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Cato Event Podcast

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Podcast of policy and book forums, Capitol Hill briefings and other events from the Cato Institute

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Welcome to Washington: Make the Most of Your Internship

Each year, thousands of young professionals descend on D.C. hoping to land their dream jobs. With so much competition among young job seekers, how can you stand out from the rest of the pack? Make the most of your internship, network with peers, and learn from a panel of D.C. insiders. Speakers will offer advice and discuss their paths to professional success. They will highlight how to leverage your talent, gain influence, and start your career. Reception to follow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Sep 21, 2016•1 hr 14 min

John B. Taylor's Keynote Address - Monetary Rules for a Post-Crisis World

On September 7, 2016, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives teamed up to host a distinguished group of scholars to explore pressing questions about monetary policy rules. This video features the keynote address from John B.Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution. More information on the "Monetary Rules for...

Sep 19, 2016•43 min

15th Annual Constitution Day - Panel III: Criminalizing Property

From the 15th Annual Constitution Day Cato’s Constitution Day Symposium is a comprehensive critique of the Supreme Court’s just-concluded term, plus a look at the term ahead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 15, 2016•1 hr 14 min

Socialism and Human Nature

Socialist experiments have failed no matter when and where they have been tried. Instead of tranquility and prosperity, they have resulted in strife and impoverishment. Yet socialism keeps on reappearing — albeit in different guises — throughout the world. From Venezuela since the early 2000s to the strong support for Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign on American college campuses today, socialism continues to enjoy a surprising degree of popularity. What accounts for that? Are socialist ins...

Sep 14, 2016•1 hr 27 min

Brazillionaires: Wealth, Power, Decadence, and Hope in an American Country

Brazil is a country where spectacular displays of wealth coexist with barefaced poverty, making it one of the most unequal nations in the Americas. In 2010 Alex Cuadros was hired by Bloomberg News to report on the rise of Brazilian billionaires, an elite group whose growing riches mirrored the ascendancy of their country as a global economic powerhouse. Cuadros will explain how many of these fortunes were made thanks to influence peddling and whether the recent well-publicized corruption scandal...

Sep 14, 2016•1 hr 19 min

Restarting Health Reform with Health Savings Accounts

The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains unpopular. A continuing exodus of insurers has left consumers with fewer choices and higher prices, while fueling speculation about the collapse of the dwindling number of health insurance exchanges. Reports indicate one third of counties, one sixth of enrollees, and seven entire states will have only one carrier in the Exchange. At the same time, critics have yet to coalesce around an alternative to the ACA. A promising bicameral bi...

Sep 14, 2016•45 min

Fall Fables and Fallacies: The Truth about Income Inequality

Over the past several years economic inequality has risen to the forefront of American political consciousness. Politicians, pundits, and academics paint a picture of a new Gilded Age in which a hereditary American gentry becomes ever richer, while the vast majority of Americans toil away in near-Dickensian poverty. Paul Krugman put it this way: “Describing our current era as a new Gilded Age or Belle Époque isn’t hyperbole; it’s the simple truth.” But is inequality as bad as portrayed? And, if ...

Sep 09, 2016•32 min

Immigration Economics: Panel 5: How Immigration Affects Political and Economic Institutions and Closing Remarks

Immigration is one of the most controversial public policy topics today. On one hand, tens of millions of immigrants and their children are assimilating and integrating into American economic life. On the other, concerns about immigrants and how they will affect the economic future of Americans and our nation as a whole is one of the best predictors of support for Donald Trump, the 2016 Republican Presidential candidate. Unfortunately, many of those concerns are fueled by misunderstanding the ef...

Sep 02, 2016•1 hr 33 min

Immigration Economics: Panel 4: Entrepreneurship

Immigration is one of the most controversial public policy topics today. On one hand, tens of millions of immigrants and their children are assimilating and integrating into American economic life. On the other, concerns about immigrants and how they will affect the economic future of Americans and our nation as a whole is one of the best predictors of support for Donald Trump, the 2016 Republican Presidential candidate. Unfortunately, many of those concerns are fueled by misunderstanding the ef...

Sep 02, 2016•58 min

Immigration Economics: Panel 3: Immigration and Real Estate

Immigration is one of the most controversial public policy topics today. On one hand, tens of millions of immigrants and their children are assimilating and integrating into American economic life. On the other, concerns about immigrants and how they will affect the economic future of Americans and our nation as a whole is one of the best predictors of support for Donald Trump, the 2016 Republican Presidential candidate. Unfortunately, many of those concerns are fueled by misunderstanding the ef...

Sep 02, 2016•1 hr 7 min

Immigration Economics: Panel 2: Illegal Immigration

Immigration is one of the most controversial public policy topics today. On one hand, tens of millions of immigrants and their children are assimilating and integrating into American economic life. On the other, concerns about immigrants and how they will affect the economic future of Americans and our nation as a whole is one of the best predictors of support for Donald Trump, the 2016 Republican Presidential candidate. Unfortunately, many of those concerns are fueled by misunderstanding the ef...

Sep 02, 2016•1 hr 6 min

#CatoDigital — The Games That Shall Not Be Named: When 21st Century Media Meets 20th Century Copyright Ideals

A well-timed gif immortalizing U.S. gymnast McKayla Maroney’s stunning acrobatics in the women’s vault final of the artistic gymnastics event set the overall tone of the 2012 London Olympics and has no doubt been watched far more times, by far more people, than the live event ever was. When McKayla was awarded the silver medal for her efforts, the world was at least as unimpressed as she was, with the face she made on the winner’s podium quickly becoming one of the most recognizable and long-las...

Aug 24, 2016•1 hr 2 min

American Umpire

Since the end of World War II, the United States has played a unique role in the world. It defended war-ravaged nations, enabling them to rebuild, and led a global coalition during the Cold War. Today it continues to provide security for other nations against a number of threats, from a rising China to non-state actors such as ISIS and al Qaeda. Washington also tries to adjudicate disputes, much as a baseball umpire ensures that the players obey the rules of the game. The United States and the r...

Aug 23, 2016•44 min

Welfare Reform Turns 20: Looking Back, Going Forward: Panel 2: Where Do We Go from Here?

Welfare reform was not just one of the most important legislative achievements of its era, it continues to serve as the starting point for discussions of poverty and inequality today. The conference will look back at the goals of welfare reform and whether or not it has achieved them, as well as looking forward to next steps. We hope to answer such questions as the following: Did welfare reform achieve its goal of moving people from welfare to work? Did welfare reform improve economic self-suffi...

Aug 22, 2016•1 hr 44 min

Panel 1: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: Success, Failure, or Incomplete?

Welfare reform was not just one of the most important legislative achievements of its era, it continues to serve as the starting point for discussions of poverty and inequality today. The conference will look back at the goals of welfare reform and whether or not it has achieved them, as well as looking forward to next steps. We hope to answer such questions as the following: Did welfare reform achieve its goal of moving people from welfare to work? Did welfare reform improve economic self-suffi...

Aug 22, 2016•1 hr 14 min

Welfare Reform Turns 20: Looking Back, Going Forward: Opening Remarks

Welfare reform was not just one of the most important legislative achievements of its era, it continues to serve as the starting point for discussions of poverty and inequality today. The conference will look back at the goals of welfare reform and whether or not it has achieved them, as well as looking forward to next steps. We hope to answer such questions as the following: Did welfare reform achieve its goal of moving people from welfare to work? Did welfare reform improve economic self-suffi...

Aug 22, 2016•25 min

Cato University 2016: The Economics of Cooperation and Coercions

From Cato University 2016: Summer Seminar on Political Economy The Cato Institute’s premier educational event, this annual program brings together outstanding faculty and participants from across the country and, often, from around the globe in order to examine the roots of our commitment to liberty and limited government, and explore the ideas and values on which the American republic was founded. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Aug 08, 2016•1 hr 15 min

The World According to Star Wars

The mythology at the heart of the Star Wars motion pictures has become a powerful common language for talking about not just good versus evil, fathers and sons, and destiny and choice, but also foundational political ideas like the role of government, the nature of power, the decay of institutions, and the need for and permissibility of rebellion and revolution. In The World According to Star Wars , legal scholar Cass R. Sunstein offers insights on theses topics and more, showing how and why Sta...

Aug 01, 2016•1 hr 27 min

Cato University 2016: A Libertarian History of the World (Through a New Lens)

From Cato University 2016: Summer Seminar on Political Economy The Cato Institute’s premier educational event, this annual program brings together outstanding faculty and participants from across the country and, often, from around the globe in order to examine the roots of our commitment to liberty and limited government, and explore the ideas and values on which the American republic was founded. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 28, 2016•59 min

Cato University 2016: Cato Scholars Panel

From Cato University 2016: Summer Seminar on Political Economy The Cato Institute’s premier educational event, this annual program brings together outstanding faculty and participants from across the country and, often, from around the globe in order to examine the roots of our commitment to liberty and limited government, and explore the ideas and values on which the American republic was founded. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 28, 2016•1 hr 1 min

Cato University 2016: The Modesty of Libertarianism

From Cato University 2016: Summer Seminar on Political Economy The Cato Institute’s premier educational event, this annual program brings together outstanding faculty and participants from across the country and, often, from around the globe in order to examine the roots of our commitment to liberty and limited government, and explore the ideas and values on which the American republic was founded. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 28, 2016•1 hr 15 min

Cato University 2016: Economics of Health Care and Health Insurance

From Cato University 2016: Summer Seminar on Political Economy The Cato Institute’s premier educational event, this annual program brings together outstanding faculty and participants from across the country and, often, from around the globe in order to examine the roots of our commitment to liberty and limited government, and explore the ideas and values on which the American republic was founded. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 28, 2016•1 hr 15 min

Cato University 2016: The American Ordeal of Slavery

From Cato University 2016: Summer Seminar on Political Economy The Cato Institute’s premier educational event, this annual program brings together outstanding faculty and participants from across the country and, often, from around the globe in order to examine the roots of our commitment to liberty and limited government, and explore the ideas and values on which the American republic was founded. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 28, 2016•1 hr 14 min

Cato University 2016: A Foreign Policy for a Constitutional Republic

From Cato University 2016: Summer Seminar on Political Economy The Cato Institute’s premier educational event, this annual program brings together outstanding faculty and participants from across the country and, often, from around the globe in order to examine the roots of our commitment to liberty and limited government, and explore the ideas and values on which the American republic was founded. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 28, 2016•1 hr 16 min

Cato University 2016: Capitalism, Insiders, and the Rise and Fall of Elites

From Cato University 2016: Summer Seminar on Political Economy The Cato Institute’s premier educational event, this annual program brings together outstanding faculty and participants from across the country and, often, from around the globe in order to examine the roots of our commitment to liberty and limited government, and explore the ideas and values on which the American republic was founded. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Jul 27, 2016•1 hr 2 min
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