Cato Podcast

The president says it would be a "money making operation" to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border, but that's simply not true. The costs would be enormous. Dan Ikenson and David Bier make the case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Addiction to and dependence on heroin can create a cycle that consumes other parts of a person's life. Scott MacDonald is the lead physician at the Crosstown Clinic in Vancouver, Canada. The clinic provides, among other services, heroin-assisted treatment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Daniel Ciccarone says that in order to understand opioid use and abuse, we need to understand today's users in real time. Prohibition makes that understanding more difficult. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How does our criminal justice system fail, and why does it seem to do so systematically? Rachel Elise Barkow is author of Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Data privacy is important, so why don't we treat it that way? Would more civil action against tech firms that misuse or fail to secure data help? Lindsey Barrett of the Georgetown University Law Center comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the last forty years, there is a distressing history of foreign insurgent groups being able to manipulate U.S. policymakers and opinion leaders into supporting their cause. Cato's Ted Galen Carpenter discusses his new book,  Gullible Superpower . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To make cities thrive, what's the proper role for elected officials? How, precisely, should they get out of the way of entrepreneurship and development? Greg Brooks is president of the new Better Cities Project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Attorney General William Barr has released a brief description of the findings of Robert Mueller in his investigation into Russian meddling in U.S. elections. Many questions remain. Julian Sanchez comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Moderating content in a polarized political climate while also respecting the value of free speech is a challenge still vexing social media companies. Thomas Kadri of the Yale Information Society Project comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What helps the world's poor to become prosperous? Matt Warner, president of the Atlas Network, describes some of the problems of development economics, the aid industry, and provides some hope for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A decade later, we're still discovering lessons from the Great Recession. Economist Vincent Reinhart discussed a few at the Cato Institute Monetary Conference in 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new Oregon law is a first-of-its-kind statewide rent control regime. It’s effects may be fairly weak, given its provisions. Ryan Bourne discusses the winners and losers in the new regime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The case for transit would seem to rest on its ability to cheaply get low-income Americans to work. Randal O'Toole argues that it's not that simple. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many states are pushing so-called Marsy's Laws as a way to protect victims of crime from some of elements of the criminal justice system. How might police use these laws to escape accountability? Jonathan Blanks comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does the U.S. retreat from freer trade have political implications? How should trade policy adjust to the shrinking U.S. share of the global economy? Craig VanGrasstek is author of  Trade and American Leadership . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christopher A. Preble is author of Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy . This is a special presentation from the March 2019 edition of Cato Audio . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is it too rich to hear former Vice President Cheney complain about the Trump foreign policy? Was the Pentagon really caught unawares by the President's decree that the U.S. leave Syria? Jim Antle is editor of The American Conservative magazine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How much do we know about the ratio between foreign-born and American-born terrorist threats? Does it matter? Patrick Eddington comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Online political speech is often dramatically different from the speech presented via terrestrial broadcasting. That difference is critical to protecting speech in the face of one-size-fits-all regulatory regimes. Attorney Allen Dickerson with the Institute for Free Speech comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Legislation is now on the table to end the Jones Act. Colin Grabow discusses its likely prospects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A big Supreme Court case has fundamentally altered the landscape of sports betting. So what comes next? Patrick Moran comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2016 election revealed a great deal about how rural America functions and how it doesn't. Tim Carney makes a case in  Alienated America  that there may be ways to bridge growing divisions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A massive new plan unveiled by Democrats is a wish list of restrictions on free political speech. Luke Wachob of the Institute for Free Speech comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The police raids on massage parlors in Florida initially promised a blockbuster story of sex trafficking. So far, the story hasn't panned out. Elizabeth Nolan Brown, an associate editor at Reason magazine, explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For all the bluster about immigration, the idea that immigrants pose a unique crime problem still doesn't show up in the data. Alex Nowrasteh discusses his new paper . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.