{"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":"Inequality: American Buy, Borrow, and Die vs. Scandinavian Wage Compression","slug":"inequality-american-buy-borrow-and-die-vs-scandinavian-wage-compression","published_at":"2025-08-14T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409/inequality-american-buy-borrow-and-die-vs-scandinavian-wage-compression","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409","url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/inequality-american-buy-borrow-die-vs-scandinavian-wage","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/643947a1309d10001195d3e7/e/689dc83bb9b9dae0c7e276eb/media.mp3","summary":"Wealthy 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 taxes some years. But, as Peter and Paul discuss, it turns out that the strategy might work differently than researchers used to think.  Then, in the second half of the show, they discuss a surprising finding about income equality in Scandanavia, which isn’t a product of any of popular progressive redistribution policies like welfare benefits or parental leave. Rather, it’s because of significant wage compression and reduced income for highly educated workers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Wealthy 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 a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2125,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unintended-consequences-6333409/episodes/inequality-american-buy-borrow-and-die-vs-scandinavian-wage-compression/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/inequality-american-buy-borrow-and-die-vs-scandinavian-wage-compression.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}