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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Apr 24, 2014 • 6min
Freedom in the States of India
India has made great strides in human well being, but much remains to be done to bring millions more out of poverty. Which states are leading on measures of economic freedom and good governance? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 21, 2014 • 7min
John Paul Stevens on Fixing the Constitution
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens would alter the Constitution in a few ways. He specifically wants to make adjustments to the First and Second Amendments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 18, 2014 • 21min
Central versus Individual Planning
The impulse to trust experts and vest them with the power to make decisions for us gives rise to central planning's worst abuses. It's a powerful impulse that freedom's champions must work to overcome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 17, 2014 • 8min
Highly Profitable Nonprofit Universities
The podcast discusses how nonprofit universities make money and expense those profits away in ways that don't benefit students or taxpayers. It explores how undergraduate students subsidize PhD and masters students in these institutions and raises questions about the profit-making aspect. The podcast also explores what taxpayers and students should reasonably pay for in higher education, emphasizing the importance of clarity in allocating taxpayer dollars.
Apr 16, 2014 • 7min
New HHS Secretary Will Wield More Power
The next head of the Department of Health and Human Services will wield more power than predecessor Kathleen Sebelius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 15, 2014 • 10min
IRS Claws at Debts of the Dead
Social Security regrets its sins-of-the-fathers grab at grown kids' tax refunds. The plan would have allowed the government to claw back sometimes decades-old overpayments at the expense of the recipients' children. What comes next? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 14, 2014 • 8min
IRS v. The Little Guy
The Internal Revenue Service is trying to license tax preparers without approval from Congress. If the scheme is allowed to continue, small tax preparers could be put out of business. That may be just fine with big box providers like H&R Block. Dan Alban represents some of these tax preparers in federal court. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 11, 2014 • 33min
The Trouble with Higher Education
Change is coming to higher education, but it won't be easy and it won't be popular. Glenn Reynolds argues that decades of federal subsidies and piles of student debt have not given us better outcomes for students. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 9, 2014 • 8min
Permissionless Innovation and Tech Policy
An improved standard of living depends on experimentation with new ideas, but politicians always seem to insist that innovators seek permission first. Author Adam Thierer argues they have it precisely backwards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 7, 2014 • 8min
Hungary's Slide into Authoritarianism
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party emerged victorious in elections there, but the swelling concentration of power into his office has been troubling to more than just his opposition. An ultranationalist, anti-Semitic party also made large gains in the parliament. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
