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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Mar 11, 2019 • 10min
Anyone's Game: Sports-Betting Regulations after Murphy v. NCAA
A big Supreme Court case has fundamentally altered the landscape of sports betting. So what comes next? Patrick Moran comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 9, 2019 • 19min
Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse
The 2016 election revealed a great deal about how rural America functions and how it doesn't. Tim Carney makes a case in Alienated America that there may be ways to bridge growing divisions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 6, 2019 • 16min
A Voluminous Congressional Attack on Free Political Speech
A massive new plan unveiled by Democrats is a wish list of restrictions on free political speech. Luke Wachob of the Institute for Free Speech comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 5, 2019 • 17min
If Sex Workers Are Victims, Why Charge Them with Felonies?
The police raids on massage parlors in Florida initially promised a blockbuster story of sex trafficking. So far, the story hasn't panned out. Elizabeth Nolan Brown, an associate editor at Reason magazine, explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 4, 2019 • 12min
Criminal Immigrants in 2017: Their Numbers, Demographics, and Countries of Origin
For all the bluster about immigration, the idea that immigrants pose a unique crime problem still doesn't show up in the data. Alex Nowrasteh discusses his new paper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 1, 2019 • 12min
Customs and Border Patrol in the "Constitution-Free Zone"
What grants border patrol agents more invasive powers in a 100-mile wide band around the edges of the United States? Chris Montoya is a former longtime Customs and Border Patrol agent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 28, 2019 • 11min
Medicare at 50 Would Double Down on Failure
A new proposal would expand Medicare to include Americans as young as 50. It's a throw-money-at-it solution to problems largely caused by government intervention in health care, according to Cato’s Michael Cannon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 26, 2019 • 11min
Kim and Trump, Together Again
Will the diplomatic push between the U.S. and North Korea produce more substantive agreement? Will South Korea get on board with the long-held goal of U.S. troops departing the peninsula? Eric Gomez comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 25, 2019 • 9min
The Dramatic Growth of Higher Ed Bureaucracy
What are all these university administrators doing, exactly? Cato senior fellow Todd Zywicki doesn't know, either. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 22, 2019 • 8min
Dignity in Work Requires Value in Work
Dignity and productivity are strongly linked, but it's easy to misunderstand. Ryan Bourne comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
