Cato Podcast

Cato's Jeff Singer discusses the accelerating war on vaping and why the consequences will be as predictable as most prohibitions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jennifer Huddleston argues that currently proposed policy approaches to youth online safety are overly blunt tools that will cause more harm than good. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jack Solowey and Jennifer Schulp give a review of recent moves in Congress on cryptocurrency regulation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New York City's strict rent control law also restricts the ability of landlords to exit the market. Tommy Berry details a challenge the Supreme Court may take up in the next term. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Fishback, founder of Incubate Debate , believes that the changing nature of debate as a competitive event does young people a profound disservice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Investing that targets certain environmental, social, and governance goals (ESG) has its fans and opponents, but they can't seem to settle on a common definition. That's enabled all manner of troubling policy proposals. Jennifer Schulp explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Among the pandemic, new regulations on auto production, tax credits, and microchip supply constraints, it's been a wild few years for the car market. Scott Lincicome discusses what normal might look like in the near term and why government has made a stabilizing situation somewhat more volatile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the Cato Institute Benefactor Summit held in May, Vanessa Brown Calder spoke with Alex Nowrasteh on how libertarians ought to approach issues of broad importance to families. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If it weren't for the fact that Donald Trump is a former President who is seeking that job for a third time, the dozens of federal criminal charges relating to purloined classified documents he now faces would be straightforward. Clark Neily comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Geraldine Tyler will get her thousands of dollars back from her local government thanks to a recent Supreme Court opinion ending the practice known as "home equity theft." What's that mean going forward? Tommy Berry comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Religious charter schools may grow in the coming years, but it's not clear what the benefits are to the schools or religious institutions that would run them. Neal McCluskey comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fans of government intervention into the economy in the pursuit of largely agreeable social goods are running into the realities of lawmaking. Scott Lincicome offers some comfort. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Would a Fed-issued central bank digital currency (CBDC) run afoul of the Constitution? Christina Skinner of the Wharton School and Cato's Norbert Michel comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Policies that privilege domestic producers of various products punish consumers, taxpayers, and producers alike while delivering few benefits. Cato's James Bacchus comments. You can read "The High Price of Buying American" here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Voters as Mad Scientists , economist Bryan Caplan explores various aspects of voter irrationality and how we might correct for our own errors of thinking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the Cato Institute's Benefactor Summit, Clark Neily details how government itself substantially altered the process of criminal adjudication and stacked the deck against average Americans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Sackett family has finally gotten its relief from the U.S. Supreme Court. Charles Yates of the Pacific Legal Foundation represented the Sackett family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The debt limit deal hammered out by House Speaker McCarthy and President Biden won't do much on its own to prevent a fiscal crisis, but it does set up some potentially productive negotiations to limit spending and debt in the coming years. Chris Edwards comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do we give up in any attempt to regulate the development of artificial intelligence? Matt Mittelsteadt of the Mercatus Center and Cato's Jennifer Huddleston comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The FBI's war on encryption poses threats well beyond the private sector. In fact, as Cato's Patrick Eddington points out, the FBI itself faces threats from widespread compromised private communication technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What protections do/should platforms have to use algorithms to suggest content to viewers? Will Duffield and Jennifer Huddleston comment on recent and future cases at the Supreme Court. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where do "housing first" policies to address homelessness succeed or fail? Vanessa Brown Calder is coauthor of a new Cato briefing paper examining several of these attempts to make permanent housing a prerequisite for other assistance. Briefing Paper: Housing Markets First: Housing Supply and Affordability Are Key to Reducing Homelessness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Former Congressman Justin Amash, for a time the only Libertarian member of that body, discusses how he approaches making a compelling case for liberty and civil society. This conversation is from the Cato Institute's Benefactor Summit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the fight continues over how to handle mounting U.S. debt, Cato's Robert A. Levy has a few thoughts on how the Constitution ought to inform the debate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

William McGurn speaks about Jimmy Lai at the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty, introduced by Cato President Peter Goettler. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.