Podcast Episodes

Supreme Court Clears One Hurdle to Claims of Malicious Prosecution

What does it take to move a malicious prosecution claim forward? The Supreme Court tackled that question last week. Jay Schweikert explains what they…

4 years, 5 months ago

Against Scientific Gatekeeping

Owning ourselves means having the right and power to medicate ourselves as we choose. That's not the story of modern medicine. Jeff Singer discusses …

4 years, 5 months ago

Cato FOIA Work Uncovers Substantial FBI Misconduct

Getting a sense of the FBI's handling of its agents' misconduct has occupied a lot of Patrick Eddington's time the last two years. Earlier this year,…

4 years, 5 months ago

Immigration Restrictions Worsened the Labor Crunch

Donald Trump's immigration restrictions helped lay the groundwork for employers' current labor woes. Joe Biden has done precious little to fix it. Da…

4 years, 5 months ago

Wither Consumer Welfare to Guide Antitrust Regulators?

The team in charge of the Federal Trade Commission appear to have very different ideas about what should guide the agency's actions. Duke economist M…

4 years, 5 months ago

Deregulate Low-Income Entrepreneurs to Address American Poverty

The poverty rate in the United States is generally unmoved in recent years despite many trillions of dollars in spending. Creighton University econom…

4 years, 5 months ago

Do Immigrants Use More Welfare?

Alex Nowrasteh is coauthor of "Immigrant and Native Consumption of Means-Tested Welfare and Entitlement Benefits in 2019."

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4 years, 5 months ago

Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class

What happened to the jury trial, something considered essential to the Founders' vision for a criminal justice system? Dan Canon traces the slow deat…

4 years, 5 months ago

The If, Who, Why, and How of Weapons Transfers to Ukraine

Who should and shouldn't send weapons to Ukraine? What weapon transfers should be viewed as provocation of war? What tends to happen after weapons tr…

4 years, 6 months ago

Joe Biden's Taxing Plans for Unrealized Capital Gains

If you like business investment and the innovation that comes with it, Joe Biden's plan to tax certain unrealized capital gains makes no sense. Chris…

4 years, 6 months ago