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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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Home-Based Business and the New American Worker Nov 11, 2022

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Businesses run out of homes represent a massive and unseen part of our economy. Governments should take steps to empower rather than punish these firms. Chris Edwards is author of a chapter in the new Cato book, Empowering the New American Worker.

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Takeaways from Election Day 2022 Nov 10, 2022

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Despite what was described just months earlier as a great political environment for Republicans, the anticipated "red wave" didn't materialize. Cato's Emily Ekins provided some analysis.

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Empowering the New American Worker Nov 10, 2022

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The new Cato book, Empowering the New American Worker, digs deep into policy reforms that would give American workers far greater freedom to plot their own professional lives. Scott Lincicome is the book's editor.

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A Case for Limiting the Time and Term of Supreme Court Justices Nov 08, 2022

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What's the case for limiting the time or term of Supreme Court justices? Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law School made his case at the Cato Institute's Constitution Day festivities in September.

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Prospects for Regulatory Reform in 2023 Nov 08, 2022

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What does West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency portend for regulatory reform? Is there hope for other regulatory reform with a new Congress? Joe Luppino-Esposito of the Pacific Legal Foundation gives his take.

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Are Social Media Algorithms a Form of Speech? Nov 03, 2022

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When social media companies decide what to show you, are the algorithms they use to automate the process a form of speech? It matters for civil liability. Paul Matzko comments.

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Conservatives' Time for Choosing on The One Ring of Big Government: #TeamFrodo or #TeamBoromir Nov 02, 2022

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Is a massive, powerful state something to be feared and destroyed … or wielded like a weapon? Many self-styled conservatives have decided that The One Ring of big government is a gift to conservative policy goals. Tony Woodlief disagrees.

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30 Years Later, Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights Has Been Decimated Nov 01, 2022

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Thirty years ago, Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) was meant to strictly limit spending and taxes. That's not how it's worked out. Jon Caldara of the Independence Institute details for the benefit of other states how TABOR opponents wore it down.

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Is Democratic Opposition to School Choice on the Wane? Oct 31, 2022

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Recent shifts by some leading Democratic candidates for governor may indicate that the partisan political divide over school choice is shrinking. Rebekah Bydlak of the American Federation for Children explains.

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Suppressing Truthful Information about Judges Violates the First Amendment Oct 28, 2022

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Tragic circumstances have inspired federal lawmakers to try to protect basic biographical information about judges from distribution online, but the proposal runs headlong into the First Amendment. Tommy Berry explains.

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