http://feeds2.feedburner.com/CatoWeeklyVideo http://www.cato.org/weekly Cato Weekly Video presents a variety of speakers, interviews, and events at the Cato Institute. The wealth of Cato's multimedia content is carefully selected and edited to portray the most pivotal issues in a concise and engaging way, inviting viewers to rethink their assumptions about liberty and the proper role of government. The Cato Institute cbrown@cato.org (Caleb Brown) en-us Copyright 2007, Cato Institute, All Rights Reserved http://www.cato.org/images/subscriptions/weeklyvideo300x300.jpg http://www.cato.org/weekly Cato Logo 140 140 Caleb Brown cbrown@cato.org no Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/D5W3sGMTuGM/index.php Michael D. Tanner &amp; Michael F. Cannon dissect Obama's health care plans.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/D5W3sGMTuGM" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=114Michael D. Tanner & Michael F. Cannon dissect Obama's health care plans. Michael F. Cannon and Michael D. Tanner President Obama on Wednesday answered questions on rising costs, taxing benefits, and many other issues during an ABC News special on health care reform, "Questions for the President: Prescription for America." Cato Institute scholars Michael D. Tanner and Michael F. Cannon respond to Obama's claims. Learn more about health care reform at http://healthcare.cato.org. 00:05:25 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.114 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=114 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/nTyaGZ_J7M4/index.php Rep. Ron Paul argues for auditing the Fed.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/nTyaGZ_J7M4" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=113Rep. Ron Paul argues for auditing the Fed. Rep. Ron Paul Republican U.S. Representative Ron Paul wants to audit the Federal Reserve. At the Cato Institute June 24, 2009, Congressman Paul made his case on behalf of greater transparency in how the Fed makes its decisions. Ron Paul represents the 14th Congressional District in Texas. 00:09:28 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.113 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=113 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/I1ntUtDlc4k/index.php Ed Crane frames the health care debate.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/I1ntUtDlc4k" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=112Ed Crane frames the health care debate. Edward H. Crane We are now facing some of the most sweeping changes health care has seen in decades. Reform is needed, but increasing government control over one-sixth of the economy and over important personal and private decisions - as many of the proposals aim to do - would harm American taxpayers, health care providers, and patients. Cato Founder and President Ed Crane frames the health care debate at the Cato Institute's conference on health care reform held June 17, 2009. 00:06:08 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.112 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=112 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/mpxj3ZDwLbo/index.php P.J. O'Rourke talks about cars, government and freedom.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/mpxj3ZDwLbo" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=111P.J. O'Rourke talks about cars, government and freedom. P.J. O'Rourke Government might bring America's love affair with the car to an untimely end. That from P.J. O'Rourke, Cato Institute Mencken research fellow - and author of the new book Driving Like Crazy. O'Rourke talked about classic cars, government regulation, GM and the forthcoming Obamamobile at the Cato Institute June 9th, 2009. 00:05:48 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.111 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=111 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/cVwZNv7yoOY/index.php Arnold Kling discusses constraints of health insurance coverage.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/cVwZNv7yoOY" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=110Arnold Kling discusses constraints of health insurance coverage. Arnold Kling From a patient's point of view, the ideal health insurance policy would offer unlimited access to medical services at no charge. Unfortunately, it is not feasible to offer this to everyone. The key to sustainable health care reform is restraining the use of services that have high costs and low benefits. Cato Institute Adjunct Scholar Arnold Kling, author of Crisis of Abundance: Rethinking How We Pay for Health Care, examines the challenges facing health reformers and the feasibility of alternative proposals. 00:09:40 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.110 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=110 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/b4Lt1iePIMs/index.php Christopher A. Preble discusses The Power Problem.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/b4Lt1iePIMs" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=109Christopher A. Preble discusses The Power Problem. Christopher A. Preble Polls show that Americans want the military to step back and allow other nations to defend themselves, but we've yet to do it. Christopher Preble, Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, explores the aims, costs, and limitations of U.S. military power in his book, The Power Problem. 00:10:15 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.109 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=109 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/cRVRXIOuEkI/index.php Glenn Greenwald discusses drug decriminalization on WNYC radio.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/cRVRXIOuEkI" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 21 May 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=108Glenn Greenwald discusses drug decriminalization on WNYC radio. Glenn Greenwald Glenn Greenwald discusses his new Cato Institute paper, "Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies." Greenwald is a constitutional lawyer and a contributing writer at Salon. He has authored several books, including A Tragic Legacy (2007) and How Would a Patriot Act? (2006). The interview was on WNYC radio. 00:05:54 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.108 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=108 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/41YrtlZlrUw/index.php Dambisa Moyo discusses aid to Africa.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/41YrtlZlrUw" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 15 May 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=107Dambisa Moyo discusses aid to Africa. Dambisa Moyo Part of what has kept many African nations poor is government to government aid. So says author Dambisa Moyo in her book, Dead Aid. In the book, Moyo describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa today and unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth. 00:08:15 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.107 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=107 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/hWoWf9kVSPk/index.php Nat Hentoff assails "hate crime" laws.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/hWoWf9kVSPk" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 08 May 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=106Nat Hentoff assails "hate crime" laws. Nat Hentoff Cato Institute Senior Fellow Nat Hentoff discusses the prospects of future "hate crime" legislation at a Cato Institute Policy Perspectives forum held in New York City, April 30, 2009. 00:05:56 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.106 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=106 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/79ZwjRmQHX8/index.php Free Speech v. The Federal Election Commission<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/79ZwjRmQHX8" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 01 May 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=105Free Speech v. The Federal Election Commission John Samples The so-called Citizens United case offers the Supreme Court a chance to severely curtail the free speech abuses of the Federal Election Commission. John Samples, Director of the Cato Institute's Center for Representative Government, Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Steve Simpson and George Mason University law professor Allison Hayward weigh in. 00:05:48 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.105 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=105 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/d9Jzu-0dN50/index.php Cato Chairman Robert A. Levy discusses gun laws on NewsHour.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/d9Jzu-0dN50" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=104Cato Chairman Robert A. Levy discusses gun laws on NewsHour. Robert A. Levy Cato Institute Chairman Robert A. Levy discusses gun laws with Judy Woodruff on PBS's NewsHour on the anniversary of the Columbine murders. 00:09:05 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.104 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=104 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/BlMoG7V2vzk/index.php Cato scholars dissect transgressions in the tax code.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/BlMoG7V2vzk" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=103Cato scholars dissect transgressions in the tax code. Chris Edwards & Jim Harper, Daniel J. Mitchell The U.S. tax code gets more complex every year. It violates civil liberties and, left unchanged, will leave the United States at a powerful competitive disadvantage in years to come. Chris Edwards, Director of Tax Policy Studies, Senior Fellow Daniel J. Mitchell and Director of Information Policy Studies Jim Harper dissect the troubling aspects of our tax system. 00:04:10 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.103 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=103 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/pSzZ39xUrxA/index.php U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan talks about the Obama budget.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/pSzZ39xUrxA" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=102U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan talks about the Obama budget. Rep. Paul Ryan Even by Washington standards, President Obama's budget blueprint is astounding in its big-government ambitions: massive deficits, a huge health care plan, enormous global warming taxes, new subsidy programs, and punishing tax hikes on individuals, small businesses, and multinational corporations. U.S. Rep Paul Ryan (R - WI) talks about alternatives to Obama's new spending plans. 00:07:04 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.102 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=102 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/fz7LEPThcsI/index.php Malou Innocent discusses America's strained relationship with Pakistan.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/fz7LEPThcsI" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=101Malou Innocent discusses America's strained relationship with Pakistan. Malou Innocent Suicide bombings, roadside ambushes, and improvised explosive device attacks. The turbulent events engulfing war-ravaged Afghanistan cannot be resolved unless the problems in neighboring, nuclear-armed Pakistan are addressed, that according to Malou Innocent, a foreign policy analyst at the Cato Institute, who visited Pakistan late last year to get a better sense of how developments within Pakistan shape its foreign policy toward the United States. America's embrace and subsequent abandonment of Pakistan and Afghanistan in the 1980s left an environment ripe for the rise of the Taliban, which provided aid and comfort to the al Qaeda organization responsible for terror attacks on the United States in 2001. Understanding the legacy of the Soviet-Afghan War, and how its aftermath strained relations between Washington and Islamabad, can shed light of ways to move forward in Afghanistan today, and extricate U.S. troops from this volatile part of the world. 00:04:33 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.101 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=101 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/hHS9Bjw-OeE/index.php A look at Susette Kelo's fight to keep her home.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/hHS9Bjw-OeE" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=100A look at Susette Kelo's fight to keep her home. Susette Kelo Susette Kelo's legal battle with New London, Conn. brought about one of the most controversial and troubling Supreme Court rulings in many many years. But her fight also spurred a backlash among property owners and state legislatures. Susette Kelo now lives in a town across the river from New London. 00:06:05 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.100 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=100 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/gQ9ORpz_zTU/index.php Ted Galen Carpenter discusses the roots of Mexico's drug violence.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/gQ9ORpz_zTU" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=99Ted Galen Carpenter discusses the roots of Mexico's drug violence. Ted Galen Carpenter Since January 2007 there have been more than 6,800 drug-war related deaths in Mexico, and Mexican drug cartels continue to expand their operations in American cities. Washington's response has been to expand its prohibitionist efforts with the Mérida Initiative, a U.S.­Mexico anti-drug-trafficking program. Historically, however, prohibitionist policies have had little success in reducing the flow of drugs. Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato's Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, suggests a new strategy must be tried. 00:09:35 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.99 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=99 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/odhP2FcGuS4/index.php Cato scholars address Obama's first speech to Congress.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/odhP2FcGuS4" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=98Cato scholars address Obama's first speech to Congress. Chris Edwards, John Samples, Michael D. Tanner, Jim Harper, Gene Healy & Neal McCluskey, David Rittgers President Barack Obama's first address to Congress laid out a laundry list of new spending contained within the stimulus legislation and provided hints as to what will be contained in the budget - a so-called "blueprint for America's future" - he submits to the legislature. Cato Institute scholars Chris Edwards, Jim Harper, Gene Healy, Neal McCluskey, David Rittgers, John Samples and Michael D. Tanner offer their analyses of the President's non-State-of-the-Union Address. 00:09:04 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.98 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=98 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/gCSFzOx56Pc/index.php Charles Murray attacks education myths.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/gCSFzOx56Pc" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=97Charles Murray attacks education myths. Charles Murray One message is delivered relentlessly in American education: Everyone should go to college. And then there¹s Charles Murray¹s message: Few people either need, or are able to handle, the rigorous liberal-arts training that college is supposed to provide. But this isn¹t a death sentence for those who are not academically inclined. Opportunities to enter well-paying professions and lead good lives abound for these people, and the sooner that¹s recognized, the sooner everyone can get the education they need. 00:09:54 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.97 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=97 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/xeuFwMq77Vk/index.php Scholars opposing 'stimulus' spending take to the airwaves.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/xeuFwMq77Vk" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=95Scholars opposing 'stimulus' spending take to the airwaves. Daniel J. Mitchell, James A. Dorn, Chris Edwards & John H. Cochrane, Alan Reynolds There is plenty of disagreement on whether a big-government stimulus project is the best way to bring the United States out of recession. The Cato Institute purchased a full-page ad in major newspapers across the country listing the names of several hundred economists who object to massive deficit spending as an economic stimulus. Cato scholars and ad signatories have made their case on television since the spending program was proposed. 00:03:21 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.95 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=95 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/-dqUOYY_Zn0/index.php Susette Kelo tells her story.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/-dqUOYY_Zn0" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=94Susette Kelo tells her story. Susette Kelo No U.S. Supreme Court decision in the modern era has been so quickly and widely reviled as the infamous Kelo decision, in which the Court ruled that Susette Kelo's little pink house in New London, Connecticut, and the homes of her neighbors could be taken by the government and given over to a private developer based on the mere prospect that the new use for her property could generate more taxes or jobs. 00:56:14 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.94 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=94 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/35HU6Uw7MWg/index.php Daniel J. Mitchell discusses CEO pay on ABC's 20/20<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/35HU6Uw7MWg" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=93Daniel J. Mitchell discusses CEO pay on ABC's 20/20 Daniel J. Mitchell Daniel J. Mitchell discusses CEO pay on ABC's 20/20 00:05:41 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.93 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=93 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/zQloTA0HrNA/index.php John Samples defends the Electoral College<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/zQloTA0HrNA" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=92John Samples defends the Electoral College John Samples What about the democratic principle of one person, one vote? Isn't that principle essential to our form of government? The Founders handiwork says otherwise. Neither the Senate, nor the Supreme Court, nor the president is elected on the basis of one person, one vote. That's why a state like Montana, with fewer than one million residents, gets the same number of Senators as California, with 33 million people. Consistency would require that if we abolish the Electoral College, we rid ourselves of the Senate as well. John Samples defends the Electoral College on C-SPAN's Washington Journal. 00:06:22 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.92 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=92 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/Nwlj4fG3QHE/index.php Chris Edwards discusses stimulus on C-SPAN.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/Nwlj4fG3QHE" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=90Chris Edwards discusses stimulus on C-SPAN. Chris Edwards Economists do not have an accurate or agreed-upon model of the short-run economy, and their advice is often in error. Politicians should be more humble about their ability to control short-term economic ups and downs. Legislative action based on incomplete information risks destabilizing the economy further. Efforts to fix short-term problems often create long-term damage such as by putting the nation further into debt. Chris Edwards appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal recently to discuss the "stimulus package" proposed by President-elect Obama. 00:07:29 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.90 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=90 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/EAHFceLmNK4/index.php Chris Edwards, Sallie James and Dan Ikenson discuss U.S. farm policies.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/EAHFceLmNK4" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=89Chris Edwards, Sallie James and Dan Ikenson discuss U.S. farm policies. Chris Edwards & Daniel J. Ikenson, Sallie James Agriculture is easily the most distorted sector, with high tariffs and, in developed countries at least, large amounts of government subsidies through price supports and direct payments. On the other hand, developing countries, who have a comparative advantage in these products, cannot afford to subsidize their agriculture sector and face prohibitive tariffs for their products abroad. The powerful agriculture lobby groups, particularly in the large developed countries, make reform politically difficult. Chris Edwards, Sallie James and Dan Ikenson discuss the inequities of American farm policies. 00:05:32 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.89 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=89 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/76Oan64C1vE/index.php Daniel J. Ikenson discusses the proposed bailout of the auto industry.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/76Oan64C1vE" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=87Daniel J. Ikenson discusses the proposed bailout of the auto industry. Daniel J. Ikenson Daniel J. Ikenson, the associate director at the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, discusses the proposed bailout of the auto industry on various television programs 00:01:34 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.87 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=87 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/oQdbxGGMluQ/index.php The Road to Harmonious Development: 30th Anniversary of China's Reform<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/oQdbxGGMluQ" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=88The Road to Harmonious Development: 30th Anniversary of China's Reform William A. Niskanen & James A. Dorn, Tom G. Palmer This video was prepared for a conference on "The Road to Harmonious Development: 30th Anniversary of China's Reform," sponsored by the Cato Institute and Renmin University in Beijing, November 17-18, 2008. It features Chairman Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Economist William A. Niskanen, Vice President for Academic Affairs James A. Dorn, and Vice President for International Programs Tom G. Palmer. 00:09:36 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.88 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=88 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/4GZB2dHij4k/index.php Patrick J. Michaels takes on climate change alarmists.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/4GZB2dHij4k" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=86Patrick J. Michaels takes on climate change alarmists. Patrick J. Michaels Cato Institute Senior Fellow Patrick J. Michaels discusses climate change on various television programs. Michaels is a research professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia and visiting scientist with the Marshall Institute in Washington, D.C. He is a past president of the American Association of State Climatologists and was program chair for the Committee on Applied Climatology of the American Meteorological Society. 00:05:50 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.86 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=86 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/MgXQVjMtAx4/index.php John Samples on Free Political Speech in 2009.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/MgXQVjMtAx4" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=85John Samples on Free Political Speech in 2009. John Samples The Cato Institute's John Samples discusses what is in store for free political speech in 2009, given the election of Barack Obama to the presidency and larger Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. 00:05:59 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.85 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=85 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/Tzzc3asTJss/index.php Ted Galen Carpenter on the failed U.S. Drug War in Afghanistan.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/Tzzc3asTJss" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=84Ted Galen Carpenter on the failed U.S. Drug War in Afghanistan. Ted Galen Carpenter The United States insists on fighting the Drug War and combat terrorism at the same time. But U.S. Efforts at counterinsurgency will be threatened if this policy persists. Ted Galen Carpenter, the Cato Institute's Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, believes the United States would be best served with stepping down the war on Afghan opium in order to fight a more effective counterinsurgency. 00:04:52 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.84 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=84 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/r_TI011AbvU/index.php Michael F. Cannon parses the Obama health care plan.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/r_TI011AbvU" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=83Michael F. Cannon parses the Obama health care plan. Michael F. Cannon The Cato Institute's director of health policy studies, Michael F. Cannon, discusses the Obama health care plan and the claims Obama has made in favor of it. 00:03:11 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.83 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=83 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/nc4WRGnlzfE/index.php The Second Amendment makes a comeback in 2008.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/nc4WRGnlzfE" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=82The Second Amendment makes a comeback in 2008. Robert A. Levy How the Supreme Court came to find an individual right to keep and bear firearms in the Second Amendment. 00:08:01 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.82 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=82 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/EIT_lA1L7VA/index.php Gene Healy discusses attitudes toward executive power in the 1930s.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/EIT_lA1L7VA" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=80Gene Healy discusses attitudes toward executive power in the 1930s. Gene Healy Gene Healy, author of The Cult of the Presidency, discusses changing American attitudes about executive authority in the early part of the 20th century. The film discussed, Gabriel Over the White House, was released in 1933 just after the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 00:05:27 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.80 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=80 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/Bbndb7BS5nY/index.php Cheye Calvo details the SWAT raid that killed his family dogs.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/Bbndb7BS5nY" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=79Cheye Calvo details the SWAT raid that killed his family dogs. Cheye Calvo Cheye Calvo, the Mayor of Berwyn Heights, Maryland, found himself on the receiving end of a botched no-knock police raid. Despite being quickly cleared of any wrongdoing, police never apologized for gunning down his dogs and posing a threat to his family. He spoke at the Cato Institute September 11, 2008. 00:07:35 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.79 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=79 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/uFJ-5m0QGFw/index.php Cato scholars assail the bailout on television and radio.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/uFJ-5m0QGFw" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=78Cato scholars assail the bailout on television and radio. William A. Niskanen, Steve H. Hanke & Daniel J. Mitchell, William Poole Cato Institute scholars have been out front on television and radio providing critical context for the current financial slide on Wall Street. Cato scholars have also been providing a much-needed counterpoint to the bailout bandwagon in Washington. 00:03:55 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.78 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=78 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/xGZrPC7EQIk/index.php Timothy Lynch reviews the FBI's first 100 years.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/xGZrPC7EQIk" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=77Timothy Lynch reviews the FBI's first 100 years. Timothy Lynch In 1908, the Justice Department created the Bureau of Investigation, a small division of detectives that was responsible for investigating violations of federal law. The division was filled with incompetent and corrupt agents until a young bureaucrat by the name of J. Edgar Hoover was brought in to clean house. Hoover reorganized the division and renamed it the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and he served as its director for nearly 50 years. As the federal government expanded over the years, so did the power of the Bureau. Today, the FBI employs more than twenty thousand people and spends approximately $6.5 billion per year. Timothy Lynch, the director of the Cato Institute's Project on Criminal Justice, gives the agency a due evaluation. 00:09:15 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.77 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=77 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/9IJuJRcivbU/index.php Gene Healy discusses the increasing powers of the Presidency.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/9IJuJRcivbU" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=76Gene Healy discusses the increasing powers of the Presidency. Gene Healy Gene Healy discusses the Presidency at the Massachusetts School of Law in April, 2008. Healy is the author of The Cult of the Presidency, the new Cato Institute book that examines how Americans have expanded presidential power over recent decades by expecting solutions for all national problems, and concludes by calling for the president's role to return to its properly defined constitutional limits. Healy also discusses the infamous John Yoo torture memos. 00:14:56 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.76 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=76 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/R0dhAZ27REg/index.php Malou Innocent discusses unrest in Pakistan.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/R0dhAZ27REg" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=75Malou Innocent discusses unrest in Pakistan. Malou Innocent Malou Innocent discusses Pakistan with Vago Muradian on This Week in Defense News on Sept. 7, 2008. 00:06:31 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.75 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=75 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/gRXTGjdd91M/index.php Jason Riley assails myths of immigration.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/gRXTGjdd91M" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=74Jason Riley assails myths of immigration. Jason Riley In a provocative new book, Jason Riley makes the case for welcoming more legal immigrants to the United States. Drawing on history, scholarly studies and first-hand reporting, Riley argues that today's newcomers are fueling America's prosperity and dynamism. He challenges the prevailing views on talk radio and cable TV that immigrants are overpopulating the country, stealing jobs, depressing wages, bankrupting social services, filling prisons, resisting assimilation and promoting big government. 00:07:52 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.74 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=74 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/773YLlBhimU/index.php Robert A. Levy and William Mellor parse The Dirty Dozen.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/773YLlBhimU" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=73Robert A. Levy and William Mellor parse The Dirty Dozen. Robert A. Levy Alexander Hamilton wrote that "the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution." If only that were true. Sadly, the Supreme Court has also handed down many destructive decisions on cases you probably never learned about in school. In The Dirty Dozen, Robert A. Levy and William Mellor shed light on the twelve worst cases, which allowed government to interfere in your private contractual agreements, curtail your rights to criticize or support political candidates, arrest and imprison you indefinitely (without charges) and seize your private property without compensation. They spoke at the Harvard Club in New York City July 15. 00:08:38 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.73 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=73 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/QuEfTRx433g/index.php Robert Bryce attacks the push for energy independence.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/QuEfTRx433g" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=72Robert Bryce attacks the push for energy independence. Robert Bryce In 1974, Richard Nixon promoted the possibility of U.S. energy independence in six years. In 1975, Gerald Ford promised it in ten. And in 2007, Barack Obama, Rudy Giuliani, Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, John Edwards and John McCain all trumpeted energy independence as an essential priority for the next president. In 2007, six books were published hailing energy independence as the answer to everything from global warming to terrorism. But what is energy independence? Is it possible? In Gusher of Lies (2008), Robert Bryce breaks down and debunks the myth of energy independence. 00:08:10 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.72 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=72 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/pbMBx_rHtsI/index.php Robert A. Levy details what's next in the fight for Second Amendment rights.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/pbMBx_rHtsI" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=71Robert A. Levy details what's next in the fight for Second Amendment rights. Robert A. Levy The Supreme Court's Heller decision is the opening salvo in a series of litigations that will ultimately resolve what weapons and persons can be regulated and what restrictions are permissible. But because of Thursday¹s decision, the prospects for reviving the original meaning of the Second Amendment are now substantially brighter. Cato Institute Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Robert A. Levy, details what's next for the gun rights fight. 00:06:02 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.71 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=71 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/zOTne8qbGmk/index.php Robert A. Levy evaluates District of Columbia v. Heller.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/zOTne8qbGmk" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=70Robert A. Levy evaluates District of Columbia v. Heller. Robert A. Levy On June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court rediscovered the Second Amendment. More than five years after six Washington, D.C. residents challenged the city¹s 32-year-old ban on all functional firearms in the home, the Court held in District of Columbia v. Heller that the law is unconstitutional. Cato Institute Senior Fellow Robert A. Levy comments on the ruling and what was notable about the opinion authored by Justice Antonin Scalia. 00:05:08 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.70 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=70 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/KTVLs8WvjFY/index.php Johan Norberg discusses the successes of economic freedom.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/KTVLs8WvjFY" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=69Johan Norberg discusses the successes of economic freedom. Johan Norberg Naomi Klein's recent book, The Shock Doctrine, points to the cases in which authoritarian regimes liberalized their economies. Johan Norberg, in his recent analysis, "The Klein Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Polemics," shows that most countries have liberalized over the last three decades and capitalism is given rise to many of the ends that Klein herself would appreciate. 00:03:10 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.69 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=69 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/k4NrjU4d6gg/index.php Bill Kauffman discusses anti-war conservatism.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/k4NrjU4d6gg" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=68Bill Kauffman discusses anti-war conservatism. Bill Kauffman According to Bill Kauffman, true conservatives have always resisted the imperial and military impulse: it drains the treasury, curtails domestic liberties, breaks down families, and vulgarizes culture. From the Federalists who opposed the War of 1812, to the striving of Robert Taft (known as "Mr. Republican") to keep the United States out of Korea, to the latter-day libertarian critics of the Iraq war, there has historically been nothing unusual about anti-war activists on the political right. Kauffman pays tribute to these conservatives in Ain't My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-Imperialism. 00:05:47 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.68 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=68 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/oKsmL8ZOSi8/index.php Johan Norberg discusses Klein's take on the Tiananmen Square Massacre.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/oKsmL8ZOSi8" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=67Johan Norberg discusses Klein's take on the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Johan Norberg Naomi Klein's recent book, The Shock Doctrine, alleges that the Tiananmen Square crackdown was intended to crush opposition to pro-market reforms. Johan Norberg, in his recent analysis, "The Klein Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Polemics" shows that in fact it caused liberalization to stall for years. 00:04:28 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.67 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=67 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/bt_MG4ZPdFc/index.php Sen. Chuck Hagel discusses his new book, America: Our Next Chapter.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/bt_MG4ZPdFc" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=65Sen. Chuck Hagel discusses his new book, America: Our Next Chapter. Sen. Chuck Hagel In his two terms in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Hagel has distinguished himself as one of our nation's most outspoken and thoughtful political leaders. Unafraid to challenge the policies of his own party, Senator Hagel has drawn praise and admiration from across the ideological spectrum by expressing grave concerns about the war in Iraq. In America: Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers, Senator Hagel sets forth his vision for a humbler U.S. foreign policy guided by international diplomacy and free trade. He also addresses key domestic policy issues by calling for a significant reduction in the size of the federal government, demanding more fiscal responsibility in Washington, and supporting reforms to reduce the spiraling costs of entitlement programs. 00:07:21 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.65 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=65 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/LGV3ZlAPIgE/index.php Johan Norberg discusses The Shock Doctrine.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/LGV3ZlAPIgE" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=66Johan Norberg discusses The Shock Doctrine. Johan Norberg Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine purports to be an exposé of the ruthless nature of free-market capitalism and its chief recent exponent, Milton Friedman. Johan Norberg, a Cato Institute Senior Fellow points out that many of the actions for which Klein would like to credit Friedman ... Friedman actually opposed. Norberg dissects the Shock Doctrine in his new paper, "The Klein Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Polemics." 00:10:59 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.66 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=66 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/1d1U2IZgFjw/index.php Sen. Judd Gregg speaks on H-1B visas.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/1d1U2IZgFjw" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 29 May 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=64Sen. Judd Gregg speaks on H-1B visas. Sen. Judd Gregg In the modern global economy, highly skilled workers are increasingly important to continued growth and prosperity. Yet despite the dramatically increasing demand for foreign skilled labor, Congress has failed to increase the number of H-1B visas. As a result, U.S. immigration laws permit only a fraction of willing, skilled workers to add their talents to our society, reducing the welfare of both domestic workers and those who were denied access. Senator Judd Gregg believes reforming U.S. immigration policy would improve economic growth, expand individual choice, and maintain America's competitive advantage in innovation. 00:05:43 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.64 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=64 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/248kQ2oYcPA/index.php Benjamin Hippen discusses the U.S. organ shortage.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/248kQ2oYcPA" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 22 May 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=63Benjamin Hippen discusses the U.S. organ shortage. Benjamin Hippen As the U.S. organ donor waiting list nears a record 100,000 and an average of seven Americans die every day waiting for an organ that never comes, solving the U.S. organ shortage takes on new urgency. Benjamin Hippen argues that the shortage could be solved by lifting the U.S. prohibition on the sale of human organs. 00:07:52 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.63 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=63 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/2fdjsyfA80A/index.php William Easterly offers Hayekian insights into economic development.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/2fdjsyfA80A" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 05 May 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=61William Easterly offers Hayekian insights into economic development. William Easterly Economic success-among individuals, firms, products and countries-is often unexpected and unpredicted. William Easterly will draw on insights from Nobel laureate Friedrich Hayek to explain why prediction is difficult, success is rare and failure is common; the advantages of decentralized decision making to discover what works best in the market and in public policy; and the need to rely on dispersed and local knowledge, rather than government planning, for poor countries to achieve growth. 00:10:02 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.61 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=61 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/3Ob9vNTJEE4/index.php Edward Luttwak discusses foreign aid and corruption.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/3Ob9vNTJEE4" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=60Edward Luttwak discusses foreign aid and corruption. Edward Luttwak Many African states have been addicted to Western aid for decades. Unfortunately, Africa as a whole has stagnated and some African countries are poorer today then they were in the 1960s. In recent years, advocates of foreign aid have called for making aid more efficient, but that may be easier said than done. Edward Luttwak talks about the nuts and bolts of how aid can harm the poor and the ethics of corruption in those circumstances. 00:06:12 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.60 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=60 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/K22-poe3iLg/index.php Stanley Kober discusses NATO's challenge in Afghanistan.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/K22-poe3iLg" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=59Stanley Kober discusses NATO's challenge in Afghanistan. Stanley Kober The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is facing a host of new challenges. In Afghanistan, NATO's forces are being relentlessly attacked by the Taliban, and popular support for maintaining troops there is fading. The proposed deployment of antiballistic missiles, a potential flashpoint in Kosovo, and the growing tension between Russia and some of its neighbors all have the potential to divide members of the alliance. 00:09:30 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.59 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=59 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/5VQUAHWuYHs/index.php Alan Pell Crawford discusses Thomas Jefferson's final years.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/5VQUAHWuYHs" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=58Alan Pell Crawford discusses Thomas Jefferson's final years. Alan Pell Crawford Right up until his death on the 50th anniversary of America's founding, Thomas Jefferson remained an indispensable man, albeit a supremely human one. Based on new research and documents culled from the Library of Congress, the Virginia Historical Society, and other special collections, including hitherto unexamined letters from family, friends, and Monticello neighbors, Alan Pell Crawford paints an authoritative and deeply moving portrait of Thomas Jefferson as private citizen ‹ the first original depiction of the man in more than a generation. 00:09:59 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.58 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=58 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/pFcp5WAQQe8/index.php Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) discusses trade legislation and the 110th Congress.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/pFcp5WAQQe8" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=56Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) discusses trade legislation and the 110th Congress. Sen. Richard Lugar Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), one of the Senate's most distinguished and consistent supporters of free trade, remarks on the prospects for trade legislation in the 110th Congress and beyond. 00:07:21 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.56 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=56 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/Cj3MHeGvtBU/index.php David Boaz discusses his new book, The Politics of Freedom.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/Cj3MHeGvtBU" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=55David Boaz discusses his new book, The Politics of Freedom. David Boaz As Americans head into a crucial election year, pundits are coloring everything in red and blue. But according to David Boaz, the old labels of left and right don't tell us much any more. What we are witnessing is a contest of "Big-Government Conservatives" vs. "Big-Government Liberals." In The Politics of Freedom, David Boaz takes on both liberals and conservatives who seek to impose their own partisan agendas on the whole country. 00:11:46 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.55 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=55 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/bcHm6a1Ih5w/index.php Daniel Shapiro argues against the welfare state.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/bcHm6a1Ih5w" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=54Daniel Shapiro argues against the welfare state. Daniel Shapiro In his new book, Is The Welfare State Justified?, philosopher Daniel Shapiro insightfully combines moral and political philosophy with contemporary social science to argue that proponents of the welfare state -- egalitarians, communitarians, and liberals alike -- have misunderstood the implications of their own principles, which in fact support more market-based or libertarian institutional conclusions than most people realize. 00:06:57 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.54 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=54 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/koY6eS14icw/index.php John R. Graham evaluates individual American ownership of their health care.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/koY6eS14icw" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=53John R. Graham evaluates individual American ownership of their health care. John R. Graham Although many people throughout the world consider America a bastion of free-market medicine, most Americans lack the freedom to control the most basic decisions about their health care. Observers also fail to appreciate how that freedom varies from state to state and how each state can learn from the successes (and failures) of the others. John R. Graham of the San Francisco-­based Pacific Research Institute has compiled an "Index of Health Ownership" to highlight that variation and to explain why Utah residents have the most ­ and New Yorkers the least control over their health care. 00:06:54 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.53 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=53 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/j70cRf1gIOw/index.php Michael Shermer discusses evolution and capitalism.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/j70cRf1gIOw" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=52Michael Shermer discusses evolution and capitalism. Michael Shermer In his new book, The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics, Michael Shermer examines such questions as: How did we evolve from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern consumer-traders? Why are people so irrational when it comes to money and business? He argues that the new science of evolutionary economics provides an answer to both of those questions. Shermer shows how evolution and economics are both examples of a larger phenomenon of complex adaptive systems. 00:10:08 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.52 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=52 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/j-E65oV_wN0/index.php Reason Magazine's Matt Welch evaluates John McCain.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/j-E65oV_wN0" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=51Reason Magazine's Matt Welch evaluates John McCain. Matt Welch John McCain is one of the most familiar figures in American politics, a figure with great appeal to many. However, his concrete governing philosophy and actual track record have been left unexamined. Matt Welch's new book McCain: The Myth of a Maverick gives a flesh-and-bones political portrait of a man onto whom people project their own ideological fantasies. It is the first realistic assessment of what a John McCain presidency might look like. Welch lays out the root cause of the senator's worldview: his personal transformation from underachieving youth to war hawk, in which he used the "higher power" of American nationalism to save his life and soul. 00:06:55 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.51 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=51 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/eDm6gfNAcxU/index.php Neal McCluskey discusses the inevitable culture clashes in public schools.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/eDm6gfNAcxU" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=50Neal McCluskey discusses the inevitable culture clashes in public schools. Neal McCluskey Throughout American history, public schooling has produced political disputes, animosity, and sometimes even bloodshed between diverse people. According to Neal McCluskey, Associate Director of Cato's Center for Educational Freedom, such clashes are inevitable in government-run schooling because all Americans are required to support the public schools, but only those with the most political power control them. Political — and sometimes even physical — conflict has thus been an inescapable public schooling reality. 00:12:09 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.50 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=50 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/zlwoiq_nmmo/index.php Mike Tanner on the shortcomings of government-managed health care<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/zlwoiq_nmmo" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=49Mike Tanner on the shortcomings of government-managed health care Michael D. Tanner How should the problems facing the U.S. health care system be addressed? Many proposed solutions are worse than the disease. At a recent Capitol Hill Briefing, Cato's Mike Tanner examines the shortcomings in single-payer systems, employer and individual mandates, and managed-competition plans, including Massachusetts-style "connectors." Tanner is the director of Health and Welfare Studies at the Cato Institute and coauthor of Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It. 00:09:44 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.49 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=49 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/KrNEoO2iexA/index.php Timothy Lynch ponders balancing liberty and security during a war without end where the enemy doesn't play by the traditional laws of war.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/KrNEoO2iexA" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=48Timothy Lynch ponders balancing liberty and security during a war without end where the enemy doesn't play by the traditional laws of war. Timothy Lynch The war on terror has presented U.S. courts with many thorny legal issues relating to civil liberties and national security. On December 5 the Supreme Court took up the case of Boumediene v. Bush, which centers on the right of "enemy combatants" being held in Guantanamo Bay to have their detention reviewed by American civilian courts. On one hand, what right does the president have to hold people indefinitely without recourse to judicial review? On the other, does the Constitution really require that everyone picked up by our military in wartime have access to our courts? Fundamentally, how do you balance liberty and security during a war without end where the enemy doesn't play by the traditional laws of war? 00:09:54 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.48 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=48 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/qCiPGQVL5fA/index.php Economist Tyler Cowen on how to Discover Your Inner Economist<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/qCiPGQVL5fA" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=47Economist Tyler Cowen on how to Discover Your Inner Economist Tyler Cowen In Discover Your Inner Economist, economist and blogger Tyler Cowen provides quirky and insightful advice for life based on his signature urbane style of economic reasoning. 00:09:09 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.47 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=47 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/yos25RYqlpk/index.php Ben Bernanke unveils several changes within the Fed.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/yos25RYqlpk" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=42Ben Bernanke unveils several changes within the Fed. Ben S. Bernanke Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke unveils several changes within the Fed he hopes will improve the central bank's transparency. A transcript of his full remarks is available here. 00:14:12 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.42 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=42 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/N01eOVRuTg0/index.php Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke speaks at the Cato Institute's 25th Annual Monetary Conference.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/N01eOVRuTg0" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=41Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke speaks at the Cato Institute's 25th Annual Monetary Conference. Ben S. Bernanke 00:43:10 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.41 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=41 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/dEX_-jfkFuA/index.php Philippe Legrain argues we should welcome immigrants.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/dEX_-jfkFuA" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=40Philippe Legrain argues we should welcome immigrants. Philippe Legrain Immigration is a divisive issue. Journalist Philippe Legrain argues that we should welcome immigrants for a variety of reasons. Legrain says in an open world, more people move across borders. Immigrants, he says, enrich the lives of their new countrymen and the families they often support back home. He spoke at a Cato Institute book forum on his book, Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them. 00:05:55 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.40 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=40 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/YQ4iIVZXN1U/index.php Dan Ikenson sets the record straight on American manufacturing.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/YQ4iIVZXN1U" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:00:00 CST http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=39Dan Ikenson sets the record straight on American manufacturing. Daniel J. Ikenson The decline of the U.S. manufacturing sector is greatly exaggerated, according to Dan Ikenson, the associate director of the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies. He spoke at the Cato Policy Forum, Thriving or Threatened? Perspectives on the State of U.S. Manufacturing in a Global Economy, held September 25, 2007. 00:09:51 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.39 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=39 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/ewu-NGofYTo/index.php Neal McCluskey discussing his book, Feds in the Classroom.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/ewu-NGofYTo" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=38Neal McCluskey discussing his book, Feds in the Classroom. Neal McCluskey Most proposals for federal reform in education call for a nip here and a tuck there, but little else. That won't do, according to Cato education analyst Neal McCluskey's new book, Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples and Compromises American Education. After examining Washington's education track record and the largely forgotten history of American schooling, McCluskey concludes that only two things—ceasing federal education involvement and implementing universal school choice—can get our kids the education they need. 00:08:55 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.38 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=38 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/Hw7-RAsu3VI/index.php Lewis Leibowitz discusses the value of imports for U.S. manufacturers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/Hw7-RAsu3VI" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=37Lewis Leibowitz discusses the value of imports for U.S. manufacturers. Lewis E. Leibowitz Since the depth of the U.S. manufacturing recession in 2002, the sector as a whole has experienced sustained and robust growth. Lewis Leibowitz, with the Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition, argues that imports aren't merely consumer goods from other countries, they're tools to be used in the thriving U.S. manufacturing sector. 00:06:34 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.37 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=37 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/A-_jUcCH8ks/index.php Christopher Preble assesses the surge in Iraq<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/A-_jUcCH8ks" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=35Christopher Preble assesses the surge in Iraq Christopher A. Preble The surge in Iraq is doing little to create the environment needed for political reconciliation. That's the conclusion of Christopher Preble, Cato's Director of Foreign Policy Studies, who spoke at a Policy Forum at the Cato Institute on September 20th. (The full event is available at http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=4046) 00:09:39 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.35 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=35 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/SR6jmYHYXVE/index.php J. Scott Ballenger on the rights of the dying<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/SR6jmYHYXVE" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=33J. Scott Ballenger on the rights of the dying J. Scott Ballenger When should the terminally ill have access to relatively untested but potentially lifesaving drugs? What has the Supreme Court said about the right of medical treatment? J. Scott Ballenger, a partner with the Latham & Watkins law firm, makes the case for expanded access to experimental drugs among the terminally ill. (See the full event: Should the Government Insert Itself between Dying Patients and Unproven Therapies?). 00:08:43 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.33 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=33 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/EOL5WI8s7dQ/index.php Marc Lynch on the troop surge in Iraq.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/EOL5WI8s7dQ" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=32Marc Lynch on the troop surge in Iraq. Marc Lynch Despite the infusion of nearly 30,000 Army and Marine Corps personnel, Adm. Michael Mullen, the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs, admits, "No amount of troops in no amount of time will make much of a difference" in Iraq if there is no effective Iraqi government. Are the objectives and benchmarks set for the Iraqi government achievable? Marc Lynch, Professor of Political Science at George Washington University, discusses the realities and the rhetoric that surrounds the troop surge. (See the full event: Assessing the Surge.) 00:08:28 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.32 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=32 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/buRf2UiOo6k/index.php Andrew J. Coulson on the failures of No Child Left Behind.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/buRf2UiOo6k" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=31Andrew J. Coulson on the failures of No Child Left Behind. Andrew J. Coulson The No Child Left Behind Act is up for reauthorization, and, supporters' rhetoric to the contrary, it has failed to live up to its promises. Andrew J. Coulson, the director of Cato's Center for Educational Freedom, discusses the policy implications of NCLB's massive imposition on local and state education systems. (See the full event: Should Congress Reauthorize NCLB?.) 00:05:42 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.31 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=31 http://feeds.cato.org/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~3/-xU3MEwE_Jk/index.php Glenn Greenwald discussing President Bush's legacy.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CatoWeeklyVideo/~4/-xU3MEwE_Jk" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:00:00 CDT http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=30Glenn Greenwald discussing President Bush's legacy. Glenn Greenwald Six years after September 11, 2001, President Bush finds himself increasingly isolated. America is viewed unfavorably abroad, and the president's standing with the American electorate has faltered. How did this happen? In a new book, constitutional attorney Glenn Greenwald argues that Bush's "good versus evil" governing philosophy has led to innumerable problems, from the military debacle in Iraq to heightened tensions with Iran and ill-advised and illegal executive actions here at home. Instead of trying to limit government, the Bush administration has expanded it to suppress perceived evils and to impose perceptions of the good. (See the full event: A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency.) 00:08:59 no Cato,Institute,Weekly,Video, id no.30 http://www.cato.org/weekly/index.php?vid_id=30