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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.

Latin America’s Leftward Lurch

8 mins; July 25, 2022

Educational Freedom after Carson v. Makin

17 mins; July 22, 2022

Federal Reserve Tests the Waters of Central Bank Digital Currency

12 mins; July 21, 2022

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Nab Price Gougers

13 mins; July 19, 2022

The Supreme Court's Term on Criminal Justice

18 mins; July 15, 2022

Some Mechanics of Inflation Worth Remembering

9 mins; July 14, 2022

Immigration and Unionization in America

8 mins; July 14, 2022

Law Enforcement Continues to Meddle in Pain Management

15 mins; July 08, 2022

When Universities Screen for Ideology

8 mins; July 07, 2022

Who Gets to Hand out the Occupational Licenses?

13 mins; July 06, 2022

Supreme Court Curtails EPA’s Creative Assertions of Power

16 mins; June 30, 2022

The Immense, Unchecked Power of the California Coastal Commission

10 mins; June 29, 2022

Supreme Court Protects Right to Bear Arms

21 mins; June 24, 2022

Trump's Worst Trade Error

24 mins; June 23, 2022

Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It

40 mins; June 22, 2022

Educational Freedom, Blaine Amendments, and Carson v. Makin

13 mins; June 21, 2022

The January 6 Committee and Electoral Reform

9 mins; June 20, 2022

The Bank Secrecy Act and Inflation

12 mins; June 17, 2022

Fed Accelerates Rate Hikes to Combat Inflation

11 mins; June 16, 2022

Drug Paraphernalia Laws Stymie Harm Reduction

14 mins; June 14, 2022

Has the American Right Abandoned Free Speech?

16 mins; June 13, 2022

Toward Accountability for FBI Misconduct

15 mins; June 11, 2022

Promise and Pitfalls in Taking Psychedelic Medicine Mainstream

28 mins; June 10, 2022

The Laws of War for Social Media

13 mins; June 09, 2022

The Illinois Experiment in Legal Cannabis so Far

11 mins; June 08, 2022

When the Feds Mandate an Impossible Task

11 mins; June 07, 2022

The Chinese Government Is Still Fighting 'Tank Man'

15 mins; June 03, 2022

The Trans Complication in Facial Recognition Technology

11 mins; June 02, 2022

Evaluating Amendment One in Illinois

11 mins; June 01, 2022

Equality before the Law versus Equity

9 mins; May 31, 2022

The Economics of Gifting Revisited

13 mins; May 28, 2022

Policy Hurdles in the Fight against Aging

9 mins; May 27, 2022

Risks of Increased Border Militarization

9 mins; May 27, 2022

End the Tax Exclusion for Employer‐Sponsored Health Insurance

17 mins; May 25, 2022

IRS Will Finally Hand Over Civil Forfeiture Data

9 mins; May 25, 2022

Central Bank Digital Currency Poses Enormous Risks to Freedom

18 mins; May 23, 2022

Black Liberation through the Marketplace

38 mins; May 20, 2022

The High Costs to Cities of Police Misconduct

20 mins; May 20, 2022

Against the ‘Vetocracy’

16 mins; May 18, 2022

Biden Administration Revives ‘Slush Fund’ Federal Settlements

12 mins; May 17, 2022

The U.S. Should Welcome China's Young Elites Seeking Exit

11 mins; May 16, 2022

The Baby Formula Freakout’s Predictable Causes

10 mins; May 13, 2022

Joe Biden Isn't Doing All He Can to Mitigate Inflation

14 mins; May 11, 2022

Make Landowners Partners in Wildlife Protection

8 mins; May 10, 2022

An Alternative Case for Universal Basic Income

13 mins; May 09, 2022

The Trouble with Universal (Mandatory) Voting

11 mins; May 06, 2022

How San Antonio Reduced Homelessness

13 mins; May 05, 2022

The SEC's Gag on Potential Critics Now Faces Court Challenge

12 mins; May 04, 2022

Takeaways from the Leaked Draft SCOTUS Opinion on Abortion

14 mins; May 03, 2022

Some Historical Lessons for the War for Ukraine

10 mins; May 01, 2022

Biden Could Help Address High Gas Prices with This One Weird Trick

6 mins; April 29, 2022

The Economic Engine of Home-Based Business

9 mins; April 29, 2022

Twitter: A New Project of @elonmusk

13 mins; April 28, 2022

The Muslim World and the Invasion of Ukraine

9 mins; April 26, 2022

Where Russian Propaganda Thrives and Fails

11 mins; April 25, 2022

Modern Monetary Theory in Inflationary Times

12 mins; April 24, 2022

When Should the Federal Reserve Have Moved on Inflation?

12 mins; April 23, 2022

Texas Messes with Social Media, Makes Mess

11 mins; April 22, 2022

Narrow the Fed’s Mandate

9 mins; April 21, 2022

The Big Student Bailouts Move Forward

17 mins; April 20, 2022

The SEC's Gargantuan Pending Climate Change Rule

13 mins; April 19, 2022

A Few Reasons for Optimism in Changing Times

22 mins; April 18, 2022

Prospects for Stability in Pakistan

9 mins; April 15, 2022

Supreme Court Clears One Hurdle to Claims of Malicious Prosecution

12 mins; April 13, 2022

Against Scientific Gatekeeping

14 mins; April 12, 2022

Cato FOIA Work Uncovers Substantial FBI Misconduct

14 mins; April 11, 2022

Immigration Restrictions Worsened the Labor Crunch

10 mins; April 08, 2022

Wither Consumer Welfare to Guide Antitrust Regulators?

26 mins; April 07, 2022

Deregulate Low-Income Entrepreneurs to Address American Poverty

9 mins; April 06, 2022

Do Immigrants Use More Welfare?

7 mins; April 05, 2022

Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class

30 mins; April 01, 2022

The If, Who, Why, and How of Weapons Transfers to Ukraine

8 mins; March 31, 2022

Joe Biden's Taxing Plans for Unrealized Capital Gains

10 mins; March 30, 2022

The Biden Plan for Universal Pre-K

6 mins; March 29, 2022

Full Senate Considers SCOTUS Nomination for Ketanji Brown Jackson

14 mins; March 28, 2022

Development with Dignity

15 mins; March 25, 2022

Narratives of Public Schools, Narratives of Educational Freedom

22 mins; March 24, 2022

'Naked Collectivism' Animates Putin's War in Ukraine

18 mins; March 23, 2022

Will the U.S. Welcome Ukrainian Refugees?

10 mins; March 22, 2022

Biden's ‘Buy American’ Plans Deny Opportunities to Build Cheaply

8 mins; March 21, 2022

The Harsh Realities of No-Fly Zones

14 mins; March 18, 2022

NATO and War in Ukraine

23 mins; March 17, 2022

Crowdfunding a Ukrainian Defense Revisited

11 mins; March 16, 2022

FDA Moves Toward Prohibition of Menthol Cigarettes

15 mins; March 15, 2022

Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education

23 mins; March 14, 2022

Some Unfortunate Consequences of Politics

18 mins; March 10, 2022

A New Kind of Government in Prospera

14 mins; March 09, 2022

How Federal Regulators Keep Crypto out of Your Portfolio

10 mins; March 08, 2022

The Immigrant Superpower

25 mins; March 07, 2022

Oxfam Confuses Inequality with Poverty

10 mins; March 04, 2022

Will A Putin-led Cyberwar Visit Ukraine?

8 mins; March 03, 2022

The Infuriating Five of Administrative Law (Part Two)

25 mins; March 02, 2022

The Infuriating Five of Administrative Law (Part One)

12 mins; March 01, 2022

Biden Nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to SCOTUS

7 mins; February 25, 2022

Should Ukraine Have Kept Its Nukes?

9 mins; February 25, 2022

How the FBI Crime Lab Promotes and Defends Junk Science

24 mins; February 24, 2022

Senate Republicans Shocked to Learn about False Convictions

10 mins; February 23, 2022

Biden's Big Promises on Seized Afghanistan Cash

13 mins; February 22, 2022

SEC Moves to Curtail Public Input on Regulation

13 mins; February 18, 2022

Is Strip Searching Students in a School Covered by Qualified Immunity?

10 mins; February 17, 2022

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