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Doing It the Hard Way
Episode 26
FCC chair Brendan Carr’s “easy way or hard way” threat to TV broadcasters lit a censorship firestorm this week. Our Cato panel digs into the governme…
1 year ago
SEC Commissioner Challenges Financial Surveillance
Episode 25
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce joins Jennifer Schulp and Cato's Norbert Michel to discuss how government financial surveillance has eroded Americans'…
1 year ago
Free Speech and Domestic Tranquility
Episode 24
Are Americans becoming dangerously tolerant of political violence? After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, our Cato panel looks at trends in public opini…
1 year ago
The Rise of University Administration
Episode 23
When Syracuse University forced its social work faculty to partner with a for-profit corporation that takes two-thirds of online tuition revenue, pro…
1 year ago
The Purse and the Sword
Episode 22
This week, Congress returns to looming shutdowns and a “pocket-rescission” power grab. Abroad, President Trump pushes “America First” by rebranding t…
1 year ago
Cato Cage Match: Monetary vs. Fiscal Policy
Episode 21
Norbert Michel and Dominic Lett square off over whether fiscal or monetary policy is the bigger mess. Lett highlights how entitlement programs like S…
1 year ago
First, Do No Harm
Episode 20
What should “public health in a free society” look like, and what limits should courts impose on executive trade powers? This week’s panel covers the…
1 year ago
Righting the Endangerment Finding
Episode 19
Join Cato's Alex Nowrasteh and Travis Fisher as they unpack a pivotal moment in climate policy reform. The duo explores Fisher's tenure at the Depart…
1 year ago
High-Stakes Intel
Episode 18
"Golden shares” at home, grand bargains abroad. In this episode, Cato scholars weigh Trump’s push for equity stakes in U.S. firms under the CHIPS Act…
1 year, 1 month ago
TikTok: Free Speech or Security Threat?
Episode 17
Cato’s Jennifer Huddleston and Tommy Berry examine the 2024 TikTok divest-or-ban law and what it means for Americans. They explain how the law could …
1 year, 1 month ago