{"podcast":{"title":"Cato Podcast","slug":"cato-podcast-7441736","podcast_index_feed_id":7441736,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5e28e0d8963f166217546493","website_url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/1751307571605-b8d32395-9136-4f7f-94cf-0fc594e3456d.jpeg","author":"Cato Institute","episode_count":4844,"summary":"Each week on Cato Podcast , leading scholars and policymakers from the Cato Institute delve into the big ideas shaping our world: individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Whether unpacking current events, debating civil liberties, exploring technological innovation, or tracing the history of classical liberal thought, we promise insightful analysis grounded in rigorous research and Cato’s signature libertarian perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T04:20:40.215838+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-7441736"},"episode":{"title":"Economics In One World Cup","slug":"economics-in-one-world-cup","published_at":"2026-06-11T09:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-7441736/economics-in-one-world-cup","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-7441736","url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/cato-podcast/economics-one-world-cup","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/e/6a29b150518f9f10eb972e8a/media.mp3","summary":"Ticket prices, scalpers, tourists, visas, turf, trade, and politics: the 2026 FIFA World Cup is a rich case study for economists. Cato’s Ryan Bourne talks with AEI’s Stan Veuger about why match prices are so high, why hosting the tournament rarely delivers an economic boom, how soccer became an exemplar of globalization, and what FIFA teaches us about the benefits and risks of global governance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Ticket prices, scalpers, tourists, visas, turf, trade, and politics: the 2026 FIFA World Cup is a rich case study for economists. Cato’s Ryan Bourne talks…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2685,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cato-podcast-7441736/episodes/economics-in-one-world-cup/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cato-podcast-7441736/economics-in-one-world-cup.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}