Exploring the Labour manifesto's tax plans for high earners.
Cato Daily Podcast - A Misplaced Focus on Trump/Russia ‘Collusion’
If the new investigation turns up no specific and explicit collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, is that the end of the story? Julian Sanchez comments.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Trump Travels to Saudi Arabia
What do Trump and the Saudis have in common? Can Americans who oppose intervention hope for much out of this international trip? Emma Ashford comments.
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Pod Save America - Pod Save America Takes Los Angeles
Jon, Jon, Tommy, and Dan talk obstruction of justice and all the rest at the Ace Theater in Downtown LA. Plus Mayor Eric Garcetti joins to discuss the Democratic agenda and the lessons we can draw from success at the local level.
Cato Daily Podcast - Bill Nye and the Risks of Scientific Public Policy
Science-driven public policy has the potential to run roughshod over ethical considerations and important values. Trevor Burrus comments.
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Cato Daily Podcast - FCC’s Legal Authority and Net Neutrality
What should drive FCC policy regarding net neutrality? Berin Szoka of TechFreedom comments.
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Pod Save America - “Government by sucker punch.”
In the aftermath of Comey's firing, what can Democrats do to hold Trump accountable? The Vice Chair of the Intel Committee, Senator Mark Warner, joins Jon, Jon, and Tommy to discuss the latest on the investigation. Plus DeRay on Sessions, Snowden, and more.
Cato Daily Podcast - FCC to Vote on Net Neutrality and Title II Internet Regulation
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says the decision to roll back the 2015 internet regulations will mean greater infrastructure investment and better quality products.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Avoiding the Avoidable Conflicts with Iran
Hardliners in the U.S. regarding Iran may empower the Iranian hardliners regarding the U.S. Emma Ashford and Ben Friedman comment.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Nurses’ pay, Scottish seats, Penalty shootouts
What is happening to nurses pay?
Amid reports of nurses using food banks, Jeremy Hunt said he doesn?t recognise claims their wages are worth less now than in 2010. He says nurses are actually paid ?31,000 - more than the average person. If he?s right, why do so many nurses say they?re earning much less than that?
The Great Scottish Election Conspiracy
The reporting of the Scottish council elections has caused a bit of a stir. Did the SNP lose seven seats or gain six. The media including the BBC reported that they had lost seats, the many SNP supporters are sure that this isn?t a fair representation of their performance. This all hinges on how you look at the results last time around and how you account for the major boundary review that took place between elections. Tim tries to get to the bottom of what has happened with Professor David Denver from Lancaster University.
Penalty shootout maths
What do coffee, stew and nerve-biting football finales have in common? Maths whizz and football aficionado Rob Eastaway explains all. UEFA, European football?s governing body, is currently trialling a new system for penalty shootouts. But what is the maths behind the new system ? and could a century-old Scandinavian mathematical sequence offer a better approach?
Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Charlotte McDonald