The Stupidity of War: American Foreign Policy and the Case for Complacency
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.
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Crony capitalism, corporate welfare or corporatism. Whatever you call it, Ralph Nader believes he can assemble a coalition to end it. In his new book, Unstoppable, he tries to signal to libertarians, conservatives and progressives that there is broad agreement on protecting civil liberties, preventing wars and ending handouts to corporations.
Video produced by Caleb O. Brown and Austin Bragg.
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September 10, 2019
Featuring Hilde Restad, A. Trevor Thrall, and Emma Ashford
Hilde Restad, a professor of International Relations at Bjorknes College in Oslo, Norway, joins us to discuss Trump’s foreign policy, nationalism, and the view from Europe.
Hilde Restad bio https://bjorkneshoyskole.no/hilde-restad-associate-professor/
Hilde Restad, American Exceptionalism: An Idea that Made a Nation and Remade the World https://www.routledge.com/American-Exceptionalism-An-Idea-that-Made-a-Nation-and-Remade-the-World/Restad/p/book/9780415817516
Cato Unbound, “The Clash of Civilizations?,” February 2017 https://www.cato-unbound.org/issues/february-2017/clash-civilizations
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Comparable to the New Deal in both scope and scale, the 2,300 Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 also shared reforms with the assumption that the cause of financial crisis was misbehavior by market participants. Paul Mahoney is the Dean of the Virginia School of Law. In his new book, Wasting a Crisis, Mahoney outlines narratives formulated by political actors hoping to deflect blame from prior policy errors. He offers his analysis at a Cato Institute event in May. Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=catoinstitutevideo
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In the face of a looming fiscal catastrophe, our federal government must make significant and immediate spending cuts. Tim Pawlenty offers a budget realists' perspective on how he was able to accomplish such a feat in Minnesota during his two terms as governor. THUMBS UP if you think Washington could stand to learn a thing or two about slashing spending, and don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more videos from Cato!
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty earned an "A" on Cato's Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors in 2010. Check out the full text of the report by clicking the link below:
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"Blessing or Scourge? Capitalism through the Eyes of Pope Francis" featuring John Garvey, President, The Catholic University of America
By returning the focus of the Catholic Church to the plight of the poor, Pope Francis has become much loved and admired. His prestige and influence is commensurate with his humanity and humility. But is Francis right about capitalism and its consequences? Is it true that capitalism is a form of exploitation that leads to poverty and inequality? Or is it the only proven way of dramatically reducing poverty and, even, achieving unprecedented material abundance?
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This Cato Institute highlight reel was featured at Cato's 25th Annual Benefactor Summit featuring John Allison, David Boaz, Dan Mitchell, Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, Sallie James, Emily Ekins, Mark Calabria, John Samples, Malou Innocent, Louise Bennetts, Chris Edwards, Christopher Preble, Julian Sanchez and Dan Ikenson.
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Letters in Black and White is an epistolary correspondence between a white woman and black man who are both concerned with the condition of contemporary race relations. The book is a defense of classical liberalism as a guiding ideology for understanding and improving race in America. The authors object to the use of race as a rigid identity, especially in schools, universities, and the workplace. As Twyman starts his correspondence with Richmond: “There are 40,000,000 black individuals with 40,000,000 different stories. Not everyone can correspond with everyone else, but we can get to know and see each other as individuals.” And thus starts an extraordinary correspondence across the color line that sees these two strangers become friends as they wrestle with their different ideas; a diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucracy; and a vocal illiberal minority on how to imagine a new American identity.
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"I'm absolutely sure that the future of my country, and of any country facing a dictatorship, is freedom." — Ambassador Armando Valladares, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Commission on Human Rights, on the 2018 winners of the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, Las Damas de Blanco (the Ladies in White), and the future of Cuba.
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