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Cato Daily Podcast - Congress Wants to Subsidize (Some) Americans’ Savings
What's in the EARN Act, legislation nominally aimed at boosting Americans' savings? Romina Boccia explains.
Curious City - Dunning Asylum A ‘Tomb For The Living’
For a long time, Chicagoans were scared of Dunning. The very name “Dunning” gave them chills. People were afraid they would end up in that place. Today, the Chicago neighborhood, out on the city’s Far Northwest Side, looks like a middle-class suburb. You’d never know there was once an asylum there. On this episode we revisit the history of the Cook County Infirmary, later known as Chicago State Hospital but to most, simply “Dunning.”
Cato Daily Podcast - California Ponders Punishing Doctors Sharing COVID ‘Misinformation’
Will California move to prevent doctors from sharing information with patients that the state deems "COVID misinformation"? Cato's Jeff Singer discusses the likely consequences.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Falling pound, the Queen?s funeral and is 0.5 on the Richter scale a big number?
The value of the pound against other currencies has been incredibly volatile ever since the Chancellor?s ?mini-budget?. We ask how much we should worry and look at how much taxes will really fall. Also did 4.1 billion people really watch the Queen?s funeral? Gas prices are falling ? so why aren?t energy bills? There are early signs that new covid variants could cause another spike in cases over the winter. And with the government lifting a moratorium on fracking, we ask how seismic a number the current limit of 0.5 on the Richter scale actually is.
Presenter: Tim Harford Series Producer: Jon Bithrey Reporters: Charlotte McDonald, Nathan Gower Production Coordinator: Jacqui Johnson Sound Engineer: James Beard
Cato Daily Podcast - Will Banning Congressional Stock Trading Achieve Anything?
Transparency is the best way to curb members of Congress who might wish to use their positions to enrich themselves, according to Jennifer Schulp. She argues that a ban on stock trading probably won't achieve that much tangible benefit.
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Cato Daily Podcast - The Vaccine Mandate Cases in Retrospect
The vaccine mandate cases handled by the Supreme Court earlier this year deserve discussion for their implications for emergency powers going forward. Ilya Somin parsed the cases at Cato's Constitution Day event.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Ukraine?s progress in numbers
Ukraine has reportedly recaptured nearly 10,000 square kilometres of territory that had been occupied by Russia. We ask where the numbers come from and what they mean. Plus with Norway supplanting Russia to become Europe?s biggest supplier of natural gas, we ask how much money the country is making from the increased demand and higher prices.
Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Jon Bithrey Editor: Richard Vadon Production Coordinator: Jacqui Johnson Sound Engineer: Neil Churchill
Cato Daily Podcast - Another Take on West Virginia v. EPA
While reining in the administrative state is a worthy goal, Jonathan Adler is not impressed with the reasoning and doctrine of West Virginia v. EPA. He spoke at the Cato Institute's Constitution Day festivities.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Ukraine offensive, weak pound & how much do women really exercise
Ukraine has reportedly recaptured nearly 10,000 square kilometres of territory that had been occupied by Russia. We ask where the numbers come from, what they mean and why everyone is comparing them to the size of Greater London. We ask how much money Norway is making out of the current energy crisis. Also why is the pound so weak against the dollar, some odd claims about women and exercise and does it really take 20,000 uses for an organic cotton bag to become more environmentally friendly than a plastic bag?
Presenter: Tim Harford Series producer: Jon Bithrey Reporters: Charlotte McDonald, Nathan Gower Production Coordinator: Jacqui Johnson Editor: Richard Vadon
Curious City - How So Many Chicago Bars Got Old Style Signs
You’ve likely seen these signs hanging outside bars in Chicago. Pale yellow, almost white with the red-white-and-blue Old Style logo in thebig top square with a bottom partition that reads “Bottles and Cans,” “Cold Beer,” “Cerveza Fria” or even “Package Liquor”. Well there’s a reason so many of those signs still light up Chicago bars. Reporter John Fecile uncovers this mystery in this week’s episode.