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**The Cato Weekly Podcast – Cato Institute**

Every Tuesday on The Cato Weekly Podcast, leading scholars and policy analysts from the Cato Institute delve into the big ideas shaping our world: individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Whether unpacking current events, debating civil liberties, exploring technological innovation, or tracing the history of classical liberal thought, we promise insightful analysis grounded in rigorous research and Cato’s signature libertarian perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest Episodes:

AFPF v. Bonta and Donor Privacy Sep 14, 2021

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Bradley Smith of the Institute for Free Speech details key takeaways from the Supreme Court's AFPF v. Bonta case.

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9/11 and the Targets of the New War on Terror Sep 13, 2021

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Muslims around the world soon felt targeted following September 11, 2001. Mustafa Akyol and Doug Bandow discuss the War on Terror's targets, and the impact on Muslims worldwide.

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9/11 Launched an Unprecedented Surveillance State Sep 11, 2021

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The attacks of September 11, 2001 provided cover for an unprecedented and largely ineffective surveillance apparatus that is broadly with us today. Patrick Eddington discusses how little we still know about how we're being watched.

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State-Level Digital Taxes: How Do They Work? Sep 10, 2021

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Maryland is experimenting with levying taxes on entities that engage in digital advertising in the state, and they will bring inevitable headaches and legal complications. Joe Bishop-Henchman with the National Taxpayers Union Foundation comments.

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Cooperation & Coercion: How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What that Means for Economics and Politics Sep 09, 2021

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Humans can generally either cooperate or coerce to get what they want. Antony Davies is coauthor of Cooperation & Coercion: How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What that Means for Economics and Politics.

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Will Onerous Regulations Stay Gone after COVID? Sep 08, 2021

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When states suspended regulations to better equip private actors for handling COVID-19, it raised an important question: Why did we have them to begin with? Sal Nuzzo of the James Madison Institute comments on some of the bright spots in healthcare during the pandemic.

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Kentucky Policing Reform Since Breonna Taylor's Death Sep 07, 2021

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Scandals in Kentucky police departments long precede the police killing of Breonna Taylor, the unarmed woman gunned down in her own apartment by police last year. So what policing reform did Kentucky do? Josh Crawford of Kentucky's Pegasus Institute says it was significant.

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Public Opinion on War and Terror: Manipulated or Manipulating? Sep 03, 2021

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People are regularly bombarded with ideas, and as they sort through these ideas, they pick and choose which to embrace and which to fear. John Muller is author of Public Opinion on War and Terror: Manipulated or Manipulating?

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What Is the Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K? Sep 02, 2021

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Sahar Khan details the relationship between the Taliban and ISIS-K in Afghanistan.

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The Trouble with Housing in California Sep 01, 2021

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The regulatory environment and decades of less than adequate housing production has contributed to a dramatic rise in housing prices in California. Housing researcher Nolan Gray details how we got here.

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