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Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much for Health Care
28 mei 2018 · 18 min
Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much for Health Care details, among other things, how Medicare fails and why it costs so much. Charles Silver is a coauthor of the book.Conference on June 8, 2018: Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much for Health CareJoin the conversation on Twitter and stay tuned for updates with #OverchargedBook. Lees meer
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The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South
25 mei 2018 · 23 min
Two medical professionals operated virtually unchecked to put defendants away for long prison terms. Their methods were dubious and their science was bad. Two cases of exoneration are featured in the new book, The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist by Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington. Lees meer
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Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech
24 mei 2018 · 25 min
What is the role of universities in defending freedom of speech? Keith Whittington makes his case in Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech. Lees meer
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
23 mei 2018 · 18 min
Things are getting better, and The Enlightenment deserves a large amount of the credit. Steven Pinker's new book is Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. Lees meer
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The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
22 mei 2018 · 13 min
We tell ourselves stories about what motivates us to do we do what we do. The reality is far more complicated. Robin Hanson is the coauthor of The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life. Lees meer
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Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship
21 mei 2018 · 33 min
How do well-meaning restrictions on so-called "hate speech" fail? How are the counterproductive? Nadine Strossen makes her case in Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship. Lees meer
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Operation Car Wash and Brazilian Corruption
18 mei 2018 · 25 min
The corruption revealed in Brazil's Operation Car Wash scandal was widespread, brazen, and seemingly unstoppable. One of the judges who helped bring the scandal to light is Sérgio Moro. Moro was interviewed by Mary Anastasia O’Grady of The Wall Street Journal during the 2018 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty dinner held in New York this week. Lees meer
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Lessons from Europe on Freedom of Speech
17 mei 2018 · 17 min
Freedom of speech is worth protecting, and Europe is offering the United States lessons in how not to protect it. Jacob Mchangama directs the Danish think tank, Justitia. He spoke at the Cato Institute in April. Lees meer
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Legal Authority Governing Torture Remains Unclear
16 mei 2018 · 10 min
Questions remain about the White House Office of Legal Counsel and CIA attorneys over the approval of torture programs. Gina Haspel's nomination to head CIA was an opportunity to clear them up. Patrick Eddington makes his case. Lees meer
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Is There a Sequence for Success?
15 mei 2018 · 12 min
If you make some specific choices in life, a life of poverty is not in the cards, or so goes the argument. How should we think about the so-called "sequence for success"? Michael D. Tanner comments. Lees meer
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Amalgamated Handouts in the Farm Bill
14 mei 2018 · 13 min
The Farm Bill is a collection of handouts unlike any other. It's designed almost entirely to earn majority support for hundreds of billions of dollars in handouts. Chris Edwards comments. Lees meer
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Your Next Government?: From the Nation State to Stateless Nations
11 mei 2018 · 13 min
It is becoming easier for many people around the world to make significant choices about the qualities of their government. Tom Bell is author of Your Next Government?: From the Nation State to Stateless Nations. Lees meer
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Evidence on Immigration and the Welfare State
10 mei 2018 · 12 min
Immigrants are still less likely than native born Americans to make use of welfare programs. Alex Nowrasteh details his new report. Lees meer
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How the Endangered Species Act Works (and Doesn’t)
9 mei 2018 · 10 min
Some small changes to the Endangered Species Act could have a large impact on helping species emerge from the threat of extinction. Jonathan Wood of the Pacific Legal Foundation comments. Lees meer
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U.S. Violates Iran Nuclear Deal
8 mei 2018 · 9 min
The United States is leaving the Iran Nuclear Deal by violating its terms. Emma Ashford discusses the uncertainty it will foster in the region. Lees meer
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Are New Teacher Uprisings Justified?
8 mei 2018 · 21 min
The fights in Oklahoma, Arizona, Kentucky, Colorado, and West Virginia are over money. How justified are the complaints? Neal McCluskey comments. Lees meer
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Tariffs Not Only Impose Immense Economic Costs but Also Fail to Achieve Their Primary Policy Aims and Foster Political Dysfunction Along the Way
4 mei 2018 · 23 min
The future of trade policy may be one in which American trading relationships falter as the rest of the world takes its business elsewhere. Scott Lincicome comments. Lees meer
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If the Feds Were Serious about Spending Restraint …
3 mei 2018 · 17 min
What would a credible challenge to ever increasing spending look like? Kurt Couchman, a Vice President at Defense Strategies, has written some of those kinds of plans for lawmakers. Lees meer
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Long-Term Fiscal Outlook Worsens
2 mei 2018 · 12 min
Tax cuts and spending hikes are worsening an already bleak fiscal picture. Ryan Bourne discusses the fragile future for U.S. fiscal policy. Lees meer
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Cross-Border Pollution As Local Nuisance
1 mei 2018 · 12 min
Should pollution that crosses state and international borders be subject to nuisance regulation at the local level? Andrew Grossman comments. Lees meer
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Reasserting Article I Power on War and Everything Else
30 april 2018 · 15 min
For at least the last several decades, Congress has handed vast powers to the Executive Branch. Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH) discusses his hopes to get those powers back where they belong. Lees meer
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Putting "American Decline" in Perspective
27 april 2018 · 9 min
What does "American decline" look like? Chris Preble comments. Lees meer
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Prelude to Direct Talks with North Korea
26 april 2018 · 8 min
The "border summit" between North and South Korea sets the stage for direct high-level talks in a few months. Eric Gomez offers his thoughts. Lees meer
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Lucia v. Securities and Exchange Commission
24 april 2018 · 13 min
Administrative law judges tend to work in obscurity. In Lucia v. Securities and Exchange Commission, the proper role of these administrators is squarely before the U.S. Supreme Court. Andrew M. Grossman comments. Lees meer
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: It’s Still Unaccountable
23 april 2018 · 11 min
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is still a bureaucracy that is not accountable to Congress, and largely unaccountable to the President. Mick Mulvaney made that point before Congress. Cato's Diego Zuluaga discusses Mulvaney's appearance. Lees meer
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Little Pink House and Kelo
21 april 2018 · 22 min
The story of Kelo v. City of New London is now in theaters in Little Pink House. Scott Bullock argued the case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Courtney Balaker directed the film, which is now in theaters. Lees meer
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Cannabis Prohibition’s Waning Days
20 april 2018 · 21 min
The President has quietly endorsed an end to federal interference in legal-cannabis states, former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner joins the cannabis industry, and the FDA is seeking input from the public on the plant. Trevor Burrus comments on the accelerating change of cannabis policy. Lees meer
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"Void for Vagueness" Returns in Sessions v. Dimaya
19 april 2018 · 12 min
When lawmakers hand to judges the power to determine the scope of a law, something has gone wrong. Clark Neily discusses the recently decided case of Sessions v. Dimaya. Lees meer
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Repeal, Don’t Replace, Trump’s War Powers
18 april 2018 · 12 min
The Constitution is supposed to make it difficult for a President to take the U.S. to war. Why would Congress want to make it easier? Gene Healy and John Glaser comment. Lees meer
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Extreme Vetting of Immigrants: Estimating Terrorism Vetting Failures
17 april 2018 · 14 min
In his new Cato Institute paper, David Bier details what works and doesn't in keeping likely terrorists out of the United States. Lees meer
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The Bias to Action and Airstrikes on Syria
16 april 2018 · 9 min
The pull to "do something" about Syria is one that the current President did not resist, despite his warnings for years about the folly of engaging more directly in the Syrian conflict. Emma Ashford comments. Lees meer
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Public Opinion and Counterterrorism Policy
13 april 2018 · 17 min
Why is the public so fearful about terrorism more than a decade after 9/11? John Mueller is coauthor of a new Cato paper, "Public Opinion and Counterterrorism Policy." Lees meer
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FOSTA and the Federal Seizure of Backpage.com
12 april 2018 · 19 min
A new law that's supposed to crack down on sex trafficking will likely make sex work less safe and compel internet forums to shut down or spy on their users. Elizabeth Nolan Brown of Reason comments. Lees meer
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Attorney-Client Privilege, Prosecutorial Accountability, and Overcriminalization
11 april 2018 · 7 min
The invasion of the relationship between client and attorney is a very big deal indeed, and should be reserved for only the most special cases. Clark Neily comments on the case of the president of the United States and his personal attorney. Lees meer
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Checkpoint America: Monitoring The Constitution Free Zone
11 april 2018 · 13 min
Checkpoint America is a new website launched by the Cato Institute to detail the implications of a "Constitution-free zone" along the U.S. border. Patrick Eddington explains. Lees meer
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Congress Whiffs on Curbing Civil Forfeiture
10 april 2018 · 12 min
When Congress passed that big spending plan, an anticipated reform to civil forfeiture had been curiously abandoned. Darpana Sheth of the Institute for Justice comments. Lees meer
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POTUS Lacks Authority to Strike in Syrian Quagmire
10 april 2018 · 13 min
The President lacks the authority necessary to undertake hostilities in the Syrian conflict. John Glaser explains. Lees meer
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Is Robert Mueller's Evidence "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree?"
9 april 2018 · 19 min
We don't know what evidence Robert Mueller has or how much of it was gathered, but critics of his investigation say much of it is already tainted. David G. Post says that argument is very likely exactly wrong. Lees meer
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Nobody Wins a Trade War
6 april 2018 · 10 min
Proposed tariffs are the responses that both China and the United States have chosen as the battle lines are being drawn in this trade war. Simon Lester and Inu Manak comment. Lees meer
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From Statutes to Regulations to Guidance to Confusion
5 april 2018 · 12 min
Congressional action often leaves regulatory agencies a wide berth under which to issue rules, but sometimes those rules are less than clear. And the guidance to clarify those rules creates its own problems. Walter Olson comments. Lees meer
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Cops Shoot Woman, SCOTUS Tells Her She May Not Sue
4 april 2018 · 12 min
The Supreme Court has told a woman that despite being shot by police eight times under questionable circumstances, no civil jury should ever hear her case. Clark Neily comments. Lees meer
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Is Cryptocurrency Its Own Asset Class?
3 april 2018 · 17 min
The "initial coin offering" has taken on the look and feel of an "initial public offering" for equity investors. Are cryptocurrencies equities or commodities? Are they something different entirely? Diego Zuluaga comments. Lees meer
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Cambridge Analytica and the Trump Campaign
2 april 2018 · 22 min
Will regulation follow the revelations surrounding Cambridge Analytica's acquisition and use of Facebook data? Walter Olson and Julian Sanchez comment. Lees meer
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A Big-Spending, Big-Borrowing Week in Washington
31 maart 2018 · 14 min
Is there any way out of the federal spending binge? Jonathan Bydlak is creator of SpendingTracker.org. Lees meer
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Serious Proposals to Reduce Gun Deaths
29 maart 2018 · 19 min
If lawmakers want to get serious about reducing gun deaths, the War on Drugs and suicide are the best places to start. Trevor Burrus evaluates the proposals from those who march against gun violence. Lees meer
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Trump’s Tariffs, Retaliation, and Trade Deficits
28 maart 2018 · 10 min
The number of steel-exporting countries ensnared by the Trump tariffs on steel and aluminum has shrunk. The President also wants to take new action to shrink trade deficits with countries like China. Inu Manak describes the state of play. Lees meer
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New Fed, Same As the Old Fed?
27 maart 2018 · 8 min
The Federal Reserve's new leadership may indicate changes in a few policies. Tate Lacey comments. Lees meer
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It's Bolton Time
24 maart 2018 · 16 min
John Bolton, an effective communicator of extreme hawkish views, will become the President's new national security advisor. John Glaser and Sahar Khan argue that Bolton articulates views that almost entirely reject serious diplomacy. Lees meer
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The Awful Consensus in Washington
23 maart 2018 · 24 min
What politicians agree on is more troubling than the partisan rancor, according to syndicated columnist George Will. He spoke at the Cato Institute's January Policy Perspectives in Naples, Florida. Lees meer
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Truth and Perception of Homeschoolers
22 maart 2018 · 11 min
Homeschoolers aren't very ideological. At least, their ideologies vary widely. Author Zak Slayback says politicians should understand that they dismiss or mess with homeschoolers at their political peril. Lees meer
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