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- July 2, 2008 - India: The Emerging Giant - Book Forum ( Download MP3
)The world's largest democracy, India, is an emerging economic giant. Reforms that began in the late 1980s and accelerated in the 1990s have led to high growth and have reduced poverty by one third. Professor Panagariya will discuss changes in ...
- July 1, 2008 - Ain't My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-Imperialism - Book Forum ( Download MP3 )
Conservatives love war, empire, and the military-industrial complex. They abhor peace, the sole and rightful property of liberals. Right? Wrong. According to Bill Kauffman, true conservatives have always resisted the imperial and ...
- June 26, 2008 - The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom ( Download MP3 )
Why are we, in many respects, less free now than we were 200 years ago? How did we get from our Founders' Constitution, which established a strictly limited government, to today's Constitution, which has expanded government and curtailed individual ...
- June 26, 2008 - Trade Facilitation: The New Wave of International Trade Liberalization? ( Download MP3 )
As the Doha Round lies in a cryogenic state, it is important to recognize that comprehensive, multilateral agreement to reduce trade barriers is not the only way to improve the international trading system. In fact, according to recent studies ...
- June 20, 2008 - Botswana and Mauritius: African Success Stories ( Download MP3 )
On a continent scarred by political repression and economic underdevelopment, Botswana and Mauritius stand out. In 2007, Freedom House certified both countries as free, and the Fraser Institute’s ...
- June 19, 2008 - America: Our Next Chapter ( Download MP3 )
In his two terms in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Hagel has distinguished himself as one of our nation’s most outspoken and thoughtful political leaders. Unafraid to challenge the policies of his own party, Senator Hagel has drawn praise and admiration ...
- June 18, 2008 - Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders ( Download MP3 )
In a provocative new book, Jason Riley makes the case for welcoming more legal immigrants to the United States. Drawing on history, scholarly studies and first-hand reporting, Riley argues that today’s newcomers are fueling America’s ...
- June 17, 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 ...
- June 12, 2008 - The Psychology of Evil: The Lucifer Effect in Action - Book Forum ( Download MP3 )
Prof. Philip Zimbardo, the conductor of the infamous 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, has become a leading authority on the psychology of evil: How is it that people are induced to commit evil, even when they consider themselves “good” people? What ...
- June 9, 2008 - What to Do about Self-Funded Campaigns ( Download MP3 )
On April 22, just as Pennsylvania Democrats go the polls in the last large primary before their nominating convention, the Supreme Court will hear yet another challenge to the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law: The Millionaires’ Amendment ...
- June 9, 2008 - China’s Rise: Is Conflict Unavoidable? - Capitol Hill Briefing ( Download MP3 )
China's rapid economic and military rise is causing understandable unease among American military planners. Although the Bush administration took office referring to China as a "strategic competitor," more recent statements of U.S. policy have ...
- May 30, 2008 - The One-Drop Rule in Hawaii? The Akaka Bill and the Future of Race-Based Government - Capitol Hill Briefing ( Download MP3 )
The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act—known as the "Akaka Bill"-would grant "native Hawaiians" federal recognition akin to that now enjoyed by Indian tribes. The bill creates a special authority that would exempt sufficiently ethnic ...
- May 29, 2008 - Occupational Hazards: Success and Failure in Military Occupation - Book Forum ( Download MP3 )
What makes military occupations more or less likely to succeed? Drawing on 26 cases since 1815 where outside powers have seized territory without a claim to its sovereignty, David Edelstein attempts to determine why some occupations succeed and ...
- May 28, 2008 - Relief from Gridlock: Surface Transportation Reauthorization in 2009 ( Download MP3 )
In reauthorizing the federal gas tax and surface transportation funding, the next Congress can continue historic trends of dictating thousands of earmarks and other mandates that reduce our transportation efficiency and, like recent ethanol ...
- May 15, 2008 - Whatever Happened to Medicare Reform? - Policy Forum ( Download MP3 )
It is 2008. Research suggests the federal Medicare program spends as much as $100 billion per year on medical care that makes seniors no healthier or happier. Its payment system continues to reward low-quality and even harmful medical care. The ...
- May 15, 2008 - Learning the Right Lessons from Iraq - Capitol Hill Briefing ( Download MP3 )
Foreign policy analysts are misreading the lessons of Iraq. The emerging conventional wisdom holds that success could have been achieved in Iraq with more troops, more cooperation among U.S. government agencies, and better counterinsurgency ...
- May 14, 2008 - The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement ( Download MP3 )
Starting in the 1970s, conservatives learned that electoral victory did not easily convert into a reversal of important liberal accomplishments, especially in the law. As a result, conservatives' mobilizing efforts increasingly turned to law ...
- May 13, 2008 - Georgia's Transformation into a Modern Market Democracy ( Download MP3 )
Following the Rose Revolution of 2003, the former Soviet Republic of Georgia began far-reaching reforms in governance and economic policy that are turning the country into a post-socialist success story. Georgia now ranks 44th out of 141 countries ...
- May 8, 2008 - Taxation in Colonial America - Book Forum ( Download MP3 )
Taxation was central to the evolution of government in colonial America, and complaints about taxation led directly to the Revolution in 1776. Taxation in Colonial America provides a definitive history of taxation in the colonies from ...
- May 7, 2008 - The REAL ID Rebellion: Whither the National ID Law? - Policy Forum ( Download MP3 )
On May 11, 2008, the statutory deadline for compliance with the REAL ID Act will pass without a single state meeting its requirements. Indeed, more than 17 states have passed legislation objecting to or outright refusing to implement this national ...
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