Episodi

  • The Cure for the WHO

    The Cure for the WHO
    Apr 30 2026
    The United States has left the World Health Organization, but infectious disease remains one of the clearest cases for cross-border cooperation. Cato’s Ryan Bourne is joined by Roger Bate of the International Center for Law & Economics to discuss how the WHO suffered from damaging mission creep, why it failed so badly during Covid, and what a narrower, more accountable global health institution might look like.

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    47 min
  • Congress Is AWOL in America's Iran War

    Congress Is AWOL in America's Iran War
    Apr 28 2026
    The War Powers Resolution allows the president up to 60 days of defensive latitude in introducing U.S. forces into hostilities; it is not a blank check for open-ended war. Cato's Molly Nixon and Katherine Thompson examine what the law actually says, how Trump's strikes on Iran test its limits, and whether the looming 60-day deadline could force Congress to act.

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    55 min
  • Subsidize a Diagnosis, Get More Diagnoses

    Subsidize a Diagnosis, Get More Diagnoses
    Apr 23 2026
    Medicaid spending on autism therapy jumped from $300 million to $2 billion in just eight states over seven years. Cato's Ryan Bourne, Jeff Singer, and Adam Omary argue the cause isn't an epidemic; it's distorted incentives and a diagnostic manual that keeps expanding.

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    32 min
  • The Surveillance Program Congress Can't Quit

    The Surveillance Program Congress Can't Quit
    Apr 21 2026
    For 18 years, the NSA has collected Americans' communications under FISA Section 702 with no probable cause warrant required. Cato's Patrick Eddington and Maria Sofia break down the latest reauthorization fight and what genuine reform would look like.

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    25 min
  • How to Fix Washington's Affordability Crisis

    How to Fix Washington's Affordability Crisis
    Apr 16 2026
    Consumer prices are up 28% in six years and inflation is accelerating again. Cato's Ryan Bourne, Jai Kedia, Colin Grabow, and Stephen Slivinski unpack Cato's new Handbook on Affordability and the macroeconomic and supply-side reforms that could actually help.

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    39 min
  • Who Actually Pays Federal Taxes?

    Who Actually Pays Federal Taxes?
    Apr 14 2026
    The top 10% pays 60% of all federal taxes, the bottom 20% pays effectively nothing, and last year's tax cuts added new complexity. Cato's Chris Edwards and Adam Michel unpack the numbers and make the case for real reform.

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    24 min
  • Orbán's Hungary: Model or Cautionary Tale?

    Orbán's Hungary: Model or Cautionary Tale?
    Apr 9 2026

    Vice President JD Vance traveled to Hungary this week to campaign for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, hailing him as a defender of Western civilization. Cato's Ryan Bourne sits down with Johan Norberg to discuss Orbán’s actual record in government: weakened checks and balances, crony capitalism, and social policies that have fallen short of Orbán’s ambitions.


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    47 min
  • Birthright Citizenship on Trial

    Birthright Citizenship on Trial
    Apr 7 2026
    Trump's executive order challenges 150 years of birthright citizenship law, hinging on four words in the 14th Amendment. The Cato Institute's Tommy Berry, Dan Greenberg, and David Bier unpack the constitutional stakes and what the justices signaled at oral arguments.

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    49 min