Cato Podcast

What grants border patrol agents more invasive powers in a 100-mile wide band around the edges of the United States? Chris Montoya is a former longtime Customs and Border Patrol agent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new proposal would expand Medicare to include Americans as young as 50. It's a throw-money-at-it solution to problems largely caused by government intervention in health care, according to Cato’s Michael Cannon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will the diplomatic push between the U.S. and North Korea produce more substantive agreement? Will South Korea get on board with the long-held goal of U.S. troops departing the peninsula? Eric Gomez comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What are all these university administrators doing, exactly? Cato senior fellow Todd Zywicki doesn't know, either. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dignity and productivity are strongly linked, but  it's easy to misunderstand . Ryan Bourne comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the new CatoAudio, we devote our roundtable to the new lawsuit the Cato Institute has filed against the Securities and Exchange Commission policy of imposing gag orders on settling defendants. Cato's Clark Neily and Bob McNamara of IJ comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A dispute among members of the FCC indicates that there is an appetite on the commission for banning e-cigarette ads in the name of the "public interest." Commissioner Brendan Carr says he stands with the First Amendment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Between the pullback of FoxConn's commitments to Wisconsin and Amazon's HQ2 withdrawal from New York, it's worth examining taxpayer-provided incentives for economic development. John Mozena is president of the  Center for Economic Accountability . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Massive delegations of authority may strengthen the President's claim of a "national emergency" at the southern border. The facts of the emergency are not on his side. Will Yeatman and Alex Nowrasteh comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What should the U.S. do to adjust to China's rise? Tariffs and shattering the global trading system aren't the answer, according to Scott Lincicome. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A proposal to tax wealth runs into Constitutional problems, but how would it work otherwise? Michael Tanner comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) hinges critically on government having sole dominion over money. George Selgin discusses some of the new and old ideas MMT encapsulates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vanguard founder Jack Bogle revolutionized American investing on behalf of the little guy. Diego Zuluaga comments on his passing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The announced removal of U.S. troops from Syria was a long time coming. So, what now? John Glaser comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Green New Deal may just be a resolution or a wish list, but the challenges would be massive and the benefits less than clear. Peter Van Doren discusses the initial draft of the Green New Deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new meta-analysis points to the notion that U.S. dietary advice has been fatally flawed for more than four decades. Terence Kealey explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A no-deal Brexit could be devastating on a number of fronts. Where do things stand now? Ryan Bourne and Emma Ashford comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is there anything the U.S. should do to support Venezuelans who want to reassert their liberties? Juan Carlos Hidalgo comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why does life improve in your 50s, 60s, and beyond? Jonathan Rauch makes his case in The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50 . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New data is revealing that the doctor-centered narratives on opioid addiction and overdose are, at best, severely flawed and possibly entirely wrong. Jeffrey A. Singer describes why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Complaints about higher education in the U.S. are ubiquitous. College costs are up as student debt loads become more unsustainable, while criticisms of the quality of university education mount. Todd Zywicki is co-editor of the forthcoming book, Unprofitable Schooling . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CBD is a chemical derived from cannabis, and its legal status is still not totally clear. Mike Riggs of Reason details how the drug is being treated by various federal agencies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After Eric Ferguson was treated for a venomous snake bite, he received a bill including an $80,000 charge for $750 in antivenom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Government shutdowns don't need to be so disruptive. Chris Edwards argues the key is devolving a great deal of federal control. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A White House compromise plan to change the Delayed Action on Childhood Arrivals program (in exchange for funding for a wall at the border) was hardly a compromise at all. Instead, it would have stripped protection from many “Dreamers." David Bier comments on what a compromise measure ought to look like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.