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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:

After the Election, What You (and They) Should Read Nov 24, 2016

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What should Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Gary Johnson, and you be reading this Thanksgiving? Sarah Skwire makes a few suggestions.

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The DEA's Quiet War on Kratom Nov 23, 2016

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Kratom is a plant the DEA wants banned, but it's far from clear that it poses any serious danger. Andrew Turner, a veteran with post-traumatic stress, is among those who say they benefit enormously from using kratom.

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Sanctuary Cities, Secure Communities, and Trump Immigration Policy Nov 22, 2016

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How will sanctuary cities fare with with a future Trump administration? Alex Nowrasteh comments.

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Can Trump Make the U.S. a 'Global Subsidy Cop'? Nov 21, 2016

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If the U.S. wants to end the practice of other countries subsidizing key industries, it would require the U.S. to clean up its own business giveaways. Scott Lincicome comments.

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Women Are More Than Their Interactions with the State Nov 16, 2016

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As many voters are licking their wounds after failing to elect the first female U.S. President, Anthony Comegna talks about how the important historical role of women on behalf of liberty is more than mere interactions with the state.

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More States Legalize and Tax Marijuana Nov 16, 2016

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More states, most notably California, have moved to legalize and tax marijuana. Joseph Henchman of the Tax Foundation describes some of the wrinkles the remain in the tax treatment of cannabis.

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Undoing Executive Action in a Trump Presidency Nov 14, 2016

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It may be a mixed bag on actual policy, but the Obama Administration's various executive actions may be swiftly undone as Donald Trump becomes President.

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President-elect Trump to Contend with Two Tribes of Foreign Policy Thinking Nov 11, 2016

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Which factions will be duking it out as a Trump administration foreign policy is forged? Trevor Thrall explains.

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President-elect Trump and Financial Regulation Nov 10, 2016

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Does a pending Trump presidency present opportunities to deregulate financial markets? Thaya Brook Knight comments.

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President-elect Trump and the Gift of Executive Power Nov 10, 2016

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President-elect Trump will inherit all of the expansions of executive power given to him by his predecessors, most notably Barack Obama. Gene Healy says the one-time "thought experiment" is now a reality.

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