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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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New Leadership in Taiwan as China Threat Looms May 27, 2024

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Will a new president in Taiwan mean a greater focus on defending against a potential Chinese attack? Eric Gomez comments.

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How the ‘Open Fields Doctrine’ Nullifies the Fourth Amendment May 25, 2024

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How much US land receives Fourth Amendment protections under the so-called "Open Fields Doctrine"? Authors Joshua Windham and David Warren explore that issue in a new article in Regulation Magazine.

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Marking a Century of Broken Immigration Policy May 24, 2024

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Should the government prove you shouldn't be allowed to immigrate, or should individuals have to prove that they should be allowed to immigrate? A century ago today, immigration policy shifted from the former to the latter. David Bier explains how the change has implicated Americans’ rights.

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The Fatal Fallacy for Fans of CBDCs May 23, 2024

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The notion that there can ever be a "level playing field" between decentralized, private cryptocurrencies and state-issued ones is entirely wrong. Nick Anthony explains.

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John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor Mill, and The Subjection of Women May 22, 2024

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The contours of freedom advanced in The Subjection of Women apply to us all. The influence of his wife, Harriet Taylor Mill, in the work’s final form is hard to miss. That is in part why the essay remains a favorite of Libertarianism.org's Grant Babcock.

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A Guide to Content Moderation for Policymakers May 21, 2024

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Humility is a good starting point for lawmakers seeing to understand content moderation. David Inserra offers a helpful guide to policymakers.

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J.S. Mill, On Liberty, and How Liberals Think May 20, 2024

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Paul Meany of Libertarianism.org walks us through the importance of John Stuart Mill through his powerful treatise On Liberty.

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Congress Should Make No Law Setting Speech Rules for Universities May 18, 2024

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In the wake of protests at many universities over the Israeli war in Gaza, what's the role for Congress to regulate? Unsurprisingly, it's not much. Cato's Neal McCluskey and Nico Perrino of FIRE comment.

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Confront Errors in "Pandemic Inflation" May 17, 2024

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In David Beckworth's essay in The War on Prices, he explains what must be true for narratives of a pandemic-driven inflation to be true.

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The Wage Gap and The War on Prices May 16, 2024

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The US wage gap between men and women consistently drives calls for deep federal intervention into the labor market in the name of preventing discrimination. Analyzing that gap more critically reveals far less clarity about its causes and potential solutions. Vanessa Brown Calder explains in her essay in the new book, The War on Prices.

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