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Kevin Dowd is a visiting professor at the Pensions Institute at Cass Business School in London. He is an expert on free banking, central banking, financial regulation, banking history, financial risk management and pensions. He spoke at the Cato Institute's 29th Annual Monetary Conference in November, 2011.

Columnist Glenn Greenwald discusses the success of Portugal's drug decriminalization experiment.

Ilya Shapiro, a senior fellow in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, evaluates the state of the Union with respect to the rule of law.

Daniel J. Mitchell, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, evaluates the state of the Union with respect to taxes and spending.

Mark Calabria, director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute, evaluates the state of the Union with respect to housing.

Michael Tanner, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, evaluates the fiscal state of the Union.

Cato Institute scholars Malou Innocent, Chris Edwards, Neal McCluskey, Ilya Shapiro, Jerry Taylor, Dan Mitchell and Dan Ikenson respond to President Obama's 2012 State of the Union Address.Video produced by Caleb O. Brown, Austin Bragg and Lester Romero.

In U.S. v. Jones, the Supreme Court has held that attaching a GPS device to a vehicle and then using the device to monitor the vehicle's movements constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment. What does this case mean for broader privacy protections under the Fourth Amendment? The Cato Institute's Jim Harper and Julian Sanchez assess the ruling.Video produced by Caleb O. Brown and Austin Bragg.

Cato Institute research fellow Julian Sanchez discusses the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act on Capitol Hill.

Lots of books examine the military history of World War II. In this new book, Burt Folsom and Anita Folsom, authors of New Deal or Raw Deal?, look at some of the domestic aspects of the war. Taxes and spending soared — along with government propaganda for taxes — laying the groundwork for a permanently larger government. History books tell us the war ended the Depression. But the food rations, nonexistent luxuries, crippling taxes, labor strikes, and dangerous work of the time tell a different story — hardly the stuff of recovery. Indeed, the war ushered in a new level of power in the executive branch. Roosevelt seized private property, conducted illegal wiretaps, tried to silence domestic opposition, and interned 110,000 Japanese Americans.

The stability given by the Federal Reserve is "between crisis sustainability" according to Auburn University economics professor Roger Garrison. Garrison spoke at the Cato Institute's 29th Annual Monetary Conference held November 16, 2011.

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul has been a critic of American monetary policy. He argues that the days of the "dollar reserve" are over and the United States should quickly move to sound money and dramatically smaller federal budgets. Rep. Paul spoke at the Cato Institute's 29th Annual Monetary Conference held November 16, 2011.

Mexico has been ravaged by the War on Drugs. Jorge Castañeda, the former foreign affairs minister for Mexico, discussed the devastating real-world impact of the fight against drug production and consumption. He spoke at the Cato Institute's conference, Ending the Global War on Drugs, on November 15, 2011.

The United States has undergone a severe financial crisis and a prolonged recession. The role of the Federal Reserve in the fiscal crisis should not be underestimated. At the Cato Institute's 29th Annual Monetary Conference, author Judy Shelton evaluated the potential for fundamental monetary reform.

The No Child Left Behind Act was meant to compel states to adopt high standards and rapidly improve K-12 education in public schools. It is now clear that NCLB has been a failure and has set the stage for even greater federal control over curriculum. The solution, contrary to what many advocates claim, is to get the federal government out of America's classrooms. Neal McCluskey, associate director of the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom, comments on NCLB's decade of failure.Video produced by Caleb O. Brown and Austin Bragg.

The Cato Institute's John Samples and Michael D. Tanner evaluate the GOP's struggle for identity following the Iowa caucuses.Video produced by Caleb O. Brown and Austin Bragg.

Former BB&T Chairman and CEO John A. Allison discusses how mandates like Sarbanes Oxley and the Patriot Act helped cause the housing meltdown and financial crisis. He spoke at the Cato Institute's 29th Annual Monetary Conference held November 16th, 2011.

The War on Drugs threatens trade and important cultural relationships between El Paso and its Mexican counterpart, Juarez. For merely discussing the merits of the War on Drugs, the state of Texas and federal government threatened the withdrawal of funding from the city council in El Paso. Former El Paso city council member Beto O'Rourke spoke at the Cato Institute's conference, "Ending the Global War on Drugs" on November 15, 2011.

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