Episodes

  • Medicare Can't and Won't Go on Like This

    Medicare Can't and Won't Go on Like This
    May 3 2024
    Medicare represents a massive fraction of the federal budget, and its spending is effectively on autopilot. That needs to change sooner than later. Paragon Health Institute chief Brian Blase and Cato's Michael Cannon comment.

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    21 mins
  • Will Your Financial Advisor Soon Have to Snitch on You?

    Will Your Financial Advisor Soon Have to Snitch on You?
    May 2 2024
    New regulations under consideration would hold financial advisors accountable to elements of the Bank Secrecy Act, which currently compels banks to turn over certain financial data to the feds. How would that change your relationship with that advisor? Jennifer Schulp comments.

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    12 mins
  • Descheduling Is Preferable to Rescheduling Cannabis

    Descheduling Is Preferable to Rescheduling Cannabis
    May 1 2024
    The DEA is likely to change its federal designation for cannabis in the coming months. It's a good sign for research and for the ability of Americans to receive medical treatments involving the plant, but descheduling and ending federal prohibition is still a worthy goal. Jeff Singer explains.

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    11 mins
  • Feds Beat the Drum for Early Childhood Education Spending

    Feds Beat the Drum for Early Childhood Education Spending
    Apr 30 2024
    How productive is federal spending to advance early childhood education? Following her testimony on Capitol Hill, Cato's Colleen Hroncich says there are several problems with the assumptions about its benefits.

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    12 mins
  • Upsides and Risks of Increasing State Capacity

    Upsides and Risks of Increasing State Capacity
    Apr 29 2024
    What does the case of Peru have to teach us about state capacity to foster (or hamper) human flourishing? Edwar Escalante of Angelo State University discusses the upsides and downsides of increasing state capacity.

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    19 mins
  • Biden Continues Transferring Student Debt to Taxpayers

    Biden Continues Transferring Student Debt to Taxpayers
    Apr 27 2024
    The Heroes Act was insufficient authority for the President to cancel massive amounts of student debt. The Biden White House has instead been moving to cancel (transfer) smaller amounts of student debt using different executive authority. Neal McCluskey explains the issues.

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    11 mins
  • How Much Immunity from Future Prosecution Is Due to Former Presidents?

    How Much Immunity from Future Prosecution Is Due to Former Presidents?
    Apr 26 2024
    Former President Trump's lawyers argued before the US Supreme Court that the President ought to be broadly immune against misdeeds committed in office, even many that are clearly criminal. The Supreme Court is now weighing where to draw the lines both for this former President and future former Presidents. Clark Neily discusses the oral argument at the high court.

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    15 mins
  • Reputation, Dynamism, and Strangers with Candy

    Reputation, Dynamism, and Strangers with Candy
    Apr 25 2024
    Economics is everywhere, and its implications are subtle and beautiful. The essays in Art Carden's book, Strangers with Candy, uses both economic and biblical insight to show how welcoming strangers can make us both better and wealthier people.

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    9 mins