Cato Podcast

Can Congress achieve real spending cuts without a credible cap on total spending? Jonathan Bydlak of the Coalition to Reduce Spending has some ideas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How we choose to talk about politics can explain a lot about what motivates our reasoning toward political issues. Arnold Kling is author of The Three Languages of Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does Attorney General Jeff Sessions want to get out of harsher prosecutions? Kevin Ring of Families Against Mandatory Minimums comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If the new investigation turns up no specific and explicit collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, is that the end of the story? Julian Sanchez comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do Trump and the Saudis have in common? Can Americans who oppose intervention hope for much out of this international trip? Emma Ashford comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Science-driven public policy has the potential to run roughshod over ethical considerations and important values. Trevor Burrus comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What should drive FCC policy regarding net neutrality? Berin Szoka of TechFreedom comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says the decision to roll back the 2015 internet regulations will mean greater infrastructure investment and better quality products. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hardliners in the U.S. regarding Iran may empower the Iranian hardliners regarding the U.S. Emma Ashford and Ben Friedman comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How has the Iran nuclear deal performed so far? Judging by rhetoric from the White House, it's done a decent job at keeping Iran's nuclear plans at bay. Ben Friedman and John Glaser comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The reasons offered by the White House for removing James Comey from his perch at the FBI are remarkably weak. So says Julian Sanchez, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The continued challenge posed by populism in the U.S. and across the globe is concerning, but history should temper that concern. P.J. O'Rourke is author of How the Hell Did This Happen? We spoke at the Cato Institute's 40th Anniversary Celebration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some of the Donald Trump's problems should alarm Americans. That from syndicated columnist George F. Will. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the recent Cato40 celebration, Cato's David Boaz, Ian Vasquez and Roger Pilon discussed Cato's history and its role in promoting liberty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Has putting feds in the classroom done anything to improve American education? Vicki E. Alger, author of Failure: The Federal Misedukation of America's Children, says the Department of Education has achieved nothing, at best. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The proportion of working-age men who aren't working has been in steady decline for decades? Why? Nicholas Eberstadt is author of Men without Work: America's Invisible Crisis. He spoke at the Cato Institute in January. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Trump's tax reform plans should include a key benefit for savers: Universal Savings Accounts. Chris Edwards and Ryan Bourne comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The playing field for independent speech has improved, but there are challenges still for small groups that want to influence elections. Michael G. Adams and Neil Reiff are campaign finance attorneys in Washington. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Has Donald Trump been captured by conventional foreign policy thinking? Trevor Thrall comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does a successful first 100 days as President look like if not other branches of government rolling over? Gene Healy comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What lessons does the accidental presidency of John Tyler have to tell us about the "Trumpism" emanating from the White House? Anthony Comegna comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can the public sector truly address the problem of modern poverty in the United States? J.D. Vance is author of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis‎. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Each layer of transportation security should be evaluated for its cost and contribution. John Mueller comments on which layers of security spending give us the biggest and smallest improvement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Typical medical malpractice reform efforts are aimed at lowering costs for physicians, but what if many problems associated with medical malpractice could be handled via contract? Walter Olson explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Policing in America has often become insular and adversarial toward the communities police are supposed to protect and serve. Norm Stamper discusses his new book, To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America's Police. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Pauley, the Supreme Court considers to what extent a government giving used tires to a church playground can constitute a state establishment of religion. Trevor Burrus comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does pop culture have to tell us about our own hopes and fears about technology? Kimberly Hurd Hale is author of The Politics of Perfection: Technology and Creation in Literature and Film. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What can federally mandated unpaid family leave tell us about the likely impacts of a proposed mandate for paid family leave? Vanessa Brown Calder comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What damage is being done by failing welfare states? What lessons can be learned from the best welfare states? James Bartholomew is the author of The Welfare of Nations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Department of Homeland Security wants border drones that can recognize faces and track individuals over long distances. Matthew Feeney discusses the implications for liberty and privacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Putting Social Security revenues into the stock market and giving the feds control over those investments would be a big mistake. So says Michael Tanner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What underlies Donald Trump's assault on Syria? Even if it's not a grand strategy, it might indicate a ready willingness to engage in further ill-advised conflict. John Glaser comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does Russia get from backing Bashar al Assad in the face of U.S. throwing bombs at Syria? Emma Ashford comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Trump has attacked Syria with apparently no support from Congress or other world leaders. Chris Preble comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Knocking down a scientific hypothesis is easier than knocking down a regulation built upon that hypothesis. Gary Taubes, author of The Case Against Sugar, argues there are big problems in how institutions conduct scientific inquiry today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Understanding the apparent surge in attempts to shut down speakers on college campuses is an important task. Steve Simpson of the Ayn Rand Institute offers his analysis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Regulation Magazine celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The magazine's editor, Peter Van Doren, details some of what we now know thanks to the magazine's continuing run.Related:Regulation at 40, by Peter Van Doren and Thomas A. Firey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The mindset of the regulator has overtaken so many professions by imposing licensing, but fighting back requires a strategy to re-engage the judiciary. Clark Neily of the Institute for Justice comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Ecuador could remove President Correa from office. What might that mean for the country? And why are we fighting the same old fights over free trade? Mary Anastasia O'Grady of the Wall Street Journal comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Defending free speech amid cries of "fake news" from the highest levels of government is a unique challenge. Flemming Rose comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Supreme Court takes up Lee v. United States today. The Cato Institute filed a brief in the case regarding the right to and rationality of defendants asking for a jury trial. Tim Lynch comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How should Congress repeal and replace ObamaCare now that the American Health Care Act has failed? Michael Cannon explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Driverless cars will change where you live, how you work, and will reshape whole industries. And they'll be here before you know it. Randal O'Toole comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Trump's proposed border wall will require one of the largest seizures of private property in recent American history. Ilya Somin discusses the complicating factors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What exactly did the public, much less the Senate, get out of the nomination hearings of Neil Gorsuch? Ilya Shapiro comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do the crime rates of immigrants compare to native-born Americans? Alex Nowrasteh explains in his new paper, Criminal Immigrants: Their Numbers, Demographics, and Countries of Origin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do any real safeguards assure that Americans' data isn't being collected by intelligence agencies? The new Wikileaks revelations about CIA hacking tools offer little comfort. Patrick Eddington comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The proposed cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development amount to a tiny fraction of total federal welfare spending. Vanessa Brown Calder comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter Van Doren explains why substantive regulatory change will mean changing statutes, not merely reorganizing the executive branch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The successful spending reforms of other countries may not yet be on the President's radar. They should be. Dan Mitchell explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.