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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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Leszek Balcerowicz Receives Milton Friedman Prize May 23, 2014

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From September 1989 to August 1991, Leszek Balcerowicz served as deputy prime minister and finance minister in Tadeusz Mazowiecki's administration, which was Eastern Europe's first noncommunist government since the end of World War II. He held those positions again from October 1997 to June 2000.

He was chief architect of the Balcerowicz Plan, a radical reform program that helped transform the Polish economy in the 1990s. He liberalized the prices of most consumer goods and initiated sound fiscal and monetary measures designed to balance the budget and end hyperinflation.

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Capitalism, Freedom and American Values May 22, 2014

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Chess champion Garry Kasparov delivered the keynote address at the Cato Institute's biennial dinner for the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty.

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DEA Deputizing Doctors May 20, 2014

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Balancing effective pain treatment for patients and obeying the law presents difficulties for physicians who receive precious little guidance from the feds.

Mugged by the State: When Regulators and Prosecutors Bully Citizens

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Fighting FERC Fraud Claims in Public May 19, 2014

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Kevin and Rich Gates are fighting claims of fraud by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and they're doing so in broad daylight.

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School Choice and Brown v. Board May 16, 2014

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It's been sixty years since school-based racial segregation was rejected by the Supreme Court.

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No Place to Hide May 15, 2014

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In his new book, No Place to Hide, Glenn Greenwald traces the discovery and extent of the massive surveillance apparatus constructed by the National Security Agency.

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Another Taxing Distinction for ObamaCare May 14, 2014

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Lawsuits challenging Obamacare are once again reaching the nation’s highest courts.
Beyond the Individual Mandate: The Obamacare “Tax” Is Still Unconstitutional

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Unlucky Strike May 13, 2014

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Smoking is bad for you, but what about the guy next to you? And why are public health experts seemingly just as concerned about e-cigarettes as the real thing?

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Is College Worth It? May 12, 2014

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Copyright as Intellectual Privilege May 09, 2014

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Reforming our system of copyrights is needed now more than ever.

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