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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Jun 6, 2016 • 8min
What Happens When Congress Decides the Presidential Race?
The Twelfth Amendment could be invoked in an election scenario where no electoral majority emerges. What does that look like? Ilya Shapiro explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 3, 2016 • 10min
Will the FCC Unravel Telecom Reform?
Telecom reform in the 1990s is considered a big success. So why is the FCC nibbling around the edges of undoing that reform? Larry Downes comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 2, 2016 • 19min
Gross Output (GO) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
How does Gross Output compare with Gross Domestic Product in describing the economy? Economist Mark Skousen comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 1, 2016 • 9min
Do You Fit A Terrorist Profile?
Federal intelligence agencies are enlisting new agents, and some of them could be people you already know. Patrick Eddington comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 26, 2016 • 7min
Courage is the Secret to Liberty
In presenting the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty to Danish newspaper editor Flemming Rose, former ACLU president Nadine Strossen discusses the importance of unfettered freedom of speech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 25, 2016 • 12min
Flemming Rose Receives the 2016 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty
Flemming Rose is the 2016 recipient of the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty and is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. Rose is the author of The Tyranny of Silence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 24, 2016 • 13min
Conspiracies of the Ruling Class
The struggle for limited government must contend with an entrenched foe: the ruling class, which carries with it an agenda for larger government. Lawrence B. Lindsey discusses his new book on the subject. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 23, 2016 • 15min
Would A Prediction Market Limit the Fed?
Would targeting nominal GDP remove Federal Reserve discretion? Would it constrain fiscal policy? Economist David Beckworth comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20, 2016 • 11min
Challenging Education Savings Accounts in Nevada
A Nevada program aimed at giving parents more educational options for their children goes to court. Jason Bedrick comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 19, 2016 • 8min
Trump's Costly, Wasteful Plan for Domestic Drones
Donald Trump needs drones to make his border security plans work. The problem is that it won't work. Matthew Feeney and Alex Nowrasteh comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
