The Cato Weekly Podcast

In an unprecedented expansion of its role in the marketplace, the Trump administration has acquired ownership interests in dozens of firms.

Cato's Scott Lincicome joins Laura Bondank-Harmon to discuss this radical move from the US government, the seen and unseen costs of intervening in the private sector, and how should Congress act if they want to put a stop to it before it's too late.

Read more of Scott's work here:
https://www.cato.org/free-society/winter-2026/conspicuous-fist-trumps-state-corporatism

Executive Producer: Kristina Kendall
Producer: Barbara Galletti
Post Production: Sedona LaMarre
Audio Engineer: Cecil Sherman
Original Music: Cecil Sherman
Director of Photography: Darren Walker
Assistant Producer: Elcid Demonteverde
Motion Graphics: Jonathan Fields
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Free health care, housing, college, paid leave, and retirement benefits may sound appealing... but how would we pay for them?

Rikki Schlott sits down with Cato’s Adam Michel to unpack the Democratic Socialists of America’s ambitious agenda and the staggering cost of its proposals. If taxing the rich and corporations is not enough to foot the bill, who would be paying next?

Access Adam Michel's research here:
https://www.cato.org/blog/who-will-pay-democratic-socialisms-200-trillion-cost


Executive Producer: Kristina Kendall
Producer: Barbara Galletti
Post Production: Sedona LaMarre
Audio Engineer: Cecil Sherman
Original Music: Cecil Sherman
Director of Photography: Darren Walker
Assistant Producer: Elcid Demonteverde
Motion Graphics: Jonathan Fields
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every Tuesday on The Cato Weekly Podcast, leading scholars and policymakers from the Cato Institute delve into the big ideas shaping our world: individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Whether unpacking current events, debating civil liberties, exploring technological innovation, or tracing the history of classical liberal thought, we promise insightful analysis grounded in rigorous research and Cato’s signature libertarian perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A number that's precise, dramatic, and politically convenient should raise your suspicion, not lower it. Aaron Brown, author of Wrong Number:
How to Extract Truth from a Blizzard of Quantitative Disinformation, joins Cato's Ryan Bourne to break down the warning signs of a bad statistic, from missing context to claims that arrive straight from a press release.
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Vermont versus Cook County, its biggest Second Amendment case since Heller. The Cato Institute's Clark Neily, who worked on the original Heller case, joins Rikki Schlott to explain what's at stake for the 20 to 25 million Americans who already own an AR-15 style rifle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.