Author: Cato Institute

A special Thanksgiving Argument Edition of the Cato Daily Podcast. Duke University's Michael Munger discusses the bad choices of voters versus consumers and fears about the sharing economy.

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State legislators should learn how cops plan to use drones for surveillance. Connor Boyack of the Libertas Institute comments.

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A new fight over eminent domain is unfolding in Chicago. Hilary Gowins of the Illinois Policy Institute comments.

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Will sentencing reform and other fixes to our broken criminal justice system come soon? Molly Gill of Families Against Mandatory Minimums and Cato's Adam Bates discuss the prospects.

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Economist Robert Higgs discusses what he's learned over the years. His new book is Taking a Stand: Reflections on Life, Liberty, and the Economy.

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Do police unions protect bad cops? Are police unions a benefit to public safety? Derek M. Cohen of the Texas Public Policy Foundation comments.

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How would federal appeals court judge Alex Kozinski change the American criminal justice system?

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The latest book from Matt Ridley is The Evolution of Everything, where he discusses changes in faith, government, technology and our own minds.

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Programs designed to fight terrorism at home demand metrics to determine their effectiveness. All too often, these studies aren't conducted. John Mueller and Mark G. Stewart discuss their book, Chasing Ghosts.

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This is a sample of the Excursions podcast from Libertarianism.org. In this episode, George H. Smith discusses the marginal utility revolution in economic thought. This revolution provided the foundation for Ludwig von Mises's argument that rational economic calculation is impossible in a socialist economy.

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