Podcast

Unintended Consequences

Author: Cato Institute
Feed episode count: 26
Official site: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences
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Summary

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.

Episodes

Jul 23, 2026 · not_requested

Delaware vs Elon Musk, a Corporate Law Showdown

Duration seconds: 1872
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/delaware-vs-elon-musk-corporate-law-showdown

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Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested

Carbon Tax vs. Green Subsidies

Duration seconds: 1200
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/carbon-tax-vs-green-subsidies

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May 14, 2026 · not_requested

Just Follow the Science?

Duration seconds: 2342
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/just-follow-science

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Apr 9, 2026 · not_requested

The FCC Chairman Should Not Be a Minister of Truth

Duration seconds: 1700
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/fcc-chairman-should-not-be-minister-truth

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Mar 12, 2026 · not_requested

Swiss Cheese Contracts Are Melting Down

Duration seconds: 1255
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/swiss-cheese-contracts-are-melting-down

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Feb 19, 2026 · not_requested

The Perplexing Puzzle of the Social Cost of Carbon

Duration seconds: 1976
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/perplexing-puzzle-social-cost-carbon

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Jan 15, 2026 · not_requested

Was Milton Friedman Wrong about the Minimum Wage?

Duration seconds: 1756
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/was-milton-friedman-wrong-about-minimum-wage

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Dec 11, 2025 · not_requested

“Make New York Like Houston?”: Housing and Induced Demand

Duration seconds: 1466
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/make-new-york-houston-housing-induced-demand

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Nov 13, 2025 · not_requested

A Nuclear Renaissance?

Duration seconds: 1978
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/nuclear-renaissance

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Oct 9, 2025 · not_requested

A Food Fight at the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Duration seconds: 1877
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/food-fight-bureau-labor-statistics

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Sep 11, 2025 · not_requested

There’s Nothing Standard about Standard Oil: Lessons for Modern Antitrusters

Duration seconds: 1986
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/theres-nothing-standard-about-standard-oil-lessons-modern

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Aug 14, 2025 · not_requested

Inequality: American Buy, Borrow, and Die vs. Scandinavian Wage Compression

Duration seconds: 2125
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/inequality-american-buy-borrow-die-vs-scandinavian-wage

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Jul 11, 2025 · not_requested

Is Public Funding Actually Bad for Public Media?

Duration seconds: 1917
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/public-funding-actually-bad-public-media

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Jun 12, 2025 · not_requested

Is YouTube Good or Bad? The Perils and Promise of ‘Free’ Information

Duration seconds: 1874
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/youtube-good-or-bad-perils-promise-free-information

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May 8, 2025 · not_requested

PM2.5 and Decentralizing Pollution Standards

Duration seconds: 1641
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/pm25-decentralizing-pollution-standards

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Apr 17, 2025 · not_requested

Trade Policy as an Act of Self-Immolation

Duration seconds: 1653
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/trade-policy-act-self-immolation

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Mar 13, 2025 · not_requested

Congestion Pricing and VMT Taxes

Duration seconds: 1634
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/congestion-pricing-vmt-taxes

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Feb 13, 2025 · not_requested

Who Builds the Building Code?

Duration seconds: 1598
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/who-builds-building-code

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Jan 15, 2025 · not_requested

Jimmy Carter, the Great Deregulator

Duration seconds: 1586
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/jimmy-carter-great-deregulator

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Oct 14, 2024 · not_requested

A Politics of Nostalgia: Economic Policy Under Biden and Trump

Duration seconds: 3427
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/politics-nostalgia-economic-policy-under-biden-trump

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Aug 12, 2024 · not_requested

Regulatory Expectations Get a Reality Check: Boeing, Chevron, and Antitrust

Duration seconds: 3700
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/regulatory-expectations-get-reality-check-boeing-chevron

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Apr 15, 2024 · not_requested

Should You Have the Right To Repair Your John Deere Tractor?

Duration seconds: 3788
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/should-you-have-right-repair-john-deere-tractor-upzoning-right

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Feb 14, 2024 · not_requested

Starter Homes, Electric Vehicles, and Poverty

Duration seconds: 3993
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/starter-homes-electric-vehicles-poverty

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Oct 10, 2023 · not_requested

Whiskey, Electricity, and Antitrust

Duration seconds: 3900
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/whiskey-electricity-antitrust

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Jul 24, 2023 · not_requested

Enforcing Smart Water Management Policies and Encouraging Bureaucratic Neutrality is Harder Than You Might Imagine

Duration seconds: 3834
Source: https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/enforcing-smart-water-management-policies-encouraging

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