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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.

Will Assistant Physicians Be Allowed to Fill Emerging Gaps in Health Care?

28 mins; May 16, 2023

The Hong Konger

9 mins; May 15, 2023

The Stakes for Elections in Turkey

11 mins; May 12, 2023

Addressing the Oppressive Burden of Occupational Licensing

15 mins; May 11, 2023

Regulatory Power vs. the Right to a Jury Trial

7 mins; May 10, 2023

Baby Ninth Amendments: How Americans Embraced Unenumerated Rights and Why It Matters

23 mins; May 09, 2023

AOC Wants the Feds to Squelch Fox News. Can They?

10 mins; May 08, 2023

P.G. Wodehouse: The Sensitivity Reader Edit

16 mins; May 05, 2023

The Federal Reserve Reviews the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank

15 mins; May 05, 2023

What is 'Race Essentialism'?

10 mins; May 03, 2023

The Digital Age Demands Robust Financial Privacy

16 mins; May 02, 2023

After the Biden-Yoon Summit, What Did the U.S. and Korea Get?

13 mins; May 01, 2023

The Many and Varied Explanations for the Explosion in Human Wealth

19 mins; April 28, 2023

In Search of the 15-Minute City

9 mins; April 26, 2023

Going to War in Mexico over Fentanyl is a Terrible Idea

11 mins; April 25, 2023

SCOTUS Lets Challenges to Administrative Courts Proceed

15 mins; April 24, 2023

Biden's Economic Advisors Are Crypto Skeptics

10 mins; April 21, 2023

Can Congress Make Federal Spending Cuts a Top-Tier Issue?

18 mins; April 20, 2023

Fox News, Dominion Voting Systems, and Libel Law in America

14 mins; April 19, 2023

Four Ways to Simplify Taxpaying

8 mins; April 18, 2023

Steps to Reforming the Internal Revenue Service

12 mins; April 17, 2023

Understanding the Newest Intelligence Leak

15 mins; April 14, 2023

Generative AI and Copyright

12 mins; April 13, 2023

As Pandemic Concerns Fade, 'Cops Practicing Medicine' Returns

14 mins; April 12, 2023

Would New Legislation Actually Make Kids Safer Online?

10 mins; April 11, 2023

What Do Americans Think of Central Bank Digital Currency?

13 mins; April 10, 2023

Cannabis Legalization vs. Nanny Statism in Ireland

9 mins; April 07, 2023

About That Xi and Putin Meeting ...

18 mins; April 05, 2023

The U.S. Has Too Many Classified Documents

13 mins; April 05, 2023

Assessing the Risks and Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Central Bank Digital Currency

17 mins; April 04, 2023

All the President's Budget Assumptions

12 mins; April 03, 2023

United States v. Hansen

8 mins; April 01, 2023

TikTok Grandstanding and National Security

12 mins; March 31, 2023

The House-Passed 'Parents Bill of Rights' Is Unconstitutional

12 mins; March 30, 2023

SEC Moves to Revamp Retail Trading

15 mins; March 29, 2023

The Consequences of Big Electric Vehicle Handouts

11 mins; March 28, 2023

Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable

33 mins; March 24, 2023

Equalities of Outcome/Opportunity/Permission

19 mins; March 23, 2023

PTSD, Veteran Mental Health, and Psychedelics

21 mins; March 22, 2023

The Fiscal Impact of Immigration in the United States

9 mins; March 21, 2023

Appreciating Israel Kirzner

26 mins; March 20, 2023

Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game

14 mins; March 17, 2023

Panic at the Chatbot

16 mins; March 16, 2023

FDIC Sets Bad Precedent in SVB Failure

12 mins; March 15, 2023

Shelter from the Storm: How a COVID Mortgage Meltdown Was Averted

25 mins; March 14, 2023

Nigeria's Disastrous Rollout of Central Bank Digital Currency

15 mins; March 13, 2023

Search Warrants and the Police Killing of Breonna Taylor

38 mins; March 11, 2023

Home Equity Theft at the Supreme Court

10 mins; March 10, 2023

Home Equity Theft at the Supreme Court

10 mins; March 10, 2023

Local Consequences of Certificate of Need in Health Care

12 mins; March 09, 2023

New Hampshire's Governor on the Regulatory State, Accountable Cops, and Ukraine

29 mins; March 09, 2023

The 1619 Project and Capitalism

11 mins; March 08, 2023

Do Effective Policy Solutions to the ‘Baby Bust’ Exist?

23 mins; March 06, 2023

A Path Forward in Fights over African American History

16 mins; March 01, 2023

Scope of Practice and the Delivery of Health Care

16 mins; February 28, 2023

The New Attacks on Globalization

17 mins; February 27, 2023

Destroying Anonymous Online Speech 'for the Children

9 mins; February 24, 2023

When Problematic Prosecutors Enjoy Absolute Immunity

9 mins; February 23, 2023

Should Every Felony Squelch Your Second Amendment Rights?

11 mins; February 22, 2023

Federal Task Forces and Holding Corrupt Local Cops Accountable

10 mins; February 21, 2023

Big Spending and Big Debt Require Big Solutions

17 mins; February 21, 2023

Swifties, Ticketmaster, and the Role of Antitrust

10 mins; February 21, 2023

States Working to Make 2023 A Year of Universal School Choice

10 mins; February 16, 2023

More Thoughts on Algorithms and Section 230 at SCOTUS

12 mins; February 14, 2023

Why Shadow Banking Didn’t Cause the Financial Crisis

20 mins; February 13, 2023

Tyre Nichols and Fostering a Police Culture of Accountability

15 mins; February 10, 2023

DeSantis Scrubs Florida Public Schools

15 mins; February 09, 2023

Do Algorithms Get a Pass Under Section 230?

14 mins; February 08, 2023

Do Big Transit Spending Plans Make Sense Anymore?

9 mins; February 07, 2023

DeSantis Likes E-Verify Despite Its (Many) Failures

9 mins; February 06, 2023

How Certificate of Need Obstructs Birthing Centers

10 mins; February 03, 2023

How Non-Compete Agreements Work in Labor Markets

14 mins; February 02, 2023

Feds Back Down (Temporarily) on Expanded Financial Snooping

15 mins; February 01, 2023

Immigrants Continue to Consume Less in Welfare Benefits

10 mins; January 31, 2023

Scope of Practice and the Supply of Health Care Services

8 mins; January 30, 2023

State-Run Home Equity Theft Goes before SCOTUS

20 mins; January 27, 2023

The Human Freedom Index 2022

11 mins; January 26, 2023

The Political Opposition to Prescribing Psychologists

10 mins; January 25, 2023

Prescribing Psychologists and Mental Health Care

11 mins; January 24, 2023

Biden, Trump, and Purloined Classified Documents

13 mins; January 23, 2023

The Return of the Pre-COVID Regulatory Hurdles

12 mins; January 20, 2023

'Strategic Whac-A-Mole' and FBI v. Fikre

11 mins; January 19, 2023

Don't Build the Great Firewall of America

12 mins; January 19, 2023

Chevron Deference Returns to SCOTUS

13 mins; January 18, 2023

Drug Paraphernalia Laws and Overdoses

13 mins; January 17, 2023

Nationalism Stinks

12 mins; January 13, 2023

Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

21 mins; January 12, 2023

The Risks of Sending Ukraine Heavier Firepower

17 mins; January 11, 2023

As Unions Decline, They Get Creative

9 mins; January 09, 2023

Zoning and Housing Reform in 2022

19 mins; January 09, 2023

Making Fun of Cops Online Is Protected Speech

7 mins; December 31, 2022

North Carolina and Cleaner Energy Production

10 mins; December 30, 2022

Aligning Incentives for Durable Conservation Efforts

12 mins; December 29, 2022

High-Profile Union Gains amid Unions' Steady Decline

11 mins; December 28, 2022

Understanding Cato’s Letters (Part Two)

14 mins; December 27, 2022

Understanding Cato’s Letters (Part One)

14 mins; December 26, 2022

2022's Big State Subsidy Binge

18 mins; December 23, 2022

The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate

7 mins; December 22, 2022

In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace

21 mins; December 21, 2022

How the Feds 'Thanked' Distilleries When They Shifted to Hand Sanitizer

8 mins; December 20, 2022

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