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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Jul 18, 2014 • 11min
Support for Common Core Crumbling
Even some fans of national education standards no longer support Common Core. Neal McCluskey, author of Feds in the Classroom, offers his thoughts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 17, 2014 • 10min
A Renewed Push for Fed Transparency
The Federal Reserve has assumed new powers in recent years. At the agency's 100th anniversary, Mark Calabria evaluates the calls for reining in the Fed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 16, 2014 • 6min
Insurance Coverage & Obamacare
New surveys indicate that ObamaCare has lowered the rate of uninsured Americans, but what does that mean in terms of quality of care and the full price tag? Michael Tanner comments Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 15, 2014 • 11min
Interventionists versus Rand Paul
The interventionist wing of the GOP is picking on Rand Paul's less-than-interventionist foreign policy. Justin Logan weighs in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 14, 2014 • 8min
Unaccompanied Children in Limbo
Alex Nowrasteh argues that the "unaccompanied minors" crisis on our southern border calls for providing legal status to workers already in the United States illegally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 11, 2014 • 8min
The State on a Train
Snowpiercer is effectively a film about the state versus the oppressed, according to John Samples, vice president and publisher at the Cato Institute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 10, 2014 • 11min
To Secure Digital Privacy, Require Warrants
Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) believes that law enforcement routinely stretches its mandate to the breaking point and often goes beyond. He says President Obama's former Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, should be investigated for lying to Congress Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 9, 2014 • 11min
Unions & Home Health Care Workers
To what extent should government-subsidized home health workers be compelled to support unions? Walter Olson reviews the Supreme Court's ruling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 8, 2014 • 9min
Aereo and Innovation
Aereo lost at the high court, which raises new questions about how innovation can occur within and around our current system of copyright. Julian Sanchez comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 3, 2014 • 10min
Rational Optimism about Planet Earth
In his recent work on the greening of our planet, Matt Ridley discovered something interesting: likely scenarios in which humans contribute more to climate change (according to the IPCC) are the same ones in which incomes grow more slowly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
