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July 11, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - How the FDA Regulates (and Doesn’t Regulate) Supplements

The manner in which the FDA regulates supplements leaves much to be desired and leaves customers perhaps too trusting. So says Peter Van Doren.

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July 10, 2017

Pod Save America - “Propaganda, foreign and domestic.”

McConnell is down to a final few moves on health care. Don Jr. dissembles on yet another Trump campaign Russia meeting. Senator Al Franken stops by to talk about life in the Senate and his new book. And DeRay joins Jon, Jon, and Tommy to preview this week's Pod Save the People.

July 10, 2017

More or Less: Behind the Stats - Is Steph Curry cheap and how random is random?

Are top basketball players underpaid?

The American basketballer Stephen Curry has just signed the biggest contract in NBA history. The new deal will pay him $200 million over 5 years but amazingly, according to fellow superstar player Lebron James, he?s probably being underpaid. It may sound ridiculous but economists agree. How can this be true? We look at the economics of superstar sports salaries.

The mystery of Ryanair?s seat allocation

Ryanair carries more international passengers a year than any other airline. The European budget carrier is renowned for its low cost seats. If you want to guarantee seating next to people you book with, you have to pay extra. Otherwise, Ryanair says it will allocate seats randomly. We speak to statistician Dr Jennifer Rogers from the University of Oxford about her doubts over the ?random? nature of the seat allocation.

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July 10, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - Stepping Back from the Failed War on Terror

What price did the U.S. pay for a massive decade-long (and still ongoing) war on terrorism? Was it worth it? Trevor Thrall makes his case in his new report, "Step Back: Lessons for U.S. Foreign Policy from the Failed War on Terror."

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July 8, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - Restarting Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)

Modernizing the military means closing extraneous bases. Christopher A. Preble discusses an effort to get that process started.

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July 7, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - Democracy in Chains versus Public Choice

The new book Democracy in Chains paints Nobel Laureate and Cato Distinguished Senior Fellow James Buchanan as the scholar who would help bring down democracy using the methods of public choice. Michael Munger of Duke University comments.

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July 6, 2017

Cato Daily Podcast - Overreaction Works in North Korea’s Favor

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un tested missiles on July 4th. Doug Bandow discusses what ought to be next steps for the United States.

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July 6, 2017

Pod Save America - “Making redistricting sexy again.”

Trump holds a press conference in Warsaw in advance of the G20 conference, where he'll meet face-to-face with Vladimir Putin and talk to the leaders of Japan and South Korea about the nuclear crisis in North Korea. Then Jon and Dan talk to former Attorney General Eric Holder about his redistricting efforts, and Ana Marie Cox joins to discuss CNN vs. Trump.