Cato Podcast

The Export-Import Bank supplants private sector activity. It actively subsidizes mostly massive and profitable companies, and it often facilitates harm to downstream domestic producers. Dan Ikenson makes the case for ending the Ex-Im Bank. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The loss of the Redskins trademark may have broader implications than money. Walter Olson discusses the range of possible issues with tossing out trademarks as disparagement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Hillary Clinton is asked about going to war, she's almost always in favor of it. Cato Institute vice president Gene Healy evaluates Clinton's war record. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The President is considering new military action in Iraq as that country's stability is tested. Benjamin H. Friedman argues that many advocates for military action in Iraq are using "sunk costs logic" that the past error in Iraq now justifies further investment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The government must clear a high bar before it may limit the right of Americans to vote, according to Cato Institute Chairman Bob Levy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are the new calls for gun control any different from the old ones? Cato Institute Chairman Robert A. Levy weighs in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rideshare services Uber and Lyft learn from regulators that they must comply with regulations or stop helping their customers. The two companies have effectively rejected regulators' demands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Should small crimes turn into bigger crimes for those unable to pay the fines or fees? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are Americans free in spite of the Constitution?Related event: The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The High Court’s majority abdicated its duty to check the other branches of government. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What impact do immigrants have on the institutions of their new home countries? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Freeloading Allies Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Elections in the European Union have given authoritarian parties big wins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From September 1989 to August 1991, Leszek Balcerowicz served as deputy prime minister and finance minister in Tadeusz Mazowiecki's administration, which was Eastern Europe's first noncommunist government since the end of World War II. He held those positions again from October 1997 to June 2000.He was chief architect of the Balcerowicz Plan, a radical reform program that helped transform the Polish economy in the 1990s. He liberalized the prices of most consumer goods and initiated sound fiscal and monetary measures designed to balance the budget and end hyperinflation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chess champion Garry Kasparov delivered the keynote address at the Cato Institute's biennial dinner for the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Balancing effective pain treatment for patients and obeying the law presents difficulties for physicians who receive precious little guidance from the feds.Mugged by the State: When Regulators and Prosecutors Bully Citizens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kevin and Rich Gates are fighting claims of fraud by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and they're doing so in broad daylight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been sixty years since school-based racial segregation was rejected by the Supreme Court. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In his new book, No Place to Hide, Glenn Greenwald traces the discovery and extent of the massive surveillance apparatus constructed by the National Security Agency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lawsuits challenging Obamacare are once again reaching the nation’s highest courts.Beyond the Individual Mandate: The Obamacare “Tax” Is Still Unconstitutional Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Smoking is bad for you, but what about the guy next to you? And why are public health experts seemingly just as concerned about e-cigarettes as the real thing? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Reforming our system of copyrights is needed now more than ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reining in certain NSA abuses is now closer to reality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The technocratic approach to ending global poverty favored by development experts often strengthens authoritarian governments and neglects or undermines the preferences and personal choices of poor people.The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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If you want to know why so many Defense Department projects are behind schedule and over budget, follow the incentives.https://www.cato.org/blog/dods-misaligned-incentives Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why Government Fails So Often: And How It Can Do Better Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Military interventions, even when driven by humanitarian concerns, should be judged by their actual consequences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The cost of higher education continues to rise, but that’s not the case everywhere. Some schools are providing low-cost four-year degrees, all without large-scale subsidies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Obama is conventional with regard to government secrecy, even on matters of when and where the President may unilaterally order the execution of Americans. This comes despite claims that his administration would be "the most transparent" in history. Cato Vice President Gene Healy provides details. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

India has made great strides in human well being, but much remains to be done to bring millions more out of poverty. Which states are leading on measures of economic freedom and good governance? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens would alter the Constitution in a few ways. He specifically wants to make adjustments to the First and Second Amendments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The impulse to trust experts and vest them with the power to make decisions for us gives rise to central planning's worst abuses. It's a powerful impulse that freedom's champions must work to overcome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nonprofit universities make money, but they expense those profits away in various ways that don't help students or taxpayers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The next head of the Department of Health and Human Services will wield more power than predecessor Kathleen Sebelius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Social Security regrets its sins-of-the-fathers grab at grown kids' tax refunds. The plan would have allowed the government to claw back sometimes decades-old overpayments at the expense of the recipients' children. What comes next? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Internal Revenue Service is trying to license tax preparers without approval from Congress. If the scheme is allowed to continue, small tax preparers could be put out of business. That may be just fine with big box providers like H&R Block. Dan Alban represents some of these tax preparers in federal court. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Change is coming to higher education, but it won't be easy and it won't be popular. Glenn Reynolds argues that decades of federal subsidies and piles of student debt have not given us better outcomes for students. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An improved standard of living depends on experimentation with new ideas, but politicians always seem to insist that innovators seek permission first. Author Adam Thierer argues they have it precisely backwards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party emerged victorious in elections there, but the swelling concentration of power into his office has been troubling to more than just his opposition. An ultranationalist, anti-Semitic party also made large gains in the parliament. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Federal Reserve's record over the past century includes the Great Depression, the Great Inflation and the Financial Crisis in 2008. Is it time for a monetary commission to examine the Fed's record in greater detail?Event: The Fed’s 100th Anniversary and the Case for a Centennial Monetary Commission Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributed mightily to the financial crisis. The bailouts delivered to Fannie and Freddie were much larger than those received by many other financial firms, but opposition remains to winding the two firms down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Contributions to candidates as individual acts don't corrupt the political process, so what about contributions overall? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The kidney shortage in the United States is expensive for those affected. And if it's too expensive, it's often fatal. Iran has dramatically alleviated the kidney shortage by allowing donors to be compensated.The Kidney Sellers: A Journey of Discovery in Iran Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's easy to laugh at North Korea's backwardness, but that laughter encourages us to ignore the government's brutality in the least free nation on earth. Michael Malice, in his new book, attempts to demystify the regime.DEAR READER: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bills to raise revenue are supposed to start in the U.S. House. So why did ObamaCare receive the "gut and replace" treatment when it arrived in the Senate? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The President's plan to reform National Security Agency surveillance would nullify one form of bulk collection of Americans' phone records, but leaks about NSA implicate the agency is a far wider range of mischief. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The number of states with zero school choice options gets smaller every year. Bob Bowdon of Choice Media evaluates the state of educational freedom for children in the United States. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.