Cato Podcast
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Each week on Cato Podcast, leading scholars and policymakers from the Cato Institute delve into the big ideas shaping our world: individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Whether unpacking current events, debating civil liberties, exploring technological innovation, or tracing the history of classical liberal thought, we promise insightful analysis grounded in rigorous research and Cato’s signature libertarian perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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May 11, 2023 • 15min
Addressing the Oppressive Burden of Occupational Licensing
Occupational licensing places enormous burdens on people who want to use their skills in the marketplace. State-level reform efforts have been slow going. Kentucky Republican state Representative Steven Doan and the Pacific Legal Foundation's Steven Slivinski comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 10, 2023 • 7min
Regulatory Power vs. the Right to a Jury Trial
When can a federal regulatory agency nix your right to a jury trial and instead subject you to their own internal court? That's a question now moving through the courts. Cato's Tommy Berry describes the case of Burgess v. Whang. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 9, 2023 • 24min
Baby Ninth Amendments: How Americans Embraced Unenumerated Rights and Why It Matters
Anthony Sanders is author of the new book, Baby Ninth Amendments: How Americans Embraced Unenumerated Rights and Why It Matters.You can watch a replay our book forum for Baby Ninth Amendments here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 8, 2023 • 10min
AOC Wants the Feds to Squelch Fox News. Can They?
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants the federal government to step in to punish what appears on a news network. Can they? Should they? Jesse Walker of Reason Magazine comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 5, 2023 • 17min
P.G. Wodehouse: The Sensitivity Reader Edit
Many long-dead authors have had their works scrubbed by so-called "sensitivity readers," the latest of which is P.G. Wodehouse. Why? Writer Christian Schneider discusses the new scrutiny aimed at old books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 5, 2023 • 16min
The Federal Reserve Reviews the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank
The Fed's report on the failure of Silicon Valley Bank doesn't just lay blame at the private sector. Norbert Michel details the most important and valuable takeaways. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 3, 2023 • 11min
What Is 'Race Essentialism'?
How do "race essentialists" think about how people ought to view and interact with each other? Erec Smith, a visiting scholar at the Cato Institute, discusses what it means to be a race essentialist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 2, 2023 • 16min
The Digital Age Demands Robust Financial Privacy
Our arrival in the digital age has not been good for financial privacy. Nick Anthony's new Cato paper offers a framework for eliminating warrantless surveillance of our financial lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 1, 2023 • 14min
After the Biden-Yoon Summit, What Did the U.S. and Korea Get?
What do South Korea and the U.S. want from each other? Cato's Doug Bandow and Eric Gomez explain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 28, 2023 • 19min
The Many and Varied Explanations for the Explosion in Human Wealth
There are many competing theories that purport to explain the dramatic and sustained increase in wealth and well-being for humans these last two centuries. Cato’s Deirdre McCloskey discusses why she believes liberty is the secret sauce of growing prosperity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
