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Amendment One is a ballot initiative in Illinois presented as a workers’ rights amendment. Adam Schuster of the Illinois Policy Institute describes the stunning expansion of labor union power that the amendment would foster.
Featuring Adam Schuster and Caleb O. Brown
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwgTczOaLY8
Reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III substance or lower would have a significant benefits to the budding marijuana industry and individual users. Marijuana deregulation sits squarely within the control of the executive. The president should use his executive powers to allow for intelligent enforcement for drug policy without eroding the rule of law.
"What the President Should Do” is a new series by the Cato Institute discussing what President Obama can do using executive authority his final year in office to make the U.S. a freer and happier place.
More from Ilya Shapiro on the topic of declassifying Marijuana:
http://www.cato.org/multimedia/daily-podcast/presidential-power-reschedule-marijuana
http://www.cato.org/research/drug-war
http://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro
Produced by Caleb O. Brown, Cory Cooper, and Tess Terrible.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK3ZMXkcxSk
http://store.cato.org/books/poverty-progress-realities-myths-about-global-poverty-hardback
In his new book, Poverty and Progress: Realities and Myths about Global Poverty, renowned development economist Deepak Lal draws on 50 years of experience around the globe to describe developing-country realities and rectify misguided notions about economic progress.
Part One of Poverty and Progress assesses poor-country realities by tracking growth through globalization, the rapid rate of change in standard-of-living indicators over the last half century, and in how political economy affects economic growth rates in developing countries. In Part Two, Lal examines the myths and confusion about poor countries, including calculations that exaggerate the extent of poverty; overstated claims made on behalf of microfinance; the resurrection of discredited theories, such as vicious circles of poverty; and the need for massive foreign aid to save Africa.
Deepak Lal is the James S. Coleman Professor Emeritus of International Development Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles, professor emeritus of political economy at University College London, and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2YzZFvOFGE
http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=9108
State officials have spent the last 15 years attempting to devise a regime so they can force out-of-state vendors to collect sales taxes, but the Supreme Court has ruled that such a cartel is not permissible without congressional approval. Congress is currently considering the Main Street Fairness Act, a bill that would authorize a multistate tax compact and force many Internet retailers to collect sales taxes for the first time. Is this sensible? Are there alternative ways to address tax "fairness" concerns in this context?
Adam Thierer is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNDh-iquphY
The inflation that we see today was partly caused by pandemic-related disruptions, said Fed Chair Jerome Powell at this year's #CatoMonCon.
WATCH MORE: https://www.cato.org/events/40th-annual-monetary-conference
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW3CM7KkRWM
The war on drugs is America’s longest war, and it continues to this day. Most agree the War on Drugs has been a failure and public sentiment is shifting. Today, state legislatures in the U.S. are passing laws legalizing and decriminalizing drugs. Regarding harm reduction, what public policy on drugs will help people the most? In this episode, John Hudak, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution; Jeffrey Miron, vice president for research at the Cato Institute; and Sally Satel, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute discuss: which public policy on drugs most effectively prevents harm: prohibition or legalization?
For more episodes: www.ProjectSphere.org
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXBYgvvdQBE
http://www.cato.org/multimedia/daily-podcast/first-amendment-knox-v-seiu
http://www.cato.org/pubs/legalbriefs/KnoxFiledBrief.pdf
http://www.cato.org/people/trevor-burrus
Unions cannot simply take resources from nonmembers and devote them to certain political activities. That from the U.S. Supreme Court today. Trevor Burrus, a legal associate at the Cato Institute, evaluates the court's decision.
Video produced by Caleb O. Brown, Austin Bragg and Evan Banks.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGsmNbekdjY
Follow the link to view the full event video: http://www.cato.org/events/national-security-implications-new-oil-gas-production-technologies
A major new study investigates how changing trade flows and energy revenues affect U.S. national security via two potential mechanisms: shifts in U.S. bilateral relationships with oil-exporting countries and disruptions in regional security. Join us as the lead researcher, Eugene Gholz, presents the findings, followed by comments and discussion among experts in the field.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv1vSElTPgw
September 23, 2020
Breonna Taylor, Indicting Cops, and the War on Drugs
Featuring Clark Neily and Caleb O. Brown
One of three Louisville police officers involved in the raid on Breonna Taylor’s home has been charged with crimes. The charges are for behavior not strictly related to Taylor’s death. Clark Neily discusses what it should mean for police reform.
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Learn more: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/breonna-taylor-indicting-cops-war-drugs?queryID=df5200460164bceea4d9d1c9a6e5a931
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7OjIAq6edg