Cato Podcast

A deal that would have made it easier for Cuban baseball players to join MLB has been nixed by the Trump Administration. Dara Lind, a senior correspondent at Vox, discusses the change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the Cato Institute's Benefactor Summit, Neal McCluskey and Corey DeAngelis discussed the bloat and expense of modern higher ed, the data on school choice options, and why choice is second-best to educational freedom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

California Congressman Devin Nunes is suing Twitter for facilitating what he calls defamatory comments about him. He's also suing political strategist Liz Mair. Mair says Nunes doesn't understand how civil liberties work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The benefits and rationale for subjecting large tech firms to antitrust claims seem less clear than the costs, according to Kristian Stout with the International Center for for Law and Economics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Between the start of talks with the Taliban and moving forward with plans to draw down U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Donald Trump deserves some credit. Emma Ashford explains why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Harm reduction isn’t an alien concept for doctors. The problem in the context of opioids is that the feds and states won’t get out of the way to let it happen. Jeff Singer comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new trade deal will dramatically reduce tariffs among participating countries in a new African trade zone. Alexander C. R. Hammond of African Liberty discusses the upside for regional trade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eisenhower's presidency still has enduring lessons for prospects for peace and liberty today. Chris Preble, author of the forthcoming book, Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy, offers his thoughts.Related podcast: Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Samples is author of the new Cato paper, "Why the Government Should Not Regulate Content Moderation of Social Media." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Red flag laws are aimed at getting guns away from people who are at risk of suicide or crime. David Kopel explains the due process implications of these preemptive gun seizures.Related testimony: "Red Flag Laws: Examining Guidelines for State Action." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can cannabis become a key player in stemming the tide of opioid overdoses? Adrianne Wilson-Poe is a neuroscientist who studies the potential of cannabis in the opioid overdose epidemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will a divided Congress yield lower spending? Jonathan Bydlak of the Coalition to Reduce Spending comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some heroin users have never injected the drug themselves, and other heroin users know nothing about how to inject safely. Darwin Fisher runs a supervised injection facility, Insite, in Vancouver, BC. He explains why safe injection matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The president says it would be a "money making operation" to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border, but that's simply not true. The costs would be enormous. Dan Ikenson and David Bier make the case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Addiction to and dependence on heroin can create a cycle that consumes other parts of a person's life. Scott MacDonald is the lead physician at the Crosstown Clinic in Vancouver, Canada. The clinic provides, among other services, heroin-assisted treatment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Daniel Ciccarone says that in order to understand opioid use and abuse, we need to understand today's users in real time. Prohibition makes that understanding more difficult. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How does our criminal justice system fail, and why does it seem to do so systematically? Rachel Elise Barkow is author of Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Data privacy is important, so why don't we treat it that way? Would more civil action against tech firms that misuse or fail to secure data help? Lindsey Barrett of the Georgetown University Law Center comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the last forty years, there is a distressing history of foreign insurgent groups being able to manipulate U.S. policymakers and opinion leaders into supporting their cause. Cato's Ted Galen Carpenter discusses his new book, Gullible Superpower. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To make cities thrive, what's the proper role for elected officials? How, precisely, should they get out of the way of entrepreneurship and development? Greg Brooks is president of the new Better Cities Project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Attorney General William Barr has released a brief description of the findings of Robert Mueller in his investigation into Russian meddling in U.S. elections. Many questions remain. Julian Sanchez comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Moderating content in a polarized political climate while also respecting the value of free speech is a challenge still vexing social media companies. Thomas Kadri of the Yale Information Society Project comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What helps the world's poor to become prosperous? Matt Warner, president of the Atlas Network, describes some of the problems of development economics, the aid industry, and provides some hope for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A decade later, we're still discovering lessons from the Great Recession. Economist Vincent Reinhart discussed a few at the Cato Institute Monetary Conference in 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new Oregon law is a first-of-its-kind statewide rent control regime. It’s effects may be fairly weak, given its provisions. Ryan Bourne discusses the winners and losers in the new regime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The case for transit would seem to rest on its ability to cheaply get low-income Americans to work. Randal O'Toole argues that it's not that simple. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many states are pushing so-called Marsy's Laws as a way to protect victims of crime from some of elements of the criminal justice system. How might police use these laws to escape accountability? Jonathan Blanks comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does the U.S. retreat from freer trade have political implications? How should trade policy adjust to the shrinking U.S. share of the global economy? Craig VanGrasstek is author of Trade and American Leadership. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christopher A. Preble is author of Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy. This is a special presentation from the March 2019 edition of Cato Audio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is it too rich to hear former Vice President Cheney complain about the Trump foreign policy? Was the Pentagon really caught unawares by the President's decree that the U.S. leave Syria? Jim Antle is editor of The American Conservative magazine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How much do we know about the ratio between foreign-born and American-born terrorist threats? Does it matter? Patrick Eddington comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Online political speech is often dramatically different from the speech presented via terrestrial broadcasting. That difference is critical to protecting speech in the face of one-size-fits-all regulatory regimes. Attorney Allen Dickerson with the Institute for Free Speech comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Legislation is now on the table to end the Jones Act. Colin Grabow discusses its likely prospects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A big Supreme Court case has fundamentally altered the landscape of sports betting. So what comes next? Patrick Moran comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2016 election revealed a great deal about how rural America functions and how it doesn't. Tim Carney makes a case in Alienated America that there may be ways to bridge growing divisions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A massive new plan unveiled by Democrats is a wish list of restrictions on free political speech. Luke Wachob of the Institute for Free Speech comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The police raids on massage parlors in Florida initially promised a blockbuster story of sex trafficking. So far, the story hasn't panned out. Elizabeth Nolan Brown, an associate editor at Reason magazine, explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For all the bluster about immigration, the idea that immigrants pose a unique crime problem still doesn't show up in the data. Alex Nowrasteh discusses his new paper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What grants border patrol agents more invasive powers in a 100-mile wide band around the edges of the United States? Chris Montoya is a former longtime Customs and Border Patrol agent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new proposal would expand Medicare to include Americans as young as 50. It's a throw-money-at-it solution to problems largely caused by government intervention in health care, according to Cato’s Michael Cannon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will the diplomatic push between the U.S. and North Korea produce more substantive agreement? Will South Korea get on board with the long-held goal of U.S. troops departing the peninsula? Eric Gomez comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What are all these university administrators doing, exactly? Cato senior fellow Todd Zywicki doesn't know, either. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dignity and productivity are strongly linked, but it's easy to misunderstand. Ryan Bourne comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the new CatoAudio, we devote our roundtable to the new lawsuit the Cato Institute has filed against the Securities and Exchange Commission policy of imposing gag orders on settling defendants. Cato's Clark Neily and Bob McNamara of IJ comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A dispute among members of the FCC indicates that there is an appetite on the commission for banning e-cigarette ads in the name of the "public interest." Commissioner Brendan Carr says he stands with the First Amendment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Between the pullback of FoxConn's commitments to Wisconsin and Amazon's HQ2 withdrawal from New York, it's worth examining taxpayer-provided incentives for economic development. John Mozena is president of the Center for Economic Accountability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Massive delegations of authority may strengthen the President's claim of a "national emergency" at the southern border. The facts of the emergency are not on his side. Will Yeatman and Alex Nowrasteh comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What should the U.S. do to adjust to China's rise? Tariffs and shattering the global trading system aren't the answer, according to Scott Lincicome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A proposal to tax wealth runs into Constitutional problems, but how would it work otherwise? Michael Tanner comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) hinges critically on government having sole dominion over money. George Selgin discusses some of the new and old ideas MMT encapsulates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.