Cato Podcast
Cato Institute
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.
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Sep 11, 2021 • 15min
9/11 Launched an Unprecedented Surveillance State
The attacks of September 11, 2001 provided cover for an unprecedented and largely ineffective surveillance apparatus that is broadly with us today. Patrick Eddington discusses how little we still know about how we're being watched. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 10, 2021 • 10min
State-Level Digital Taxes: How Do They Work?
Maryland is experimenting with levying taxes on entities that engage in digital advertising in the state, and they will bring inevitable headaches and legal complications. Joe Bishop-Henchman with the National Taxpayers Union Foundation comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 9, 2021 • 13min
Cooperation & Coercion: How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What that Means for Economics and Politics
Humans can generally either cooperate or coerce to get what they want. Antony Davies is coauthor of Cooperation & Coercion: How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What that Means for Economics and Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 8, 2021 • 13min
Will Onerous Regulations Stay Gone after COVID?
When states suspended regulations to better equip private actors for handling COVID-19, it raised an important question: Why did we have them to begin with? Sal Nuzzo of the James Madison Institute comments on some of the bright spots in healthcare during the pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 7, 2021 • 16min
Kentucky Policing Reform Since Breonna Taylor's Death
Scandals in Kentucky police departments long precede the police killing of Breonna Taylor, the unarmed woman gunned down in her own apartment by police last year. So what policing reform did Kentucky do? Josh Crawford of Kentucky's Pegasus Institute says it was significant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 3, 2021 • 11min
Public Opinion on War and Terror: Manipulated or Manipulating?
People are regularly bombarded with ideas, and as they sort through these ideas, they pick and choose which to embrace and which to fear. John Muller is author of Public Opinion on War and Terror: Manipulated or Manipulating? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 2, 2021 • 10min
What Is the Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K?
Sahar Khan details the relationship between the Taliban and ISIS-K in Afghanistan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 1, 2021 • 17min
The Trouble with Housing in California
The regulatory environment and decades of less than adequate housing production has contributed to a dramatic rise in housing prices in California. Housing researcher Nolan Gray details how we got here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 27, 2021 • 38min
The Rocky, Necessary 'Trump-Biden' Afghanistan Withdrawal
This podcast explores the avoidability of the bloodshed in the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and highlights the impact of American casualties. It discusses the challenges in the Afghanistan conflict, including endemic corruption and the accountability for the problems faced during the withdrawal. The perspective of America firsters on the withdrawal and the influence of elites in shaping public opinion on foreign policy are also examined.
Aug 26, 2021 • 20min
Harm Reduction amid COVID-19
Exploring harm reduction as a strategy for COVID-19: shifting from harsh lockdowns to realistic interventions. Understanding COVID-19 data, vaccination, and mask-wearing as harm reduction tools. Debating mask mandates, surface sanitization, and plexiglas partitions. Emphasizing the effectiveness of vaccination in mitigating the harms of COVID-19.
