# January 2011 

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#### Introduction

#### [Michael Tanner and Chris Edwards on downsizing the federal government](/multimedia/cato-audio/michael-tanner-chris-edwards-downsizing-federal-government)

#### [Carmen Reinhart on America’s debt crisis](/multimedia/cato-audio/carmen-reinhart-americas-debt-crisis)

#### [Adam S. Posen on whether monetary policy can prevent bubbles](/multimedia/cato-audio/adam-s-posen-whether-monetary-policy-can-prevent-bubbles)

#### [Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr. on credit ratings](/multimedia/cato-audio/gerald-p-odriscoll-jr-credit-ratings)

#### [Barney Frank on redefining “national security”](/multimedia/cato-audio/barney-frank-redefining-national-security)

#### [Jerry L. Jordan on America’s broken monetary and fiscal policy](/multimedia/cato-audio/jerry-l-jordan-americas-broken-monetary-fiscal-policy)

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