Cato Podcast

Are heavy handed tactics with respect to vaccines helpful to people not sure if they want to get a jab? Cato's Jeff Singer discusses the new polling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

China's prohibition on crypto transactions shouldn't tell U.S. regulators to follow suit. George Selgin discusses U.S. regulators' concerns over stablecoins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Biden Administration wants to give indebted students a bailout, but aren't the bailouts already underway? Mike Riggs of Reason discusses the Bush-era law that holds big implications for student debt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's the case for think tanks training candidates to challenge incumbents? Matt Paprocki of the Illinois Policy Institute makes the argument. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mustafa Akyol's new book is  Why, As A Muslim, I Defend Liberty , available at  Libertarianism.org . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mustafa Akyol's new book is  Why, As A Muslim, I Defend Liberty , available at  Libertarianism.org . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The fights over housing in California and other states with high housing costs will spill over into other states with similar policies. The fights will continue for years to come. Timothy Lee of Full Stack Economics comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The problems faced by Illinois today will be faced by many other states down the road, and it threatens to bring states close to bankruptcy. Adam Schuster of the Illinois Policy Institute says pension reform needs to come sooner than later. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When members of a state-federal task force beat James King unconscious after mistaking him for someone else, he ultimately sued to hold them accountable. Even after the Supreme Court ruled on King’s case, the case continues. King and his attorney Patrick Jaicomo discuss the case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

States are moving forward with changes to how policing works with mixed results. Nick Freitas, a Republican delegate in the Virginia House, discusses the reform proposals his state is considering. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New laws in California will start the process of allowing more housing development. Michael Tanner argues that it's probably not enough to relieve high housing costs for average Californians, but it's a great first step. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe Biden wants to raise taxes on some, subsidize others, and snoop on everyone's bank accounts. What could go wrong? Chris Edwards explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Biden Administration plans to compel employers to compel employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or get regular testing. How strong is the legal argument? Walter Olson explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rapid testing was supposed to be one of the key pillars of escaping this pandemic sooner than later. The FDA's processes didn't allow it. Scott Lincicome comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How did states alter the landscape of policing and broader criminal justice issues in 2020? Robert Alt is president of the Buckeye Institute and author of a forthcoming report on state-level criminal justice trends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bradley Smith of the Institute for Free Speech details key takeaways from the Supreme Court's AFPF v. Bonta case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Muslims around the world soon felt targeted following September 11, 2001. Mustafa Akyol and Doug Bandow discuss the War on Terror's targets, and the impact on Muslims worldwide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The attacks of September 11, 2001 provided cover for an unprecedented and largely ineffective surveillance apparatus that is broadly with us today. Patrick Eddington discusses how little we still know about how we're being watched. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maryland is experimenting with levying taxes on entities that engage in digital advertising in the state, and they will bring inevitable headaches and legal complications. Joe Bishop-Henchman with the National Taxpayers Union Foundation comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Humans can generally either cooperate or coerce to get what they want. Antony Davies is coauthor of  Cooperation & Coercion: How Busybodies Became Busybullies and What that Means for Economics and Politics . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When states suspended regulations to better equip private actors for handling COVID-19, it raised an important question: Why did we have them to begin with? Sal Nuzzo of the James Madison Institute comments on some of the bright spots in healthcare during the pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scandals in Kentucky police departments long precede the police killing of Breonna Taylor, the unarmed woman gunned down in her own apartment by police last year. So what policing reform did Kentucky do? Josh Crawford of Kentucky's Pegasus Institute says it was significant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People are regularly bombarded with ideas, and as they sort through these ideas, they pick and choose which to embrace and which to fear. John Muller is author of Public Opinion on War and Terror: Manipulated or Manipulating? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sahar Khan details the relationship between the Taliban and ISIS-K in Afghanistan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The regulatory environment and decades of less than adequate housing production has contributed to a dramatic rise in housing prices in California. Housing researcher Nolan Gray details how we got here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.