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- November 24, 2008 - How Nations Prosper: Economic Freedom and Doing Business around the World ( Download MP3
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- November 14, 2008 - Is the Grass Really Greener? A Look at International Health Care Systems ( Download MP3 )
While many sing the praises of national health care in other countries, a closer look shows that nearly every system is struggling with problems of rising cost and lack of access to care. Still, as the United States looks to reform its health care ...
- November 14, 2008 - Future Imperfect: Technology and Freedom in an Uncertain World ( Download MP3 )
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- November 14, 2008 - Race and the State - Policy Forum ( Download MP3 )
February is Black History Month, so it’s an appropriate time to take a critical look at the way government has treated racial minorities, especially African Americans. Is government more likely to be the friend or adversary of minority groups? Has ...
- November 14, 2008 - Let Failing African Governments Collapse: A Radical Solution to Underdevelopment ( Download MP3 )
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 ...
- November 14, 2008 - America's Drive for Energy Independence: Fueling the Oil Price Boom? ( Download MP3 )
America's increasingly loud and bipartisan call for energy independence may well be having a negative impact on world crude oil markets. A. F. Alhajji, one of America's most widely published academic oil economists, believes that investment trends ...
- November 14, 2008 - Markets vs. Standards: Debating the Future of American Education - Policy Forum ( Download MP3 )
A quarter century ago, A Nation at Risk shook the country and energized two education reform movements: school choice, and government-driven standards and accountability. For years, proponents of these reforms coexisted, even cooperated, ...
- November 14, 2008 - Smart Power: Toward a Prudent Foreign Policy for America ( Download MP3 )
The United States confronts a host of foreign policy problems in the 21st century, yet the Republic's security strategy is increasingly muddled and counterproductive. The litany of misplaced priorities and policy failures grows ever larger. Ted ...
- November 14, 2008 - One Man’s America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation ( Download MP3 )
In his provocative and compelling new book, George Will offers a fascinating look at the people, stories, and events that make the American drama so endlessly entertaining and instructive. With Will’s signature intellect and wry wit, One Man’s ...
- November 13, 2008 - The Dirty Dozen: Are They the Worst Supreme Court Cases in the Modern Era? ( Download MP3 )
Released to great acclaim in May 2008, The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom analyzes 12 U.S. Supreme Court decisions that, according to coauthors Robert Levy of the Cato Institute ...
- October 24, 2008 - The State of Freedom in Africa ( Download MP3 )
Africa is more democratic than ever before and elections more frequent, but poll results are often predetermined and much of the region remains in the hands of autocratic governments. How free are Africans in countries that have seen some degree of ...
- October 9, 2008 - Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America’s Schools Back to Reality ( Download MP3 )
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- October 6, 2008 - Global Terror's Central Front: Pakistan and Afghanistan ( Download MP3 )
Afghanistan and Pakistan are inextricably linked by a spreading Islamic insurgency. Ambushes, daring militant offensives, and targeted assassinations have risen sharply in Afghanistan, while suicide attacks and "Talibanization" are sweeping ...
- September 22, 2008 - Greatest Emancipations: How the West Abolished Slavery ( Download MP3 )
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- September 12, 2008 - Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do ( Download MP3 )
In his illuminating new book Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State, Columbia political scientist and state-of-the-art number cruncher Andrew Gelman explodes persistent myths about American voting patterns just in time for the 2008 ...
- September 12, 2008 - Should No-Knock Police Raids be Rare-or Routine? ( Download MP3 )
The Prince George’s County police department is under fire for a recent drug raid on the home of Berwyn Heights mayor Cheye Calvo. Unbeknownst to Calvo, a box containing marijuana was delivered to his home. Shortly thereafter, police officers ...
- September 12, 2008 - Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Reform or Elimination? ( Download MP3 )
Whenever gasoline prices are on the rise, so is the political interest in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the largest single stockpile of crude oil in the world. Some argue that part of its approximately 700 million barrels should be released into ...
- July 29, 2008 - Escaping Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa ( Download MP3 )
The southern African countries of Botswana and Zimbabwe are neighbors. Botswana is peaceful, stable, and increasingly prosperous. Zimbabwe, in contrast, is beset by political and economic crises. Their diverging fortunes are partly explained by ...
- July 25, 2008 - Should Congress Lower Tariffs on Imported Shoes? - Policy Forum ( Download MP3 )
Among the highest remaining U.S. tariffs are those imposed on imported shoes, with the highest duties applying to the cheapest shoes. Critics of the tariffs contend that they fall most heavily on the poorest American households while “saving” few ...
- July 23, 2008 - The FBI Turns 100 ( Download MP3 )
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 ...
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