# December 2009 

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#### Introduction

#### [Tom Palmer and Ian Vasquez on two decades without the Berlin Wall.](/multimedia/cato-audio/tom-palmer-ian-vasquez-two-decades-without-berlin-wall)

#### [Jennifer Burns on Ayn Rand and the birth of the libertarian movement](/multimedia/cato-audio/jennifer-burns-ayn-rand-birth-libertarian-movement)

#### [John Mueller on how to build an atomic bomb](/multimedia/cato-audio/john-mueller-how-build-atomic-bomb)

#### [Daniel Mitchell on the battle for tax competition](/multimedia/cato-audio/daniel-mitchell-battle-tax-competition)

#### [Vladimir Bukovsky on Russia’s continuing Soviet legacy](/multimedia/cato-audio/vladimir-bukovsky-russias-continuing-soviet-legacy)

#### [Richard Mourdock on the scandalous Chrysler bankruptcy](/multimedia/cato-audio/richard-mourdock-scandalous-chrysler-bankruptcy)

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