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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Aug 11, 2021 • 12min
Overcoming the Hurdles to Seasteading
Creating new cities or countries on the ocean has long been just a dream. Is seasteading getting closer. Joe Quirk of the Seasteading Institute thinks so. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 10, 2021 • 11min
New School Year, Big Shifts for Parents
The next school year looks to be as uncertain or more uncertain than the last one. Kerry McDonald discusses what the pandemic has changed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 9, 2021 • 11min
Louisiana Regulators Crush Services for Special Needs Families
Louisiana regulators have sharply limited competition in special-needs childcare because, well, it would make their jobs more difficult if they allowed it. Anastasia Boden of the Pacific Legal Foundation says that's not a good enough reason. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 8, 2021 • 11min
A New Proposal to Begin the End of the Drug War
The Drug War marks its 50th year this year. That's five decades too long. Democratic Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey has a few ideas about how to jumpstart the process. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 7, 2021 • 20min
Biden Ignores Court Rulings and Legal Counsel to Extend Eviction Ban
President Biden has been surprisingly frank in his belief that the eviction moratorium he's just extended probably won't hold up to legal scrutiny. In fact, it's what courts and his own legal counsel have told him. Walter Olson comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 6, 2021 • 22min
Manufacturing Militarism: U.S. Government Propaganda in the War on Terror
How does our own government's propaganda shape our views of efforts to fight wars or to even go to war in the first place? Abigail R. Hall is coauthor of Manufacturing Militarism: U.S. Government Propaganda in the War on Terror. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 5, 2021 • 10min
How the ‘Regulatory Sandbox’ Works in Utah
Regulation has the potential to stop new business before it starts. What if it didn't? Connor Boyack of the Libertas Institute details "the regulatory sandbox" experiment in Utah. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 4, 2021 • 13min
A Bumpy Road to Ranked-Choice Voting
Supporters of ranked-choice voting argue that it might reduce partisanship and compel candidates to be less polarizing. New York’s recent confusing experience with ranked-choice voting offers some lessons. How does it work? Is it ready for greater adoption? Adam Kissel of the Cardinal Institute offers his take. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 3, 2021 • 9min
Unionization after Janus
Jarrett Skorup of the Mackinac Center explains some of the reasons why unionization in Michigan has fallen so dramatically after the Supreme Court's Janus decision in 2018 and what that might mean for unionization elsewhere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 2, 2021 • 19min
The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth
The processes that have given rise to so much new knowledge show signs of sputtering. Jonathan Rauch, author of The Constitution of Knowledge argues that it's time to restore respect for the "how" of creating new knowledge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
