Cato Daily Podcast

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants the federal government to step in to punish what appears on a news network. Can they? Should they? Jesse Walker of Reason Magazine comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many long-dead authors have had their works scrubbed by so-called "sensitivity readers," the latest of which is P.G. Wodehouse. Why? Writer Christian Schneider discusses the new scrutiny aimed at old books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Fed's report on the failure of Silicon Valley Bank doesn't just lay blame at the private sector. Norbert Michel details the most important and valuable takeaways. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do "race essentialists" think about how people ought to view and interact with each other? Erec Smith, a visiting scholar at the Cato Institute, discusses what it means to be a race essentialist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our arrival in the digital age has not been good for financial privacy. Nick Anthony's new Cato paper offers a framework for eliminating warrantless surveillance of our financial lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do South Korea and the U.S. want from each other? Cato's Doug Bandow and Eric Gomez explain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are many competing theories that purport to explain the dramatic and sustained increase in wealth and well-being for humans these last two centuries. Cato’s Deirdre McCloskey discusses why she believes liberty is the secret sauce of growing prosperity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What stands in the way of people having quick residential access to most of life's amenities? How should that be balanced against the desire for many Americans who love suburbia? Cato's Marc Joffe discusses the dream of the "15-minute city." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're unfortunately used to going to war overseas for dubious purposes, but what about a war with a next-door neighbor over fentanyl? Justin Logan details the proposals now in Congress. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You should be able to access a court to challenge an administrative agency seeking to prevent you from taking a matter to court. So says the Supreme Court. What does it mean for future litigation? Cato’s Tommy Berry and Will Yeatman of the Pacific Legal Foundation comment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

President Biden's Council of Economic Advisors have for the first time produced a report with a special chapter on "digital assets," and their skepticism toward cryptocurrencies is worth noting. Jack Solowey explains why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Putting the brakes on federal spending and debt will require Congressional will and a plan to minimize political fallout. William Glass of the Millennial Debt Foundation and Cato's Romina Boccia discuss how to make it happen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fox News has settled with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million dollars over election-related libel claims. What does or should that mean for efforts to change libel laws in the United States? Walter Olson explains. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle often get carried away with designing new or expanded tax programs without considering what is already in the tax code. Adam Michel details how to make it simpler. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The IRS possesses "the power to destroy" and a mindset focused heavily on enforcement, but the agency is a mess in serious need of reform. Cato adjunct scholar Joe Bishop-Henchman details how it should be done. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A young member of the National Guard somehow accessed classified military plans relating to Ukraine and shared them with friends on social media. What are the implications for security, military intelligence, and the broader problems relating to classified documents? What are the key similarities and differences between this and other intelligence leaks? Cato’s Patrick Eddington and Eric Gomez explain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What threat does copyright law pose to new generative AI technology? Writer Tim Lee comments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pandemic-driven rules governing the prescribing of certain drugs are due to expire. Cato's Jeff Singer explains why government intrusions into the practice of medicine leaves patients hurting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

State legislatures and Congress hope to create new rules to protect young people online, but those proposals come with their own costs and risks to privacy for young people. Jennifer Huddleston discusses her new paper analyzing the proposals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The federal impositions that would be enabled by central bank digital currency (CBDC) are hard to overstate. A new poll from the Cato Institute indicates that the more Americans know about it, the less they like it. Cato’s Emily Ekins describes what the poll tells us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.