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 16, 2015 • 10min
Millennials and U.S. Foreign Policy
Millennials' worldviews owe a great deal to early life experiences and the foreign policy issues that dominated their childhoods. Chief among them, the Iraq War. A. Trevor Thrall comments.-- Millennials and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Next Generation's Attitudes toward Foreign Policy and War (and Why They Matter) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 15, 2015 • 6min
The Questionable Benefits of Medicaid Expansion
A new study calls into question the benefits of expanding Medicaid for both taxpayers and people who use Medicaid services. Michael Cannon explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 12, 2015 • 8min
The Obamacare Earnings Cliff
The incentive structure built into Obamacare create earnings cliffs that may alter the behavior of millions of Americans. Aaron Yelowitz explains the problem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 11, 2015 • 11min
The Kelo Decision Ten Years Later
The Kelo eminent domain decision wasn't quite what libertarians might have wanted, but the visceral response from the public and pressure on legislatures may have helped protect Americans' property even better. Scott Bullock comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 10, 2015 • 8min
From Magna Carta to the Declaration of Independence
The importance of the Magna Carta to the American founding is easily forgotten, but hard to overestimate. Roger Pilon comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 9, 2015 • 8min
An International Rule of Law Index
How do nations stack up when it comes to the rule of law? Juan Carlos Botero with the World Justice Project is working to find out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 8, 2015 • 15min
Ten Years after the Kelo Decision
The Kelo decision on eminent domain is among the most reviled Supreme Court decisions in the modern era. Ilya Somin, author of The Grasping Hand, discusses the decision and its ripple effects ten years later. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 5, 2015 • 15min
Bank Stress Tests Simply Aren't Credible
Central banks that undertake stress tests of the banking system are effectively grading their own papers. That's a big problem according to Kevin Dowd. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 5, 2015 • 15min
Legal Impediments to Telemedicine
Telemedicine promises to bring innovation to the medical field, but regulatory bodies don't seem to care. Jeff Rowes of the Institute for Justice talks about how courts deal with telemedicine's challenge to the regulatory state. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 3, 2015 • 12min
What LeBron James Can Teach You about Economics
John Tamny's new book is Popular Economics: What the Rolling Stones, Downton Abbey, and LeBron James Can Teach You about Economics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
