Cato Podcast
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Wildfire Risks and Mitigation
9 mins; December 27, 2024
State Preemption, Zoning, and "Local" Control
19 mins; December 26, 2024
Is the War on Flavored Vapes in Its Final Stretch?
9 mins; December 23, 2024
Renewing Small Towns with Zoning Reform
12 mins; December 20, 2024
Nowhere to Live: The Hidden Story of America's Housing Crisis
24 mins; December 19, 2024
What Policy Questions Are Too Big for State Executive Agencies?
9 mins; December 18, 2024
The Human Freedom Index 2024: A Decade of Tracking Human Freedom Across the Globe
17 mins; December 17, 2024
State Powers vs. Central Bank Digital Currency
9 mins; December 16, 2024
How Will the New Regulatory Landscape Change Congress?
12 mins; December 13, 2024
Cato Identifies Trillions in Spending Cuts for DOGE
26 mins; December 12, 2024
Certificate of Need Laws and Pandemic Response
11 mins; December 11, 2024
Licensing Would Reduce Access to Lactation Support Services
13 mins; December 10, 2024
The Work Yet to Be Done to Free Workers from State Licensing
16 mins; December 09, 2024
Decarbonizing the Grid Means Accepting Tradeoffs
14 mins; December 06, 2024
Understanding the FCC's Massive Power to Punish and Promote Speech
18 mins; December 05, 2024
US Continues Making Troubling Promises to Ukraine
13 mins; December 04, 2024
Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health
8 mins; December 03, 2024
Threats to Donor Privacy Persist
14 mins; December 02, 2024
War with Mexico over Fentanyl Would Be Disastrous
9 mins; November 27, 2024
A Fresh Challenge to Government-Run Theft (Civil Forfeiture)
8 mins; November 26, 2024
Federal Regulation and the 'Department' of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
15 mins; November 25, 2024
Will the New FCC Meddle More or Less?
21 mins; November 22, 2024
The Conductor: The Story of Rev. John Rankin, Abolitionism's Essential Founding Father
18 mins; November 21, 2024
Trump Nominees Need Senate Appraisal, not Senate Abdication
12 mins; November 20, 2024
Some Cold Economics on the Biden Plan to Expand Nuclear Power
10 mins; November 19, 2024
The Worst Argument for CBDCs
13 mins; November 19, 2024
Tales of Illuminatus! for Conspiratorial Times
15 mins; November 15, 2024
Yes, End the Department of Education
15 mins; November 14, 2024
The Social Security Trust Fund and Other Fictions
17 mins; November 13, 2024
RFK Jr., #MAHA, and Public Health
17 mins; November 12, 2024
The State-Run Corporate Handouts That Help Politicians and Harm Taxpayers
10 mins; November 11, 2024
The Voters and Issues That Returned Trump to the White House
14 mins; November 08, 2024
Ballot Issues in 2024
11 mins; November 07, 2024
Trump Again
12 mins; November 06, 2024
'Shaken Baby Syndrome' and the Death Penalty in Texas
13 mins; November 06, 2024
A Better Way to Pick Judges?
8 mins; November 05, 2024
Antitrust Policy under Harris or Trump
7 mins; November 04, 2024
The State of the IVF Debate
13 mins; November 01, 2024
Anarchy, State, and Utopia at 50
32 mins; November 01, 2024
Rising Tripwires in the Fight over Ukraine
9 mins; October 31, 2024
The Presidential Abuse of (Delegated) Tariff Powers
13 mins; October 30, 2024
The US Should Welcome 'Digital Nomads'
8 mins; October 29, 2024
We Need to Talk about the Federal Funds Rate
11 mins; October 28, 2024
US Policy and China's Military Dance Surrounding Taiwan
14 mins; October 25, 2024
A Paradox of Protectionism
8 mins; October 24, 2024
Christian Nationalism Then and Now
15 mins; October 23, 2024
Education Entrepreneurs Ramping Up
17 mins; October 21, 2024
Taking Back Congressional Power over Tariffs and Trade
24 mins; October 18, 2024
Dispelling the Fear and Loathing over Ranked-Choice Voting
15 mins; October 17, 2024
Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors 2024
11 mins; October 15, 2024
Courts Grappling with Realities of Retaliatory Arrests
10 mins; October 14, 2024
The Great American Homeschooling Surge
13 mins; October 11, 2024
A Bigger Government Means Giving Up Almost Half Your Paycheck
11 mins; October 10, 2024
When State Executive Agencies Take You to Their Own 'Court'
12 mins; October 09, 2024
Financing Opportunity: How Financial Markets Have Fueled American Prosperity for More than Two Centuries
14 mins; October 08, 2024
Hayek's Nobel at 50
31 mins; October 07, 2024
These Candidates Have Terrible Views on Freedom of Speech
36 mins; October 04, 2024
Harris and Trump Have No Plans to Substantially Liberate Health Care
16 mins; October 03, 2024
Buckeye v. IRS
18 mins; October 02, 2024
Reforming State and Local Economic Development Subsidies
11 mins; October 01, 2024
Could We Have Better Presidential Debates?
13 mins; September 30, 2024
How States Might Address the 'Squatter or Trespasser' Problem
22 mins; September 27, 2024
Where Are the Rooming Houses?
15 mins; September 26, 2024
The Search for Accountability for Warrantless Surveillance
11 mins; September 25, 2024
Don't Get Your Hopes Up for a New Iran Nuclear Deal
9 mins; September 24, 2024
Trump Pitches Voters on a Price Control for Credit Card Interest
18 mins; September 23, 2024
A New Chapter in Mexico's Hard Turn against Liberalism
11 mins; September 20, 2024
Shifting Views on Religious Education and School Choice
14 mins; September 19, 2024
TikTok Divest-or-Ban Law Goes to Court
12 mins; September 18, 2024
Defending Financial Privacy Matters More than Ever
28 mins; September 17, 2024
When the Fed Hates Your Financial Innovation
23 mins; September 16, 2024
Oprah Joins the AI Conversation
13 mins; September 14, 2024
Does Fighting Corporate ESG Mean Ending Private Environmental Efforts?
9 mins; September 13, 2024
Future MDMA Treatment Following FDA's Rejection
24 mins; September 13, 2024
How Is Free Speech Doing at American Colleges?
13 mins; September 11, 2024
The Islamic Moses: How the Prophet Inspired Jews and Muslims to Flourish Together and Change the World
16 mins; September 10, 2024
Freedom Conservatives in 2024
15 mins; September 06, 2024
Economic Growth Is (Still) Underappreciated
8 mins; September 06, 2024
X (and More) Banned in Brazil
15 mins; September 05, 2024
Hard Data on States That Impose Big Regulatory Burdens
11 mins; September 02, 2024
Illegal Public Sector Electioneering against School Choice?
10 mins; September 01, 2024
Prescribing Psychologists and Access to Care
13 mins; August 29, 2024
Harris's Price-Control Free Plan to Control Grocery Store Prices
16 mins; August 29, 2024
Parental Empowerment in Education Works for West Virginia
16 mins; August 27, 2024
The Parallel Handouts from Trump and Harris Campaigns
13 mins; August 27, 2024
Police and Prosecutor Misconduct Protections and A Possible Path Forward
24 mins; August 26, 2024
Federal Reserve Commitment to a Rule and Credible Monetary Policy
12 mins; August 24, 2024
Threats to Free Speech (Still) Abound
17 mins; August 23, 2024
Ukraine's Moves in Russia Should Mean More Cautious US Policy
10 mins; August 22, 2024
Candidates Should Stop Pushing Special Tax Carveouts
9 mins; August 16, 2024
Does Expanding Educational Freedom Hammer State Budgets?
13 mins; August 14, 2024
Americans Seem Fine with Protectionism as Long as It's Costless
15 mins; August 13, 2024
Google and What Makes a Monopoly
11 mins; August 12, 2024
Is 2024 a Crypto Election?
12 mins; August 08, 2024
Prospects for Immigration Reform amid Declining Public Support
12 mins; August 07, 2024
Candidates Harris and Trump on Tech Policy
9 mins; August 06, 2024
State of Emergency: An Economic Analysis
13 mins; August 05, 2024
Project 2025, the GOP, and Trump on Education
17 mins; August 02, 2024
Helping Parents Navigate the New School Choice Landscape
12 mins; August 01, 2024
The Housing Crisis and Looming Federal Intervention
10 mins; July 30, 2024