The song “Patria y Vida” [Fatherland and Life] has become an anthem of freedom in Cuba and a protest slogan against the dictatorship.
On November 3, 2021, the Cuban rapper El Funky, coauthor of “Patria y Vida,” visited the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. Days before, he was able to leave Cuba, where his colleague, Maykel Castillo, another coauthor of the song, remains imprisoned as do many Cubans after the mass protests in July 11, 2021.
AUGUST 7, 2019
Featuring Ryan Bourne, Matthew Feeney, and Caleb O. Brown
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) says social media is addictive and Big Tech hasn’t done much for the public interest lately. What should that mean for government regulation of big tech? Ryan Bourne and Matthew Feeney comment.
Learn more: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-daily-podcast/does-addictive-social-media-demand-more-government
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The film, “Dammed but Not Damned,” is based on field research by Cato scholar Swami Aiyar and Columbia University professor Neeraj Kaushal, who surveyed 1,200 forest tribe families. When the relocation occurred, some forest tribes who lived deep in the forest or above the waterline did not move. That allowed the researchers to conduct a sort of controlled experiment, comparing the resettled families with their former neighbors. Contrary to claims that the resettled forest tribes would be taken advantage of and become paupers, Aiyar and Neeraj found that their standard of living notably improved, exceeding that of the forest tribes that stayed behind. On a range of indicators—land and asset ownership, housing quality, agricultural practices, access to schools and hospitals—the relocated families were better off.
For more information: https://www.cato.org/blog/new-documentary-modernization-indigenous-tribes-india?queryID=d58b40c94a53c89344c8ae7c5a43df47
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January 20, 2020
Immigrants Remain Less Likely to Use Means‐Tested Welfare
Featuring Alex Nowrasteh and Caleb O. Brown
When it comes to means‐tested welfare programs, immigrants continue to be less likely than native‐born Americans to take advantage. Alex Nowrasteh explains how and why.
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http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=9153
Like international trade, cross-border direct investment drives economic growth. The value of cross-border investment flows has increased dramatically worldwide in response to liberalization of investment rules over the past couple of decades. But the trend toward liberalization has slowed, even reversed, in recent years. In April, the International Chamber of Commerce published the first revision in 40 years to its International Investment Guidelines, and the Obama administration published long-awaited revisions to its template for international investment agreements—the so-called model bilateral investment treaty. Will these developments help rein in investment protectionism. How will they influence cross-border investment flows? Can they help achieve the vaunted macroeconomic rebalancing?
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The nation‐building mission that we elected to adopt in Afghanistan was a lost bet from the start. After nearly 20 years, $2 trillion, and an immense loss of life, the Trump administration has signed an interim deal with the Taliban to end the war.
Learn more: https://www.cato.org/blog/ending-war-afghanistan-vs-exiting-it
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Cato Institute senior fellow Randy E. Barnett discusses the ObamaCare Supreme Court Ruling and its likely impact on future litigation.
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Featuring Simon Lester (@snlester), Trade Policy Analyst, Cato Institute; Inu Manak (@inumanak), Visiting Scholar, Cato Institute; Caleb O. Brown (@cobrown), Director of Multimedia, Cato Institute.
The President has linked tariffs on aluminum and steel to the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations, although he has exempted Canada and Mexico for now. Negotiations on a new NAFTA had been looking positive, but linking the trade deal to tariffs could undermine that progress. What is the future of continental free trade? And how should a renegotiated NAFTA be different?
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http://www.cato.org/events/how-china-became-capitalist
China has taken an extraordinary, and often unanticipated, journey in transforming itself from a closed agrarian socialist economy to a powerful economic force in the international arena. Coase and Wang persuasively argue that the reforms implemented by China's leaders during the past 35 years did not represent a concerted attempt to create a capitalist economy, and it was "marginal revolutions" that introduced the market and entrepreneurship back to China. Lessons from the West were guided by the traditional Chinese principle of "seeking truth from facts." How China Became Capitalist challenges received wisdom about the future of the Chinese economy, warning that while China has enormous potential for further growth, the future is clouded by the government's monopoly of ideas and power. The authors argue that the development of a market for ideas — which has a long and revered tradition in China — would be integral to bringing about the Chinese dream of social harmony.
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