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.
Episodes
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Feb 5, 2015 • 11min
Obama's Budget Busting Pentagon Request
The President once suggested that spending caps he signed into law shouldn't be thrown away. He has apparently changed his mind. Ben Friedman comments on the President's big spending plans at the Pentagon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 4, 2015 • 22min
Everything You Need to Know about King v. Burwell
As Obamacare heads back to the Supreme Court, Jonathan Adler explains everything you need to know ahead of the March 4 oral argument. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 3, 2015 • 7min
The Return of a Trade Agenda
Republicans seem more likely to give President Obama trade promotion authority. Dan Ikenson says that's good news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 2, 2015 • 6min
Free Trade & Currency Manipulation
Should free trade agreements contain provisions punishing countries for how they value their currencies? Dan Pearson comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 30, 2015 • 8min
License Plate Tracking & Tracking Cops
The cataloging and archiving of your travel details is more widespread than previously believed. Adam Bates explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 29, 2015 • 15min
Marco Rubio Defends Permanent Mass Surveillance
Marco Rubio is going one step beyond even people who want to reauthorize domestic surveillance authorities under the Patriot Act. He wants to make those powers permanent. Julian Sanchez evaluates Rubio's claims. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 28, 2015 • 9min
Loretta Lynch and Civil Asset Forfeiture
Loretta Lynch, President Obama's nominee for Attorney General, doesn't appear to draw much of a distinction between civil and criminal asset forfeiture. Adam Bates says that's a big problem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 27, 2015 • 9min
School Choice in 2015
2015 may end up as another "Year of School Choice." Jason Bedrick discusses the possible reforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 26, 2015 • 13min
Scholarship Tax Credits in the Granite State
How does the Granite State do education reform? Charles Arlinghaus of the Josiah Bartlett Center in New Hampshire discusses scholarship tax credits, which allow low-income parents to send their children to a new school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 23, 2015 • 9min
Fixing Dodd-Frank Means Ending Dodd-Frank
Fixing Dodd-Frank won't be achieved by nibbling around the edges of reform. Mark Calabria discusses the deeper problems in the 2010 financial reform law. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
