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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Dec 11, 2020 • 15min
A Boring Biden Presidency? Don’t Bet on It
Will a Biden Administration bring us nothing more than an undoing of the executive actions of the Trump team? That's an unlikely outcome, according to Gene Healy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 10, 2020 • 18min
Access, Quality, and Educational Freedom
There exists a tension among educational freedom advocates between the broad freedom for parents to make meaningful choices about the educations their children receive and guarantees of equity and quality. Jason Bedrick explains why the policy choice between freedom and equity is often a false one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 9, 2020 • 42min
Big White Ghetto: Dead Broke, Stone-Cold Stupid, and High on Rage in the Dank Woolly Wilds of the "Real America"
Kevin D. Williamson is author of Big White Ghetto: Dead Broke, Stone-Cold Stupid, and High on Rage in the Dank Woolly Wilds of the "Real America". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 4, 2020 • 18min
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
Textiles are everywhere, and before the Industrial Revolution, even tiny advances in textile development had massive ripple effects. Virginia Postrel traces this amazing history in The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 3, 2020 • 19min
Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court
Judicial confirmations are a partisan affair, and that's hard to square with what we expect from judges. Ilya Shapiro elucidates the confirmation process in Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 2, 2020 • 32min
Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy
How did the U.S. go from skepticism of foreign entanglements to setting the stage for its role as a dominant global power? Stephen Wertheim explains in Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 30, 2020 • 24min
The Radio Right: How a Band of Broadcasters Took on the Federal Government and Built the Modern Conservative Movement
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Nov 27, 2020 • 17min
A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution
Was the Constitution an anti-slavery document or a “covenant with death”? Damon Root explores the struggle through the eyes of Frederick Douglass in his new book, A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 26, 2020 • 21min
Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius
Stoicism is built to deliver mental clarity in difficult times. Ryan Holiday is author of Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 25, 2020 • 23min
The Faithless?: The Untold Story of the Electoral College
The Electoral College is still poorly understood. Emily Conrad demystifies the institution in her new book, The Faithless?: The Untold Story of the Electoral College. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
