Those burgers you picked up at the grocery store may have originated in Hawaii. Hawaii's long-standing cattle trade is hampered by the Jones Act. For nearly 100 years the Jones Act has restricted the transportation of cargo between two points in the United States to ships that are U.S.-built, crewed, owned, and flagged. Meant to bolster the U.S. maritime industry and provide a ready supply of ships and mariners in times of conflict, the act has instead presided over a steady deterioration in the number of ships, sailors to crew them, and shipyards to build them. While failing to provide its promised benefits, the law has imposed a huge economic burden that manifests itself in various ways, ranging from higher transportation costs to increased traffic and pollution. Learn more at https://www.cato.org/jonesact #EndTheJonesAct ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq4YQgxMquQ

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In "The Stupidity of War: American Foreign Policy and the Case for Complacency" (Cambridge University Press), John Mueller argues that aversion to international war has had considerable consequences. American foreign policy has been dictated mostly by international threats that have been substantially exaggerated, including during the Cold War. Post‐​9/​11 concerns about international terrorism and nuclear proliferation have been overwrought and often destructive. Meanwhile, threats from countries including Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea or from cyber technology are limited and manageable. Mueller explains how, when international war is in decline, there might be more‐​viable diplomatic devices to be leveraged and that a large military is scarcely required. Join us as the author and a panel of experts come together to discuss these arguments and more. DETAILS: https://www.cato.org/events/stupidity-war-american-foreign-policy-case-complacency Join the conversation and tweet your questions with #CatoFP. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXV6H26oCSE

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? The Cato Institute’s Second Annual Surveillance Conference explores this question and more with the top scholars, litigators, intelligence officials, activists, and technologists working at the intersection of privacy, technology, and national security. View the full event here: http://www.cato.org/events/second-annual-cato-surveillance-conference ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XF2EL43S8E