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May 20, 2024 J.S. Mill, On Liberty, and How Liberals Think
Paul Meany of Libertarianism.org walks us through the importance of John Stuart Mill through his powerful treatise On Liberty.
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14 min
May 18, 2024 Congress Should Make No Law Setting Speech Rules for Universities
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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16 min
May 17, 2024 Confront Errors in "Pandemic Inflation"
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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15 min
May 16, 2024 The Wage Gap and The War on Prices
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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15 min
May 15, 2024 Rent Control: Another Bad Idea That Never Dies
Rent control doesn't make housing more affordable. It makes affordable housing less available. Jeff Miron explains in his essay in the new book, The War on Prices.
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9 min
May 14, 2024 The Pink Tax and The War on Prices
Are the prices men and women pay for similar products evidence of discrimination that calls for a heavy-handed government response? Ryan Bourne is editor of the new Cato book, The War on Prices.
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12 min
May 13, 2024 The Punishing Effects of Credit Card Interest Caps
For the marginally creditworthy, mandatory interest rate caps on credit cards would end access to a convenient form of credit. Nick Anthony discusses his essay in Cato's new book, The War on Prices.
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10 min
May 10, 2024 What Should We Learn from New Data on Price Gouging Laws?
It's not exactly a silver lining, but data from the pandemic has some lessons in it about the effectiveness of price gouging laws. Gavin Roberts, an economist at Weber State University, discusses his findings.
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15 min
May 09, 2024 Will AI Power a Better Future for Local Journalism?
As smaller local newspapers continue to shrink, what's the potential for AI to help deliver local news to happy customers? Paul Matzko makes his hopeful case to foster a better-informed public.
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8 min
May 08, 2024 Exploring Tensions among the US, China, and Europe
European leaders think very differently than US officials about China, both as a rising economic power and a military threat. Doug Bandow discusses why.
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11 min

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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…