The Cato Weekly Podcast

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January 17, 2025 The Policy Choices that Make California Wildfires More Devastating
California wildfires are not yet fully contained, and the policy choices that led to the death and destruction deserve examination. Cato's Ryan Bourne and Steve Slivinski break down how California can improve as it rebuilds.
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18 min
January 16, 2025 Tiktok Users Await Looming US Ban; SCOTUS May Intervene
The divest-or-ban order deadline for the social media app, TikTok, is just days away. SCOTUS may weigh in at any time. Jennifer Huddleston and Tommy Berry evaluate the oral argument.
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16 min
January 15, 2025 Opportunities for State Policymakers in 2025
As state legislatures get back to work, where are the best opportunities for getting government out of the way of civil society? Steve Slivinski has a rundown.

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15 min
January 14, 2025 "Dark Money" and Election Outcomes
Will spending by 'dark money' groups face more restrictions from Congress? Luke Wachob of People United for Privacy believes it may depend on how politically threatened incumbents feel by that kind of speech.
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16 min
January 13, 2025 Small Entrepreneurs Left Behind by the Accredited Investor Rule
Your lack of wealth shouldn't limit your investment options, but the SEC has for decades actively prevented lower-wealth Americans from making certain investments. Nick Morgan of the Investor Choice Advocates Network and Cato's Jennifer Schulp explain.
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14 min
January 10, 2025 Housing, Building Codes, and State-Level Reform
The housing market needs less government intervention, both in terms of zoning and building codes that add enormously to construction costs. Emily Hamilton of the Mercatus Center comments.
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22 min
January 09, 2025 Trump, His 'Enemies List,' and the Next Four Years Federal Law Enforcement
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump said that his political rivals should be prosecuted. Now, his appointees will head the Justice Department and other federal law enforcement agencies. Clark Neily discusses the potential turnabout in the use of federal law enforcement’s coercive tactics.
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17 min
January 08, 2025 The Corporate Transparency Act Compels Americans to Incriminate Themselves
A little-noted federal law – currently on hold – dramatically expands government surveillance of millions of Americans by requiring tens of millions of businesses to collect and send specific data about the businesses' beneficiaries. Jennifer Schulp and Brent Skorup comment.
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12 min
January 06, 2025 Revisiting The Constitution of Liberty
Hayek's The Constitution of Liberty is worth revisiting in part because of its call for a liberalism that takes seriously the contributions of fields well beyond economics. Paul Meany explains why that's important.
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12 min
January 02, 2025 Common Law Liberalism: A New Theory of the Libertarian Society
John Hasnas says the common law has a lot to recommend it over lawmaker legislating. He makes his case in Common Law Liberalism: A New Theory of the Libertarian Society.
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22 min

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Every Tuesday on The Cato Weekly Podcast, leading scholars and policy analysts from the Cato Institute delve into the big ideas shaping our world: individual liberty, limited government, free…