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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May 28, 2014 • 8min
ObamaCare Rules Push More Employers to Drop Coverage
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May 27, 2014 • 7min
Authoritarian Parties Make Gains in European Union
Elections in the European Union have given authoritarian parties big wins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 23, 2014 • 12min
Leszek Balcerowicz Receives Milton Friedman Prize
From September 1989 to August 1991, Leszek Balcerowicz served as deputy prime minister and finance minister in Tadeusz Mazowiecki's administration, which was Eastern Europe's first noncommunist government since the end of World War II. He held those positions again from October 1997 to June 2000.He was chief architect of the Balcerowicz Plan, a radical reform program that helped transform the Polish economy in the 1990s. He liberalized the prices of most consumer goods and initiated sound fiscal and monetary measures designed to balance the budget and end hyperinflation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 22, 2014 • 17min
Capitalism, Freedom and American Values
Chess champion Garry Kasparov delivered the keynote address at the Cato Institute's biennial dinner for the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20, 2014 • 20min
DEA Deputizing Doctors
Balancing effective pain treatment for patients and obeying the law presents difficulties for physicians who receive precious little guidance from the feds.Mugged by the State: When Regulators and Prosecutors Bully Citizens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 19, 2014 • 10min
Fighting FERC Fraud Claims in Public
Kevin and Rich Gates are fighting claims of fraud by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and they're doing so in broad daylight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 16, 2014 • 10min
School Choice and Brown v. Board
It's been sixty years since school-based racial segregation was rejected by the Supreme Court. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 15, 2014 • 28min
No Place to Hide
In his new book, No Place to Hide, Glenn Greenwald traces the discovery and extent of the massive surveillance apparatus constructed by the National Security Agency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 14, 2014 • 9min
Another Taxing Distinction for ObamaCare
Lawsuits challenging Obamacare are once again reaching the nation’s highest courts.Beyond the Individual Mandate: The Obamacare “Tax” Is Still Unconstitutional Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 13, 2014 • 11min
Unlucky Strike
Smoking is bad for you, but what about the guy next to you? And why are public health experts seemingly just as concerned about e-cigarettes as the real thing? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
