal that would have made it easier for Cuban baseball players to join MLB has been nixed by the Trump Administration. Dara Lind, a senior correspondent at Vox, discusses the change. Lees meer
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Educational Freedom, Teacher Sickouts, and Bloated Higher Ed
18 april 2019 · 26 min
At the Cato Institute's Benefactor Summit, Neal McCluskey and Corey DeAngelis discussed the bloat and expense of modern higher ed, the data on school choice options, and why choice is second-best to educational freedom. Lees meer
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Devin Nunes Has a Cow
17 april 2019 · 8 min
California Congressman Devin Nunes is suing Twitter for facilitating what he calls defamatory comments about him. He's also suing political strategist Liz Mair. Mair says Nunes doesn't understand how civil liberties work. Lees meer
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Antitrust and Big Tech
16 april 2019 · 14 min
The benefits and rationale for subjecting large tech firms to antitrust claims seem less clear than the costs, according to Kristian Stout with the International Center for for Law and Economics. Lees meer
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Trump's Planned Drawdown in Afghanistan Is a Good Sign
15 april 2019 · 8 min
Between the start of talks with the Taliban and moving forward with plans to draw down U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Donald Trump deserves some credit. Emma Ashford explains why. Lees meer
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How Do Doctors Think about Harm Reduction?
13 april 2019 · 14 min
Harm reduction isn’t an alien concept for doctors. The problem in the context of opioids is that the feds and states won’t get out of the way to let it happen. Jeff Singer comments. Lees meer
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A New Day Dawns for Trade in Africa
12 april 2019 · 8 min
A new trade deal will dramatically reduce tariffs among participating countries in a new African trade zone. Alexander C. R. Hammond of African Liberty discusses the upside for regional trade. Lees meer
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Eisenhower’s Relevance to Peace, War, and Liberty Today
11 april 2019 · 11 min
Eisenhower's presidency still has enduring lessons for prospects for peace and liberty today. Chris Preble, author of the forthcoming book, Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy, offers his thoughts. Lees meer
Related podcast: Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy
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Why Mark Zuckerberg Is Mistaken to Welcome Federal Regulation of Facebook
9 april 2019 · 14 min
John Samples is author of the new Cato paper, "Why the Government Should Not Regulate Content Moderation of Social Media." Lees meer
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How Governments Seize Guns with 'Red Flag Laws'
8 april 2019 · 8 min
Red flag laws are aimed at getting guns away from people who are at risk of suicide or crime. David Kopel explains the due process implications of these preemptive gun seizures. Lees meer
Related testimony: "Red Flag Laws: Examining Guidelines for State Action."
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Cannabis and Opioid Overdoses
7 april 2019 · 13 min
Can cannabis become a key player in stemming the tide of opioid overdoses? Adrianne Wilson-Poe is a neuroscientist who studies the potential of cannabis in the opioid overdose epidemic. Lees meer
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A Big-Spending Divided Congress
5 april 2019 · 14 min
Will a divided Congress yield lower spending? Jonathan Bydlak of the Coalition to Reduce Spending comments. Lees meer
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How Supervised Injection Works for Heroin Users
4 april 2019 · 17 min
Some heroin users have never injected the drug themselves, and other heroin users know nothing about how to inject safely. Darwin Fisher runs a supervised injection facility, Insite, in Vancouver, BC. He explains why safe injection matters. Lees meer
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Counting the Costs of a Trump Border Shutdown
3 april 2019 · 15 min
The president says it would be a "money making operation" to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border, but that's simply not true. The costs would be enormous. Dan Ikenson and David Bier make the case. Lees meer
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How Does Heroin-Assisted Treatment Work?
2 april 2019 · 8 min
Addiction to and dependence on heroin can create a cycle that consumes other parts of a person's life. Scott MacDonald is the lead physician at the Crosstown Clinic in Vancouver, Canada. The clinic provides, among other services, heroin-assisted treatment. Lees meer
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The Opioid Crisis Is Driven by Prohibition
1 april 2019 · 19 min
Dr. Daniel Ciccarone says that in order to understand opioid use and abuse, we need to understand today's users in real time. Prohibition makes that understanding more difficult. Lees meer
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Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration
29 maart 2019 · 25 min
How does our criminal justice system fail, and why does it seem to do so systematically? Rachel Elise Barkow is author of Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration. Lees meer
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Data Privacy Protection for the Future
28 maart 2019 · 16 min
Data privacy is important, so why don't we treat it that way? Would more civil action against tech firms that misuse or fail to secure data help? Lindsey Barrett of the Georgetown University Law Center comments. Lees meer
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Gullible Superpower: U.S. Support for Bogus Foreign Democratic Movements
27 maart 2019 · 20 min
Over the last forty years, there is a distressing history of foreign insurgent groups being able to manipulate U.S. policymakers and opinion leaders into supporting their cause. Cato's Ted Galen Carpenter discusses his new book, Gullible Superpower. Lees meer
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To Make Better Cities, Drop the Big Plans
26 maart 2019 · 19 min
To make cities thrive, what's the proper role for elected officials? How, precisely, should they get out of the way of entrepreneurship and development? Greg Brooks is president of the new Better Cities Project. Lees meer
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The Mueller Report Arrives (Sorta)
25 maart 2019 · 10 min
Attorney General William Barr has released a brief description of the findings of Robert Mueller in his investigation into Russian meddling in U.S. elections. Many questions remain. Julian Sanchez comments. Lees meer
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Social Media's Content Challenge
25 maart 2019 · 12 min
Moderating content in a polarized political climate while also respecting the value of free speech is a challenge still vexing social media companies. Thomas Kadri of the Yale Information Society Project comments. Lees meer
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Development Economics and 'The Outsider's Dilemma'
23 maart 2019 · 21 min
What helps the world's poor to become prosperous? Matt Warner, president of the Atlas Network, describes some of the problems of development economics, the aid industry, and provides some hope for the future. Lees meer
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Lessons from the Great Recession, Part 2317
23 maart 2019 · 14 min
A decade later, we're still discovering lessons from the Great Recession. Economist Vincent Reinhart discussed a few at the Cato Institute Monetary Conference in 2018. Lees meer
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Rent Control Goes Statewide in Oregon
21 maart 2019 · 9 min
A new Oregon law is a first-of-its-kind statewide rent control regime. It’s effects may be fairly weak, given its provisions. Ryan Bourne discusses the winners and losers in the new regime. Lees meer
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Does Mass Transit Help Low-Income Workers?
20 maart 2019 · 13 min
The case for transit would seem to rest on its ability to cheaply get low-income Americans to work. Randal O'Toole argues that it's not that simple. Lees meer
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Does Marsy’s Law Protect Cops from Accountability?
19 maart 2019 · 6 min
Many states are pushing so-called Marsy's Laws as a way to protect victims of crime from some of elements of the criminal justice system. How might police use these laws to escape accountability? Jonathan Blanks comments. Lees meer
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Trade and American Leadership: The Paradoxes of Power and Wealth from Alexander Hamilton to Donald Trump
18 maart 2019 · 22 min
Does the U.S. retreat from freer trade have political implications? How should trade policy adjust to the shrinking U.S. share of the global economy? Craig VanGrasstek is author of Trade and American Leadership. Lees meer
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Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy
16 maart 2019 · 32 min
Christopher A. Preble is author of Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy. This is a special presentation from the March 2019 edition of Cato Audio. Lees meer
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The Trump Foreign Policy and Its Trump Administration Opponents
15 maart 2019 · 13 min
Is it too rich to hear former Vice President Cheney complain about the Trump foreign policy? Was the Pentagon really caught unawares by the President's decree that the U.S. leave Syria? Jim Antle is editor of The American Conservative magazine. Lees meer
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Threat Inflation Season Is Appropriation Season
14 maart 2019 · 11 min
How much do we know about the ratio between foreign-born and American-born terrorist threats? Does it matter? Patrick Eddington comments. Lees meer
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How Regulation Cripples Online Political Speech
13 maart 2019 · 14 min
Online political speech is often dramatically different from the speech presented via terrestrial broadcasting. That difference is critical to protecting speech in the face of one-size-fits-all regulatory regimes. Attorney Allen Dickerson with the Institute for Free Speech comments. Lees meer
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Jones Act Repeal Lands in the Senate
12 maart 2019 · 9 min
Legislation is now on the table to end the Jones Act. Colin Grabow discusses its likely prospects. Lees meer
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Anyone's Game: Sports-Betting Regulations after Murphy v. NCAA
11 maart 2019 · 10 min
A big Supreme Court case has fundamentally altered the landscape of sports betting. So what comes next? Patrick Moran comments. Lees meer
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Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse
9 maart 2019 · 19 min
The 2016 election revealed a great deal about how rural America functions and how it doesn't. Tim Carney makes a case in Alienated America that there may be ways to bridge growing divisions. Lees meer
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A Voluminous Congressional Attack on Free Political Speech
6 maart 2019 · 16 min
A massive new plan unveiled by Democrats is a wish list of restrictions on free political speech. Luke Wachob of the Institute for Free Speech comments. Lees meer
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If Sex Workers Are Victims, Why Charge Them with Felonies?
5 maart 2019 · 17 min
The police raids on massage parlors in Florida initially promised a blockbuster story of sex trafficking. So far, the story hasn't panned out. Elizabeth Nolan Brown, an associate editor at Reason magazine, explains. Lees meer
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Criminal Immigrants in 2017: Their Numbers, Demographics, and Countries of Origin
4 maart 2019 · 12 min
For all the bluster about immigration, the idea that immigrants pose a unique crime problem still doesn't show up in the data. Alex Nowrasteh discusses his new paper. Lees meer
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Customs and Border Patrol in the "Constitution-Free Zone"
1 maart 2019 · 12 min
What grants border patrol agents more invasive powers in a 100-mile wide band around the edges of the United States? Chris Montoya is a former longtime Customs and Border Patrol agent. Lees meer
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