{"podcast":{"title":"Unintended Consequences","slug":"unintended-consequences-6333409","podcast_index_feed_id":6333409,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/643947a1309d10001195d3e7","website_url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/643947a1309d10001195d3e7/1681475504523-083b877548b3ed611071f22874011b4a.jpeg","author":"Cato Institute","episode_count":26,"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T22:20:33.611819+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409"},"episode":{"title":"Delaware vs Elon Musk, a Corporate Law Showdown","slug":"delaware-vs-elon-musk-a-corporate-law-showdown","published_at":"2026-07-23T10:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409/delaware-vs-elon-musk-a-corporate-law-showdown","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409","url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/delaware-vs-elon-musk-corporate-law-showdown","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/643947a1309d10001195d3e7/e/6a5fb875d6167effff340a7c/media.mp3","summary":"There 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 corporate law is one of them, so powerful that, thus far at least, even the wealthiest man in the world, Elon Musk, has found his Tesla compensation contract stymied. In this episode, Paul and Peter discuss the Regulation Magazine cover article “The Coming Privatization of Corporate Law” by Dorothy Lund and Eric Talley, and their surprising prediction about the future of corporate law. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"There are structures and institutions that shape our lives in significant ways and yet are almost entirely hidden from our attention. Delaware’s overwhelm…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1872,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unintended-consequences-6333409/episodes/delaware-vs-elon-musk-a-corporate-law-showdown/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409/delaware-vs-elon-musk-a-corporate-law-showdown.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}