Unintended Consequences
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Unintended Consequences is the podcast of Regulation magazine, produced by the Cato Institute. Hosted by Peter Van Doren and Paul Matzko, the show explores how government interventions can have surprising—and often negative—consequences. Drawing from Regulation's in-depth policy analysis and cover stories, each episode unpacks the gap between policymakers’ intentions and the real-world outcomes that follow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- The Surprising Story Behind America’s Falling Carbon Emissions · 24 min. · Episode 29U.S. carbon emissions have fallen dramatically since their peak in the late 2000s. What explains the decline? In this episode of Unintended Consequences from the Cato Institute…
- Abundance, Yes, But in What? · 32 min. · Episode 28Abundance is a tempting goal as Americans face shortages of housing and rising energy prices. But there are government regulations and interest groups that fight efforts to build…
- Rent Control: Mayor Mamdani Backs an Old, Bad Idea · 29 min. · Episode 27Rent control is a tempting solution to a very real problem, the lack of quality, affordable housing in tightly regulated municipalities. But controlling prices leads to…
- Delaware vs Elon Musk, a Corporate Law Showdown · 31 min. · Episode 26There are structures and institutions that shape our lives in significant ways and yet are almost entirely hidden from our attention. Delaware’s overwhelming dominance in…
- Carbon Tax vs. Green Subsidies · 20 min. · Episode 25There’s an ongoing debate among economists about the most effective policy for incentivizing a reduction in carbon emissions. It’s essentially Team Carbon Tax vs Team Green New…
- Just Follow the Science? · 39 min. · Episode 24During the covid pandemic, it became popular for folks to say “just follow the science” when it came to making decisions about medical treatment and public health. But in this…
- The FCC Chairman Should Not Be a Minister of Truth · 28 min. · Episode 23The Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission threatened to not renew licenses for broadcasters that were too negative in their coverage of the US-Iran War. But this…
- Swiss Cheese Contracts Are Melting Down · 21 min. · Episode 22Handling corporate debt has long been a standardized process, but something strange has been happening with contract law in recent years. These loan agreements are like the oil…
- The Perplexing Puzzle of the Social Cost of Carbon · 33 min. · Episode 21Economists use something called the “social cost of carbon” to estimate the future physical and economic damages caused by climate change. Yet the final dollar cost assigned to…
- Was Milton Friedman Wrong about the Minimum Wage? · 29 min. · Episode 20As Milton Friedman thought that the weight of careful research about the negative effects of the minimum wage would lead to an overwhelming consensus among economists and…
- “Make New York Like Houston?”: Housing and Induced Demand · 24 min. · Episode 19You might’ve heard that building more roads to reduce traffic doesn’t really work because of induced demand, the way in which building new infrastructure simultaneously creates…
- A Nuclear Renaissance? · 33 min. · Episode 18Four decades ago, America stopped building new nuclear power plants. Some economists have even linked that decision to the era of lost economic growth known as the “Great…
- A Food Fight at the Bureau of Labor Statistics · 31 min. · Episode 17President Trump recently fired the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), claiming that the downward revision of employment numbers was evidence of some kind of…
- There’s Nothing Standard about Standard Oil: Lessons for Modern Antitrusters · 33 min. · Episode 16The standard, classroom story about the history of antitrust starts with crusading progressive activists breaking up the Standard Oil trust in 1911 to save consumers from…
- Inequality: American Buy, Borrow, and Die vs. Scandinavian Wage Compression · 35 min. · Episode 15Wealthy Americans are able to avoid taxes through an accounting strategy known as “buy, borrow, and die.” It’s why Donald Trump is able to pay as little as $0 in federal income…
- Is Public Funding Actually Bad for Public Media? · 32 min. · Episode 14The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which subsidizes National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, received half a billion dollars from the federal government…
- Is YouTube Good or Bad? The Perils and Promise of ‘Free’ Information · 31 min. · Episode 13Every minute, over 500 hours of content are uploaded to YouTube. Some of those videos likely infringe on existing intellectual property rights. In his Regulation cover article…
- PM2.5 and Decentralizing Pollution Standards · 27 min. · Episode 12One of the hottest debated topics in environmental pollution policy is PM2.5, particulate matter that is so small it can bypass your respiratory system’s filters and enter your…
- Trade Policy as an Act of Self-Immolation · 28 min. · Episode 11On April 2, 2025, President Trump announced the largest tariffs in more than a century, sparking a stockmarket crash and heightening fears of a potential recession. It shouldn’t…
- Congestion Pricing and VMT Taxes · 27 min. · Episode 10New York City’s congestion pricing policy is meant to reduce traffic in Manhattan and to raise money for public transit. But it’s attracted the ire of many, including President…
