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States of Fear: Science or Politics?
Featuring: Michael Crichton and a Panel of Distinguished Scientists
Best-selling author Michael Crichton examines the intersection of media, politics, and science, inspiring viewers to challenge old assumptions and to search beneath the surface of issues as they seek to discover the truth.
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Innovative Solutions for Iraq
Featuring Lawrence Korb, Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, Ivan Eland, Peter Brookes, Gareth Porter
Should the U.S. extract troops rapidly or gradually, stay the course with current Bush administration policy, or escalate its involvement?
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Understanding America’s Terrorist Crisis: What Should Be Done?
Featuring Gore Vidal, Lewis Lapham, Barton Bernstein, Robert Higgs, Thomas Gale Moore
Held before a standing-room audience of 1,350, this powerful program features celebrated authors and scholars who examine the terrorist crisis and ask the all-important question: Why?
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Stopping Violent Crime: New Directions for Reduction and Prevention
Featuring Arthur R. Miller, Bruce L. Benson, Erika Holzer, Wendy Kaminer, William I. Koch, and more...
In a lively and challenging exchange of ideas, this program addresses why the criminal justice system has become increasingly bureaucraticized and politicized, ever less responsive and ever more costly. Topics include victim’s rights, crime and incarceration rates, restitution, civil liberties, illicit drugs, guns, racism, policing, privatization, and sentencing.
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| 9/30/2009 |
Out of the Storm
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| 6/4/2009 |
Understanding Today's Economy
Brian C. Gothberg, Anthony Gregory, Gregory Rehmke, Mike Winther, José Maria J. Yulo
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| 4/7/2009 |
What President Obama Should Learn from His Predecessors
Ivan Eland, Andrew R. Rutten
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| 1/7/2009 |
Bush, Obama, and Presidential Power
Ivan Eland, Ron Paul, Richard Shenkman
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| 11/13/2008 |
Lessons from the Poor: The Power of Entrepreneurship
William R. Easterly, Jorge Quiroga, Alvaro Vargas Llosa
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| 9/16/2008 |
A Gala for Liberty: The Independent Institute’s Gala Reception and Dinner
William K. Bowes, Jr., Andy Garcia, Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu
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| 7/2/2008 |
What the Second Amendment Means Today
Stephen P. Halbrook, Don B. Kates, Jr.
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| 6/9/2008 |
Is the Second Amendment an Individual Right?
Stephen P. Halbrook, Joyce Lee Malcolm
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| 4/15/2008 |
Is the “War on Terror” Creating Terrorism?
Ivan Eland, Ian S. Lustick, Gareth Porter
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| 3/7/2008 |
The New International Arms Race in Space—And How to Avoid It
Peter L. Hays, Theresa Hitchens, Jeff Kueter, Mike Moore
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| 2/21/2008 |
The Secret to Making Poor Nations Rich
George B. N. Ayittey, Benjamin Powell, Alvaro Vargas Llosa
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| 2/12/2008 |
Is the U.S. Now Provoking an Arms Race in Space?
Mike Moore
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| 1/9/2008 |
Is the U.S. Provoking an Arms Race in Space?
Mike Moore
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| 12/6/2007 |
Why Are Politicians Always Trying to Scare Us?
Robert Higgs
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| 11/6/2007 |
New Directions for Peace and Security
Carl P. Close, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, James L. Payne, Edward P. Stringham
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| 9/21/2007 |
Troop Withdrawal: Looking Beyond Iraq
Ivan Eland, Leon T. Hadar, David R. Henderson
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| 8/4/2007 |
A Reception Honoring Bruce N. Ames
Bruce N. Ames
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| 6/21/2007 |
Living With a Nuclear Iran and North Korea?
Doug Bandow, Ivan Eland, Trita Parsi, Charles Peña
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| 5/8/2007 |
Is Wal-Mart Good or Bad for America? A Debate
Ken Jacobs, Richard K. Vedder
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| 2/9/2007 |
P.J. O’Rourke “On the Wealth of Nations”
P. J. O’Rourke
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| 12/6/2006 |
The 2006 Thomas S. Szasz Awards and An Evening With Robert Higgs
Robert Higgs, Robert Spillane, Thomas S. Szasz
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| 10/17/2006 |
The Reality and Legacy of the Iraq War
Mark Danner, Ivan Eland
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| 9/28/2006 |
Private Solutions for Reducing Road Congestion, Fuel Costs, Travel Time, and Waste
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| 9/22/2006 |
How to Really Win the War on Terrorism
Joseph Cirincione, Roger W. Cressey, Charles Peña
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| 6/28/2006 |
Bureaucracy vs. The Environment: What Should Be Done?
Carl P. Close, Michael Shaw, Randy T. Simmons
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| 5/17/2006 |
What Should the U.S. Do about China?
Ivan Eland, James Lilley, Eric McVadon
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| 5/9/2006 |
Is White Guilt Destroying the Promise of Civil Rights?
Shelby Steele
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| 5/1/2006 |
Robert Higgs Czech Lectures
Robert Higgs
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| 2/16/2006 |
Innovative Solutions for Iraq
Peter Brookes, Ivan Eland, Lawrence J. Korb, Lt. Gen. William E. Odom (Ret.), Gareth Porter
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| 1/31/2006 |
Eminent Domain: Abuse of Government Power?
Steven Greenhut, Timothy Sandefur
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| 12/13/2005 |
The Frankenfood Myth?
Bruce N. Ames, Henry I. Miller
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| 11/17/2005 |
The War on Terror: Implications for Domestic Security and Civil Liberties
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| 11/15/2005 |
An Evening with Michael Crichton
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| 9/21/2005 |
Immigration Wars: Open or Closed Borders for America?
Peter Laufer, Benjamin Powell
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| 5/3/2005 |
Liberty For Latin America: How to Undo 500 Years of State Oppression
Alvaro Vargas Llosa
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| 3/1/2005 |
How—And How Not—To Fight Terrorism
Michael Scheuer
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| 1/27/2005 |
The Death Penalty on Trial
Bill Kurtis, Franklin E. Zimring
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| 10/28/2004 |
The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed
Ivan Eland
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| 9/29/2004 |
Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free Society
Robert Higgs
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| 9/24/2004 |
Gag Rule: On the Suppression of Dissent and Stifling of Democracy
Lewis H. Lapham
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| 6/17/2004 |
The Future of Iraq: Democracy or Quagmire?
George Bisharat, Ivan Eland, James H. Noyes, Christopher Scheer
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| 6/8/2004 |
Terrorism and Iraq: What is the Nature of the Relationship?: A Debate
Ivan Eland, Stephen Hayes, Walter Russell Mead, Robert Murphy, Don Smith
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| 5/14/2004 |
Why Liberty Is Failing in Latin America
Alvaro Vargas Llosa
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| 5/6/2004 |
Drug War Crimes
Joseph D. McNamara, Jeffrey A. Miron, Ethan A. Nadelmann
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| 4/21/2004 |
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and the Global Marketplace
Daniel J. Edelman, Robert W. Galvin, Peter A. Thiel
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| 3/9/2004 |
The Promised Land of the Free
Richard A. Epstein, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
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| 2/4/2004 |
The Voluntary City: Restoring Urban Life in Crisis Times
Fred E. Foldvary, Peter Gordon, Daniel B. Klein
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| 1/30/2004 |
Confessions of a Media Maverick: Exposing Hucksters, Cheats and Scam Artists
John Stossel
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| 11/13/2003 |
PATRIOT Acts: I & II: The New Assault on Liberty?
James Bovard, David Cole, Ivan Eland, Margaret Russell
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| 10/2/2003 |
The Truth About Medical Marijuana
Donald I. Abrams, Edwin Dobb, Robert J. MacCoun, Ed Rosenthal
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| 6/25/2003 |
Preemptive War Strategy: A New U.S. Empire?
Joel S. Beinin, Ivan Eland, Edward A. Olsen
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| 5/27/2003 |
Globalization and Cultural Diversity: Friends or Foes?
Tyler Cowen
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| 2/20/2003 |
Solving America’s Public School Crisis
Peter Brimelow, John D. Merrifield
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| 10/23/2002 |
Secrecy, Freedom and Empire: Lessons for Today from Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
Barton J. Bernstein, Daniel Ellsberg, Edwin B. Firmage, David R. Henderson, J. Victor Marshall
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| 9/24/2002 |
The U.S. War on Terrorism: Myths and Realities
Alan W. Bock, Lewis H. Lapham, J. Victor Marshall, Seth Rosenfeld, Paul H. Weaver
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| 6/6/2002 |
Big Brother Is Watching
James Bamford
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| 5/7/2002 |
The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate
Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Harry V. Jaffa
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| 5/3/2002 |
Entrepreneurial Economics for Fun, Profit and a Better, Freer World
Alexander T. Tabarrok
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| 5/2/2002 |
Liberty for Women
Wendy McElroy
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| 4/18/2002 |
Understanding America’s Terrorist Crisis: What Should Be Done?
Barton J. Bernstein, Robert Higgs, Lewis H. Lapham, Thomas Gale Moore, Gore Vidal
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| 2/13/2002 |
Conning Americans: How Politicians Create Dependence on Government
Charlotte Twight
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| 12/4/2001 |
Why Freedom Matters More Than Ever
David R. Henderson
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| 10/3/2001 |
Smarter Urban Growth: Markets or Bureaucracy?
Daniel B. Klein, Randal O'Toole
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| 9/5/2001 |
The Drug War on Trial: Two Judges Speak Out
James P. Gray, Vaughn Walker
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| 8/14/2001 |
Truth and Propaganda in Politically Correct America
Larry Elder
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| 7/5/2001 |
Why Are the Public Schools Failing and What Can Be Done?
John D. Merrifield, Richard K. Vedder
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| 5/16/2001 |
Friedrich Hayek and the Future of Liberty
Charles W. Baird, Alan O. Ebenstein
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| 4/24/2001 |
Will Strong Encryption Protect Privacy and Make Government Obsolete?
David D. Friedman
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| 3/20/2001 |
Losing the Race? Black Progress, Freedom, and Independence
John H. McWhorter
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| 2/18/2001 |
Common Law, Merchant Law, and Democratic Legislation
Alexander T. Tabarrok
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| 2/6/2001 |
Can America’s Electoral System Be Fixed?
Robert D. Cooter, Randy T. Simmons, Alexander T. Tabarrok
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| 11/15/2000 |
Gun Control: Separating Fact from Myth
Gary Kleck, David Kopel
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| 10/26/2000 |
Public Health vs. The Nanny State?
Thomas J. DiLorenzo, Jacob Sullum
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| 10/14/2000 |
Economic and Moral Factors in Favor of Open Immigration
Alexander T. Tabarrok
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| 9/7/2000 |
The American Revolution and the Legacy of Liberty
Joyce O. Appleby, Hans Eicholz, Henry E. Mayer
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| 6/21/2000 |
The War on Drugs: Who is Winning? Who is Losing?
Alexander Cockburn, J. Victor Marshall, Peter Dale Scott
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| 5/24/2000 |
Pearl Harbor: Official Lies in an American War Tragedy?
Robert B. Stinnett
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| 4/25/2000 |
Affirmative Action: Pro and Con
William Bagley, Ward Connerly
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| 3/7/2000 |
Pro Team Sports: Are Politics and Corruption Winning?
Rodney Fort, Roger G. Noll
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| 2/15/2000 |
Global Warming: Scientific Fact or Fiction?
S. Fred Singer
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| 2/2/2000 |
Saving the Environment: Government, Friend or Foe?
Michael L. de Alessi, Peter W. Huber
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| 1/19/2000 |
Freedom, Terror, and Falsehoods: Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Robert Conquest
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| 12/9/1999 |
The Microsoft Monopoly: Where to Go from Here?
Peter W. Huber, Thomas M. Lenard, Stan J. Liebowitz
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| 11/23/1999 |
The American Economy, 1935-47: Assessing Robert Higgs’ Pioneering Analysis of Government Policy
Robert Higgs
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| 11/17/1999 |
The Civil War: Liberty and American Leviathan
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Henry E. Mayer
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| 10/20/1999 |
Virtual Money, Privacy, and the Internet
Richard W. Rahn, Peter A. Thiel
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| 9/21/1999 |
Guns and Violent Crime
Don B. Kates, Jr., Joyce Lee Malcolm
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| 7/20/1999 |
Liberty and the Failures of Government
Walter E. Williams
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| 6/16/1999 |
Tiananmen Square: Ten Years Later
Timothy Brook, Jing Chang, Danxuan Yi
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| 4/28/1999 |
The New Path for Africa: Establishing Free-Market Societies
George B. N. Ayittey
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| 4/13/1999 |
What Should Be Done with America's Schools?
Andrew J. Coulson, Williamson M. Evers, Myron Lieberman
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| 4/6/1999 |
Fixing America's Cities: Privatization and Community Empowerment
Jerry Brown, Stephen Goldsmith
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| 3/31/1999 |
Why Freedom?
Tibor R. Machan, Jan Narveson
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| 3/18/1999 |
Free Markets and The Economics of Life
Gary S. Becker, Guity Nashat
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| 3/9/1999 |
Justice, Natural Rights and the Rule of Law
Randy E. Barnett
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| 2/24/1999 |
The New Betrayal of Black Freedom in America
Shelby Steele
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| 2/11/1999 |
The Future of Freedom and High Technology
Virginia I. Postrel
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| 2/3/1999 |
Private Solutions for the Social Security Crisis
Alan J. Auerbach, Preston Martin, Michael Tanner
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| 10/29/1998 |
P.J.'s Economics 101
P. J. O’Rourke
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| 10/1/1998 |
Dinner to Honor Sir John Marks Templeton
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