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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:

Regulatory Power vs. the Right to a Jury Trial May 10, 2023

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When can a federal regulatory agency nix your right to a jury trial and instead subject you to their own internal court? That's a question now moving through the courts. Cato's Tommy Berry describes the case of Burgess v. Whang.

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Baby Ninth Amendments: How Americans Embraced Unenumerated Rights and Why It Matters May 09, 2023

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Anthony Sanders is author of the new book, Baby Ninth Amendments: How Americans Embraced Unenumerated Rights and Why It Matters.

You can watch a replay our book forum for Baby Ninth Amendments here.

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AOC Wants the Feds to Squelch Fox News. Can They? May 08, 2023

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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants the federal government to step in to punish what appears on a news network. Can they? Should they? Jesse Walker of Reason Magazine comments.

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P.G. Wodehouse: The Sensitivity Reader Edit May 05, 2023

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Many long-dead authors have had their works scrubbed by so-called "sensitivity readers," the latest of which is P.G. Wodehouse. Why? Writer Christian Schneider discusses the new scrutiny aimed at old books.

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The Federal Reserve Reviews the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank May 05, 2023

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The Fed's report on the failure of Silicon Valley Bank doesn't just lay blame at the private sector. Norbert Michel details the most important and valuable takeaways.

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What Is 'Race Essentialism'? May 03, 2023

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How do "race essentialists" think about how people ought to view and interact with each other? Erec Smith, a visiting scholar at the Cato Institute, discusses what it means to be a race essentialist.

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The Digital Age Demands Robust Financial Privacy May 02, 2023

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Our arrival in the digital age has not been good for financial privacy. Nick Anthony's new Cato paper offers a framework for eliminating warrantless surveillance of our financial lives.

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After the Biden-Yoon Summit, What Did the U.S. and Korea Get? May 01, 2023

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What do South Korea and the U.S. want from each other? Cato's Doug Bandow and Eric Gomez explain.

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The Many and Varied Explanations for the Explosion in Human Wealth Apr 28, 2023

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There are many competing theories that purport to explain the dramatic and sustained increase in wealth and well-being for humans these last two centuries. Cato’s Deirdre McCloskey discusses why she believes liberty is the secret sauce of growing prosperity.

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In Search of the 15-Minute City Apr 26, 2023

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What stands in the way of people having quick residential access to most of life's amenities? How should that be balanced against the desire for many Americans who love suburbia? Cato's Marc Joffe discusses the dream of the "15-minute city."

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