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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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States Will Begin Reporting Special Tax Preferences Dec 30, 2015

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New guidance asks states to begin providing more details about who gets special tax deals. Will Freeland from the American Legislative Exchange Council comments.

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Not-So-Smart Sanctions on Russia Dec 29, 2015

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How well do so-called targeted sanctions on Russia work for effecting policy change? Emma Ashford offers her analysis.

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A Challenge to Certificate of Need in Virginia Dec 28, 2015

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Certificate of need laws can give entrenched providers a role in deciding which competitors are allowed to operate. Darpana Sheth of the Institute for Justice discusses the case of medical imaging in Virginia.

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Family Integrity, Prison and Obama's Clemency Record Dec 25, 2015

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Family integrity is hard to maintain when an inmate is held hundreds of miles from home. Molly Gill of Families Against Mandatory Minimums talks about what it means for prisoner reintegration into society.

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Thinking about Rights and the Founding Era Dec 24, 2015

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The United States was a grand compromise, one created out of common views of rights and government power. Professor Rob McDonald of West Point discusses what that means.

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An End for the DC Opportunity Scholarship? Dec 23, 2015

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A popular voucher program may come to an end unless it is reauthorized -- something this year’s federal omnibus spending bill failed to do. Jason Bedrick offers his analysis.

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The Enduring Elite Consensus for Military Intervention Dec 22, 2015

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Americans at present have little appetite for wars of choice, but debates among presidential candidates reflect a very different consensus. Chris Preble comments.

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A Tortured Immigration Debate Dec 21, 2015

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The current immigration debate has turned nativist. The new, uglier debate centers on barring immigration, not expanding it. Alex Nowrasteh and Bryan Caplan comment.

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A Fourth Branch of Government Dec 18, 2015

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Concentrating power into administrative agencies creates something like a fourth branch of government. Jonathan Turley comments.

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The Tortured Logic Behind the Fed's Twin Rate Hikes Dec 17, 2015

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The Federal Reserve raised its target for the federal funds rate and hiked actual interest paid on excess bank reserves. George Selgin comments.

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