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Cato Podcast

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

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12:16

What Impedes Social Mobility?

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2024/05/31

Social mobility means helping people improve their prospects for creating and building long-term wealth. What stands in the way? The Archbridge Institute'sGonzalo Schwarzdiscusses what he's learned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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14:34

Assessing the Intelligence Risks of Chinese-Made Drones

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2024/05/29

Should Congress take steps to ban certain foreign-made drones that, despite being owned and used by Americans in a wide variety of helpful ways,couldbe sending sensitive data to antagonistic foreign governments? Will Duffield discusses the state of play. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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12:49

Trump, RFK Jr., and the Libertarian Party

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2024/05/28

Two notably illiberal politicians headlined at the Libertarian Party's convention over the weekend. What does it reveal about the brand of libertarianism advanced by the LP? Aaron Steelman and Andy Craig comment.Related: “Trump is hardly libertarian. But neither is today’s Libertarian Party.” By Peter Goettler,The Washington Post, May 23, 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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16:58

New Leadership in Taiwan as China Threat Looms

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2024/05/27

Will a new president in Taiwan mean a greater focus on defending against a potential Chinese attack? Eric Gomez comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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15:58

How the ‘Open Fields Doctrine’ Nullifies the Fourth...

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2024/05/25

How much US land receives Fourth Amendment protections under the so-called "Open Fields Doctrine"? Authors Joshua Windham and David Warren explore that issue in a new article in Regulation Magazine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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14:51

Marking a Century of Broken Immigration Policy

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2024/05/24

Should the government prove you shouldn't be allowed to immigrate, orshould individuals have to prove that they should be allowed to immigrate? A century ago today, immigration policy shifted from the former to the latter. David Bier explains how the change has implicated Americans’ rights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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9:56

The Fatal Fallacy for Fans of CBDCs

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2024/05/23

The notion that there can ever be a "level playing field" between decentralized, private cryptocurrencies and state-issued ones is entirely wrong. Nick Anthony explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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11:01

John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor Mill, and The...

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2024/05/22

The contours of freedom advanced inThe Subjection of Womenapply to us all. The influence of his wife, Harriet Taylor Mill, in the work’s final form is hard to miss. That is in part why the essay remains a favorite of Libertarianism.org'sGrant Babcock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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13:38

A Guide to Content Moderation for Policymakers

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2024/05/21

Humility is a good starting point for lawmakers seeing to understand content moderation. David Inserra offers a helpfulguide to policymakers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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13:10

J.S. Mill, On Liberty, and How Liberals Think

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2024/05/20

Paul Meanyof Libertarianism.org walks us through the importance of John Stuart Mill through his powerful treatiseOn Liberty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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15:25

Congress Should Make No Law Setting Speech Rules for...

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2024/05/18

In the wake of protests at many universities over the Israeli war in Gaza, what's the role for Congress to regulate? Unsurprisingly, it's not much. Cato'sNeal McCluskeyandNico Perrinoof FIRE comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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14:29

Confront Errors in "Pandemic Inflation"

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2024/05/17

In David Beckworth's essay inThe War on Prices, he explains what must be true for narratives of a pandemic-driven inflation to be true. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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14:15

The Wage Gap and The War on Prices

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2024/05/16

The US wage gap between men and women consistently drives calls for deep federal intervention into the labor market in the name of preventing discrimination. Analyzing that gap more critically reveals far less clarity about its causes and potential solutions. Vanessa Brown Calder explains in her essay in the new book,The War on Prices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8:56

Rent Control: Another Bad Idea That Never Dies

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2024/05/15

Rent control doesn't make housing more affordable. It makes affordable housing less available. Jeff Miron explains in his essay in the new book,The War on Prices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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11:50

The Pink Tax and The War on Prices

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2024/05/14

Are the prices men and women pay for similar products evidence of discrimination that calls for a heavy-handed government response? Ryan Bourne is editor of the new Cato book,The War on Prices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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9:43

The Punishing Effects of Credit Card Interest Caps

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2024/05/13

For the marginally creditworthy, mandatory interest rate caps on credit cards would end access to a convenient form of credit. Nick Anthony discusses his essay in Cato's new book,The War on Prices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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14:41

What Should We Learn from New Data on Price Gouging...

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2024/05/10

It's not exactly a silver lining, but data from the pandemic has some lessons in it about the effectiveness of price gouging laws. Gavin Roberts, an economist at Weber State University, discusses his findings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7:40

Will AI Power a Better Future for Local Journalism?

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2024/05/09

As smaller local newspapers continue to shrink, what's the potential for AI to help deliver local news to happy customers? Paul Matzko makes his hopeful case to foster a better-informed public. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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10:16

Exploring Tensions among the US, China, and Europe

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2024/05/08

European leaders think very differently than US officials about China, both as a rising economic power and a military threat. Doug Bandow discusses why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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11:53

Discrimination and Identity Politics Have No Place in...

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2024/05/07

Ideological commitments shouldn't harm your ability to receive medical treatment. Erec Smith and Jeff Singer discuss a troubling evolution in how medical education is delivered in the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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