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January 10, 2024 Tech Regulation and Legal Challenges in 2024
Last year was a wild one for would-be tech regulators. State governments, Congress, and federal agencies are all still champing at the bit to impose some new restrictions on big and small tech firms alike. David Inserra and Jennifer Huddleston comment.
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15 min
January 09, 2024 Nitazenes and the Consequences of Drug Prohibition
Nitazenes are a relatively new category of opioids, and their high potency demands a rational policy response. Jeff Singer explains.
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26 min
January 05, 2024 The Milei Agenda for Argentina So Far
Argentina’s Javier Milei has an ambitious regulatory agenda, but lawmakers will still have their say on a large portion of it. Daniel Raisbeck discusses what Argentina's new president has announced so far.
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10 min
January 04, 2024 The Influence of Herbert Spencer
Sociologist Herbert Spencer was "light years" ahead of his contemporaries in grappling with some very modern problems of political economy. Libertarianism.org's Paul Meany explains.
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12 min
January 03, 2024 The Sociology of Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer once loomed large in social science. Is he receiving his due in the modern era? Paul Meany discusses how a major thinker was celebrated, forgotten, and remembered again.
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14 min
January 02, 2024 Certificate of Need and Government-Run Health Care
For many states in the southeast, certificate of need laws have needlessly complicated the delivery of health services. Cato's Jeff Singer describes some differences among CON and non-CON states. We spoke in November.
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17 min
December 29, 2023 Human Freedom Continues Worrying Decline
The Human Freedom Index tracks human freedom across multiple dimensions for the bulk of humanity. Ian Vasquez details the latest iteration.
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13 min
December 28, 2023 The Big Impact of FDA's Drug Delays
The FDA's decisions to approve or delay drugs can have major impacts well beyond the health of Americans. Michael Cannon explains how FDA's delays approving contraception impacted women in the labor market.
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12 min
December 27, 2023 Globalization Delivers the Goods (and Liberates Our Time)
Even critics of globalization admit that it's delivered the world's bounty to our doorsteps. Gabriella Beaumont-Smith details how globalization also gives us back our valuable time.
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11 min
December 26, 2023 The Fundamentals of International Trade They Don't Want You to Know
Trade is a positive-sum game, and when you keep a few fundamentals of trade front and center, it becomes harder for politicians to confuse the issue. Economist Andreas Freytag explains.
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10 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…