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Cato Daily Podcast - Income Taxes Are Scheduled to Go Up in 2026
Income taxes are on pace to increase on virtually all Americans in 2026. Cato's Adam Michel has some reforms in mind.
Cato Daily Podcast - What Has the US Promised to Taiwan?
It's been 45 years since the US made certain promises to Taiwan in the form of the Taiwan Relations Act, so what exactly has the US committed to provide? Eric Gomez discusses the strategic ambiguity of those American promises.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Measuring the Relationships between Human Freedom and Prosperity
Human freedom and prosperity go together, but what does that look like specifically? Cato adjunct John Early explains.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Inflated Revenue Claims in Pursuit of a Wealth Tax
Would a tax on unrealized income produce big dividends for Americans? Economic historian Phil Magness says the predicted revenues wouldn't materialize.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Reevaluating the US/Israel Relationship
The US continues to provide Israel with roughly $3.8 billion annually in addition to other arms deals and security benefits. What exactly the United States gets in return for this relationship remains unclear. Jon Hoffman explains.
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Cato Daily Podcast - A Reform Agenda for the Securities and Exchange Commission
There are several ways the Securities and Exchange Commission could be reformed to make the agency more welcoming to regulatory comments, align its actions with statutory authority, and follow proper administrative procedures. Jennifer Schulp explains.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Does the Great Realignment Make More Room for Libertarian Ideas?
Amid the shifting ideological commitments among the voting public, how welcoming will voters be toward more liberty-friendly ideas? Stephanie Slade of Reason comments.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Ensuring Election Speed, Efficiency, and Security
Separating credible election reforms from those born of conspiracy theories is a valuable task, especially when some current proposed reforms threaten to make elections slower, less efficient, and less secure. Walter Olson provides details.
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Cato Daily Podcast - The High Cost of Mandatory Parking
If markets demand parking, it will largely be provided. In so many cases, however, it's governments setting the rules for how much parking must be provided for new housing or commercial ventures. Requiring all that parking raises costs and make lots of unique development unaffordable. Author M. Nolan Gray explains why markets are generally far better at setting the right mix.
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Cato Daily Podcast - There Is No Such Thing as a Wage-Price Spiral
The wage-price spiral is a popular explanation for why a temporary inflation might persist or even accelerate. Economist Bryan Cutsinger says the wage-price spiral narrative is unsupported by the empirical evidence.
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