Why is American health care so expensive and complicated? Michael F. Cannon argues that its roots can be traced back to a often forgotten feature of the federal tax code: a supposed tax break that actually mandates expensive, low-quality health insurance.

Rikki Schlott sits down with Cannon to unpack how the tax code reshaped our health care system, distorted labor and health care markets, and left workers with less control over how their own compensation is spent.

Read Michael's article "The Original Sin of US Health Policy": https://www.cato.org/study/original-sin-us-health-policy

Producer: Barbara Galletti

Editor: Darren Walker

Post Production: Sedona LaMarre

Director of Photography: Jonathan Fields

Audio Engineer: Cecil Sherman

Assistant Editor: Lester Romero

Assistant Producer: Elcid Demonteverde

Motion Graphics: Jonathan Fields

Original Music: Cecil Sherman

Executive Producer: Kristina Kendall

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Housing, healthcare, groceries, and the cost of living give us plenty to worry about. But how bad was life before modern conveniences transformed human life?

Paul Meany sits down with Chelsea Follett, author of The Grim Old Days: An Introduction to the Preindustrial Past, to explore what everyday life was really like before antibiotics, refrigeration, indoor plumbing, and modern sanitation. From romanticized visions of the past to the extraordinary improvements we often take for granted, they examine why understanding that history matters for how we see the world today.

Buy Chelsea's new book here: https://www.cato.org/books/grim-old-days

Producer: Barbara Galletti

Post Production: Sedona LaMarre

Audio Engineer: Cecil Sherman

Original Music: Cecil Sherman

Director of Photography: Darren Walker

Assistant Editors: Lester Romero and Shaneen Gevorgiz

Assistant Producer: Elcid Demonteverde

Motion Graphics: Jonathan Fields

Executive Producer: Kristina Kendall

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everything about the Trump administration’s oil deal with Venezuela is troubling: It was negotiated in secret, raises questions about its legality and transparency, and was made with Venezuela’s unelected interim government.

Ian Vasquez joins Laura Bondank-Harmon to explain why the agreement could undermine Venezuela’s democratic transition.

Read more of Ian's work here: https://www.cato.org/blog/everything-about-us-venezuela-oil-deal-troublesome

Producer: Barbara Galletti

Post Production: Sedona LaMarre

Audio Engineer: Cecil Sherman

Original Music: Cecil Sherman

Director of Photography: Darren Walker

Assistant Editor: Lester Romero

Motion Graphics: Jonathan Fields

Executive Producer: Kristina Kendall

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.