Cato Podcast
Cato Institute
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.
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Dec 21, 2022 • 21min
In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace
Wishing the United States were less of a global hegemon doesn't mean giving up on engagement with the globe, as Christopher Coyne argues in his new book, In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 20, 2022 • 9min
How the Feds 'Thanked' Distilleries When They Shifted to Hand Sanitizer
When we knew little about COVID-19 and hand sanitizer was in short supply, distilleries stepped in to fill the gap. For their efforts, the federal government thanked them with ... a hefty bill. Daniel Dew of the Pacific Legal Foundation comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 19, 2022 • 24min
Congressional Dysfunction and Separation of Powers
Outgoing Republican Representative Peter Meijer of Michigan would like to see Congress reassert powers over war from the executive branch and address its own dysfunction. We discussed what he’s learned in his term in Congress, if his party plans to engage in any form of introspection, and what’s next for him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 16, 2022 • 18min
Time to Think Small: How Nimble Environmental Technologies Can Solve the Planet's Biggest Problems
Todd Myers is author of Time to Think Small: How Nimble Environmental Technologies Can Solve the Planet's Biggest Problems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 15, 2022 • 14min
Criminal Justice Reform on Behalf of Workers
Productive employment is associated with avoiding entanglement in the criminal justice system, but for those already entangled that fact may be of little comfort. Scott Lincicome explains why criminal justice reform may also be pro-worker policy reform in his chapter of Empowering the New American Worker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 14, 2022 • 17min
Health Care and the New American Worker
This podcast discusses how federal tax policies impact health insurance options for workers, the unintended consequences of the income tax exclusion of employer-sponsored health benefits, the potential effects of reforming the tax code to allow workers control over their health insurance dollars, the impact of clinician licensing on patient access to care, and the debate over clinician licensing and universal license recognition.
Dec 13, 2022 • 12min
What Has Joe Biden Gotten Right on Immigration?
The President hasn't done much with respect to immigration, but there are a few bright spots. David Bier discusses the Biden record on immigration so far and a new paper on guest workers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 12, 2022 • 10min
Occupational Licensing and the Private Market Actors Who Make the Rules
It's a clear conflict of interest when industry insiders get to control who participates in that industry, but that's exactly how occupational licensing functions. And, as Steve Slivinski of the Pacific Legal Foundation notes, it's worse than you might think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 9, 2022 • 13min
Government Impediments to Lower Cost of Living
Higher salaries are great, but the cost of living impacts quality of life every bit as much. In her chapter in Cato's new Empowering the New American Worker book, Gabriella Beaumont-Smith details the myriad ways basic goods cost more than they should. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 8, 2022 • 8min
Keeping North Carolina’s Housing Affordable
Mike Tanner's new paper on the path forward for housing affordability in North Carolina shows that some of the biggest impediments to new housing exist in more states than just New York and California. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
