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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.

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Latest Episodes:

Lessons from the Great Recession, Part 2317 Mar 23, 2019

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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.

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Rent Control Goes Statewide in Oregon Mar 21, 2019

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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.

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Does Mass Transit Help Low-Income Workers? Mar 20, 2019

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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.

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Does Marsy’s Law Protect Cops from Accountability? Mar 19, 2019

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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.

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Trade and American Leadership: The Paradoxes of Power and Wealth from Alexander Hamilton to Donald Trump Mar 18, 2019

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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.

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Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy Mar 16, 2019

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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.

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The Trump Foreign Policy and Its Trump Administration Opponents Mar 15, 2019

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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.

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Threat Inflation Season Is Appropriation Season Mar 14, 2019

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How much do we know about the ratio between foreign-born and American-born terrorist threats? Does it matter? Patrick Eddington comments.

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How Regulation Cripples Online Political Speech Mar 13, 2019

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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.

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Jones Act Repeal Lands in the Senate Mar 12, 2019

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Legislation is now on the table to end the Jones Act. Colin Grabow discusses its likely prospects.

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