Cato Podcast

What powers will the next President inherit? What can Congress do to reassert its primacy as makers of law? Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) spoke at a Cato Institute Capitol Hill briefing in May. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The motivations of mass killers matter when evaluating a proposed public policy response. Trevor Burrus comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don't be surprised if the Securities and Exchange Commission comes knocking when you ask your friends to invest in your small business. Thaya Brook Knight comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Policy prescriptions offered in the immediate wake of tragedy can give people a sense of relief from the tragedy itself, but those proposed reforms would often sacrifice basic liberties. Adam Bates comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Whren case decided 20 years ago gave police wider latitude to detain people. It hasn't all been to the good. Jonathan Blanks explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo would have state agencies boycott those who would boycott Israel and he does his best to circumvent the Citizens United decision. David Keating of the Center for Competitive Politics comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The struggle for clearly delineating hemp from marijuana in federal law is a decades-long one. Eric Steenstra of Vote Hemp explains why virtually all hemp products in the U.S. must be imported. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The concept of "large HSAs" has landed on Capitol Hill. How would they work? Michael Cannon explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Twelfth Amendment could be invoked in an election scenario where no electoral majority emerges. What does that look like? Ilya Shapiro explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Telecom reform in the 1990s is considered a big success. So why is the FCC nibbling around the edges of undoing that reform? Larry Downes comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How does Gross Output compare with Gross Domestic Product in describing the economy? Economist Mark Skousen comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Federal intelligence agencies are enlisting new agents, and some of them could be people you already know. Patrick Eddington comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In presenting the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty to Danish newspaper editor Flemming Rose, former ACLU president Nadine Strossen discusses the importance of unfettered freedom of speech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Flemming Rose is the 2016 recipient of the Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty and is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. Rose is the author of The Tyranny of Silence . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The struggle for limited government must contend with an entrenched foe: the ruling class, which carries with it an agenda for larger government. Lawrence B. Lindsey discusses his new book on the subject. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Would targeting nominal GDP remove Federal Reserve discretion? Would it constrain fiscal policy? Economist David Beckworth comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Nevada program aimed at giving parents more educational options for their children goes to court. Jason Bedrick comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Trump needs drones to make his border security plans work. The problem is that it won't work. Matthew Feeney and Alex Nowrasteh comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Economic liberty and religious liberty are often expressed by the same choices. Jay W. Richards comments on the current fights pitting economic and religious liberty against government power. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elite coastal cities appear at odds with businesses trying to bring in talent. Timothy B. Lee, a writer at Vox , discusses the housing issues that pit homeowners against the demands of industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The new restroom mandate from the Obama White House would be rendered irrelevant if parents had more choices for their kids. Neal McCluskey comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To mark the tenth anniversary of the Cato Daily Podcast, Cato Institute president Peter Goettler talks with host Caleb O. Brown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rick Berman, founder of Berman and Company, discusses how to "change the conversation" and the myriad candidate missteps in the 2016 election season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2016 election for president is at once full of anger and devoid of substantial discussions of the most serious problems of government. Ben Domenech, publisher of The Federalist , comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Transportation Security Administration doesn't care for rules, except the ones it imposes on travelers. Marc Scribner and Jim Harper comment on the TSA's effort to pat down its attempts to skirt the law. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.