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Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia‐​Ukraine War

Over the span of 30 years, NATO went from an alliance of 16 states optimized to contain the Soviet Union to a grouping of 31 (soon to be 32) states spread across Europe, divided by threat perception and capability. In Evaluating NATO Enlargement: From Cold War Victory to the Russia‐​Ukraine War , Cato nonresident senior fellow Joshua Shifrinson and coeditor Jim Goldgeier of the Brookings Institution capture the debates about the effects of NATO enlargement and the alliance’s impact on European a...

Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 1 min

What to Do When You’re the Wrong Kind of Black Academic

Recently, De Anza Community College fired Tabia Lee as its faculty director for the Office of Equity, Social Justice and Multicultural Education for taking an inclusive and dialogical approach to her job that did not align with the school’s particular version of social justice. What makes this different from others who have lost their jobs for not toeing this ideological line? Lee is black, and she was accused of being a white supremacist. Erec Smith of York College of Pennsylvania has also been...

Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 32 min

Should Congress End the Tax Exclusion for Employer‐​Sponsored Health Insurance?

For longer than modern health insurance has existed—and nearly as long as there has been a federal income tax—the federal tax code has treated employee health benefits differently from cash compensation. Cash compensation is subject to income and payroll taxes. When employers instead pay workers with health insurance, that compensation avoids both types of tax. Economists have argued for decades that Congress should limit or eliminate the tax exclusion for employer‐​sponsored health insurance. T...

Apr 06, 2023•1 hr 1 min

Cut the Budget, Change the Strategy

The United States has expansive goals in Europe, the Middle East, and the Indo‐​Pacific, and spends nearly a trillion dollars per year on defense. Yet the strategy is still arguably insolvent. Former Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller argues that the defense budget should be cut dramatically to support a fundamentally different grand strategy. Please join Secretary Miller and Justin Logan, Cato’s director of defense and foreign policy studies, for a conversation on defense budgets and strateg...

Apr 06, 2023•58 min

Hayek: A Life, 1899–1950

Few 20th‐​century figures have had as much impact, and been so criticized, as Friedrich Hayek—Nobel Prize‐​winning economist, social theorist, leader of the Austrian School of Economics, and champion of classical liberalism. In Hayek: A Life , historians of economics Bruce Caldwell and Hansjoerg Klausinger draw on never‐​before‐​seen archival and family material to produce an authoritative account of Hayek’s first five decades. This includes portrayals of his early career in Vienna; his relation...

Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 11 min

Panel 2: Are Things Different?

On March 20th, 2003, the United States and an allied coalition launched a bombing campaign against Iraq and began the Iraq War to overthrow Saddam Hussein. A protracted campaign led to U.S. occupation and nation‐​building long after the fall and capture of Hussein. Twenty years later, the Cato Institute invites you to join us for a discussion about the war and the state of affairs today. Our first panel examines the political climate and context surrounding the run‐​up to war in 2002–2003. To wh...

Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 13 min

Panel 1: What Went Wrong?

On March 20th, 2003, the United States and an allied coalition launched a bombing campaign against Iraq and began the Iraq War to overthrow Saddam Hussein. A protracted campaign led to U.S. occupation and nation‐​building long after the fall and capture of Hussein. Twenty years later, the Cato Institute invites you to join us for a discussion about the war and the state of affairs today. Our first panel examines the political climate and context surrounding the run‐​up to war in 2002–2003. To wh...

Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 18 min

Do the Latest Policy Proposals Improve Children’s Online Safety?

Parents and pundits have expressed concerns about the online content young people are consuming as well as their overall online experience. Policymakers have responded by introducing various regulatory proposals they feel will improve children and teenagers’ online safety. For example, President Biden highlighted the impact of technology on young people and expressed a desire to improve their online privacy in his State of the Union address in February. Legislative proposals focused on improving...

Mar 15, 2023•54 min

Overdose Prevention Centers: The Next Logical Step in Harm Reduction

As deaths from drug overdoses and drug‐​related diseases continue increasing, policymakers in cities across the United States have become more willing to consider implementing overdose prevention centers (OPCs) as the next step toward a more effective harm reduction strategy. For more than 30 years, OPCs have prevented overdose deaths, HIV and hepatitis, and other diseases and helped people with substance use disorder find treatment. OPCs, also known as safe consumption sites or drug consumption...

Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 31 min

Exploring the Risks of Central Bank Digital Currencies

Interest in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) has dramatically increased over the past few years. What was once limited to passing ideas in academic papers has now become a leading policy discussion. Yet with it has also come a growing concern for the future of freedom. Will CBDCs spell doom for financial privacy? Do they pose a fundamental threat to the banking system? And how should policymakers think about the future of money? The Cato Institute is pleased to welcome Representative Tom ...

Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 7 min

Unreliable Watchdog: The News Media and U.S. Foreign Policy

Freedom of the press is a cornerstone of our democratic political system. But reporters, pundits, and editors face intense pressure to adopt and amplify government messages in their coverage of U.S. foreign policy. In Unreliable Watchdog , Ted Galen Carpenter focuses on the nature and extent of the American news media’s willingness to accept official accounts and policy justifications, too often throwing skepticism aside. Unreliable Watchdog jump‐​starts a badly needed conversation about how the...

Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 1 min

Gonzalez v. Google at the Supreme Court

On February 21, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google , a case that risks reshaping the internet for the worse. In Gonzalez , plaintiffs have sued Google, the parent company of YouTube, alleging that YouTube’s algorithms aided terrorist recruitment by helping would‐​be terrorists find radicalizing videos. They argue that YouTube’s video “recommendations” are distinct from publishing and thus unprotected by Section 230. If accepted, their argument would expose many webs...

Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 14 min

Bank Secrecy Act Reform: Restoring the Fourth Amendment

Personal and financial privacy are key components of life in free societies, where individuals enjoy—or at least should enjoy—a private sphere free of government involvement, surveillance, and control. However, laws that were written before the digital era now result in financial institutions collecting untold amounts of consumer data to which the government has easy—and often unfettered—access, intruding on Americans’ financial privacy and endangering their Fourth Amendment rights . The root of...

Feb 27, 2023•1 hr 5 min

Challenging Classroom Conversations: Banned and Challenged Books

Can I teach that book? What kind of reaction am I going to get from my administration or parents if I do? Is it worth the hassle? Across the country, educators are struggling with an evolving and confusing landscape when it comes to what they can teach. The number of banned and challenged books is skyrocketing. Some teachers have been told to hide or remove their classroom libraries out of fear of violating the law. Unsurprisingly, this has left educators afraid and confused. Sphere Education In...

Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 24 min

Government and Health Care — A Dangerous Policy Cocktail

The Cato Institute is pleased to welcome South Dakota governor Kristi Noem Thursday, February 16, from 11 a.m. to noon for a panel discussion with Cato senior fellow Jeffrey Singer, MD, on what the COVID-19 pandemic taught us about how to deal with a public health emergency and the need for health care regulatory reform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 16, 2023•54 min

State Policy Leadership Forum with Special Guest Governor Kim Reynolds

The Cato Institute is pleased to welcome Iowa governor Kim Reynolds this Friday, February 10, from 11 AM–noon for a panel discussion with Chris Edwards, Kilts Family Chair in Fiscal Studies and primary author of the Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors , and Neal McCluskey, the director of Cato’s Center for Educational Freedom. Governor Reynolds received the highest score on the Report Card in 2022. She has been a lean budgeter and dedicated tax reformer since entering office in 2017...

Feb 10, 2023•56 min

Freest in the 50 States: A Discussion with New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu

Please join us for a virtual policy conversation with Chris Sununu, the governor of New Hampshire. In the past two years, Governor Sununu and the State of New Hampshire have topped Cato’s rankings for both our Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors and our recently released Freedom in the 50 States report. The online discussion will feature Governor Sununu and William Ruger and Jason Sorens (authors of the Freedom in the 50 States report). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 6 min

Does Liberty Have a Future in Iran?

ince September 2022, when the 22‐​year‐​old woman Mahsa Amini died at the hands of “religion police,” Iran has been shaken by massive anti‐​regime demonstrations. The protestors demand freedom from an authoritarian regime that has ruled in the name of religion since 1979. Do they have a chance? Or is the Islamic republic strong enough to survive for the foreseeable future? And what are the lessons from Iran for other Muslim‐​majority nations, where the role of religion in public life keeps being...

Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 2 min

Challenging Classroom Conversations: Capital Punishment

Joining Sphere Education Initiatives for this conversation will be a trio of experts: John Malcolm , vice president for the Institute for Constitutional Government and director of the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation, Demetrius Minor , national manager of Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, and Clark Neily , senior vice president for legal studies at the Cato Institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jan 23, 2023•1 hr 2 min

Differentiating DeFi: Understanding Efforts to Regulate Decentralized Finance

The bankruptcy of centralized crypto exchange FTX has led to congressional hearings and calls to further scrutinize and regulate cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi). But how does DeFi compare to centralized or traditional finance in terms of its risks and benefits, and how should regulation take into account these distinctions? This panel will explore what it means for financial instruments and exchanges, as well as networked organizations, to be decentralized, the proper role of reg...

Jan 19, 2023•1 hr 30 min
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