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April 24, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Smoot-Hawley 81 Years Later
Caleb O. Brown hosted the Cato Daily Podcast for nearly 18 years, producing well over 4000 episodes. He has gone on to head Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute. This is one among the best episodes produced in his tenure, selected by the host and listeners.
Featuring Douglas Irwin and Caleb O. Brown
April 23, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: Asserting Liberty and the Power of ‘No’
Caleb O. Brown hosted the Cato Daily Podcast for nearly 18 years, producing well over 4000 episodes. He has gone on to head Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute. This is one among the best episodes produced in his tenure, selected by the host and listeners.In the long history of the ebb and flow of liberty, some examples stand out. Jim Otteson of Wake Forest University offered a few of those examples at Cato Club 200.
Featuring James R. Otteson and Caleb O. Brown
April 22, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Caleb O. Brown Bids Farewell to the Cato Daily Podcast
Caleb O. Brown has hosted the Cato Daily Podcast since 2007, CatoAudio since 2008, and all told has created several thousand interviews, videos, and other pieces for the Cato Institute. On his final episode, he is interviewed by Cato’s Deirdre McCloskey about the art of the interview and his pending move to head Kentucky’s Bluegrass Institute.
Featuring Deirdre N. McCloskey and Caleb O. Brown
April 21, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Threats to Migrants’ Speech Threaten Americans’ Speech
It should come as no surprise to learn that when some people in the US are targeted for their speech, it does no service to your right to speak freely. David Bier and Tommy Berry explain why immigration crackdowns triggered by speech are so dangerous.
Featuring David J. Bier, Thomas A. Berry, and Caleb O. Brown
April 18, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Court Orders and Administration Responses on Illegal Deportations
El Salvador is receiving prisoners snatched by the US federal government. The Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of one prisoner. Ilya Somin details some of the more troubling aspects of this struggle. We spoke April 11, 2025.
Featuring Ilya Somin and Caleb O. Brown
April 17, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Meta on Trial
Meta’s trial for alleged monopolistic practices could change how mergers get done and if they get done. Cato’s Jennifer Huddleston and CEI’s Alex Reinauer comment.
Featuring Jennifer Huddleston, Alex Reinauer, and Caleb O. Brown
April 16, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

A Lawsuit to End ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs
The so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs use emergency powers from a statute that makes no mention of tariffs. Ilya Somin explains why that’s one reason the tariffs are on shaky legal/constitutional ground and why a new lawsuit is challenging them.
Featuring Ilya Somin and Caleb O. Brown
April 15, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

End Federal Withholding to Clarify What Government Takes
Federal withholding may among the most insidious of government policies. It hides the full scale of what government takes from us, and makes you feel like you’re getting a bonus when you get your own money back. Cato’s Adam Michel makes the case.
Featuring Adam N. Michel and Caleb O. Brown
April 14, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Taxpayers Like Their Special Handouts, Dislike Yours
Cato’s Adam Michel ran a bracket of the worst offenders among “tax expenditures,” or special benefits for some taxpayers. Turns out people like their own tax benefits and dislike the ones that benefit someone else.
Featuring Adam N. Michel and Caleb O. Brown
April 11, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Free Trade Didn’t Kill the Middle Class
The case for tariffs hinges critically on a misunderstanding of the relevant data. Contrary to the claims from the President and Vice President, free trade has substantially enriched most Americans. Cato’s Norbert Michel counters the false rhetoric.
Featuring Norbert Michel and Caleb O. Brown
April 10, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Bad Arguments for Terrible Tariffs
The arguments for tariffs lack the kind of useful perspective provided by a basic economics course. Cato’s Colin Grabow picks them apart.
Featuring Colin Grabow and Caleb O. Brown
April 9, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Governments That Pursue Tariffs Are Terrible Role Models
The tariff policies dubiously adopted by President Trump have echoes of previous authoritarian governments. Ian Vasquez explains.
Featuring Ian Vásquez and Caleb O. Brown
April 8, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

The ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Aren’t Reciprocal and Other Reasons They Don’t Make Sense
There are several errors, misconceptions, and confusing assumptions that went into the creation of Donald Trump’s new wealth-destroying tariff regime. Scott Lincicome explains a few of them.
Featuring Scott Lincicome and Caleb O. Brown
April 7, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Don’t Ask the Fed to Fix Bad Trade Policy
The Federal Reserve can blunt the impact of a good deal of politically driven economic mischief. What about the new punitive tariff regime from the President? Jai Kedia suggests that you not get your hopes up.
Featuring Jai Kedia and Caleb O. Brown
April 4, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley Through Eisenhower
With respect to the substantial federal power to repress and surveil Americans, how did we get here? Patrick Eddington provides the first part of the story in The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley Through Eisenhower.
Featuring Patrick G. Eddington and Caleb O. Brown