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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Cato Daily Podcast - “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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Cato Daily Podcast - 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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Cato Daily Podcast - 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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Cato Daily Podcast - 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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Cato Daily Podcast - 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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Cato Daily Podcast - 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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Cato Daily Podcast - 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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Cato Daily Podcast - Wildfire Risks and Mitigation
Who controls currently federal lands can tell us quite a bit about how wildfire risks are likely to be managed. Hannah Down of the Property and Environment Research Center comments.
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Cato Daily Podcast - State Preemption, Zoning, and “Local” Control
What's the middle ground between local zoning tyrannies and state preemption? Mark Miller of the Pacific Legal Foundation discusses ways to expand housing production amid restrictionist local zoning.
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