# Jeffrey Miron

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Child Labor Law Myths: Who's Really Being Protected?

We’ve been told child labor laws protect minors from wage exploitation, danger, and lost education — but what if that’s all a myth? This podcast dismantles the familiar narrative, exposing how modern labor restrictions serve special interests, not minors, by keeping teens away from safe, product ...

Ep. 88 - 10 Reasons to End the Drug War - Dr. Jeffrey Miron

Is drug prohibition doing more harm than good? In this episode, Harvard’s Dr. Jeffrey Miron explains the economic principles behind his long-standing opposition to criminalizing drugs, and offers thoughtful responses to 10 common objections. If the idea of legalizing heroin sounds outrageous, th ...

Jeffrey Miron, Jonathan Eig, LD Sledge

Director of Economic Policies at the Cato Institute Jeffrey Miron shares his libertarian perspective on the defunding of public broadcasting. American journalist and biographer Jonathan Eig talks his Pulitzer prize winning biography "King: A Life" and the recent files released regarding Dr. Mart ...

Offers You’d Better Not Refuse

Last week, President Trump ramped up pressure on two favorite targets: elite universities and Fed Chair Jerome Powell. In the “War on Woke U,” the administration landed a $50 million settlement from Brown—the third Ivy to cut a deal—and added Duke and UCLA to the hit list with new civil rights p ...

Offers You’d Better Not Refuse

Last week, President Trump ramped up pressure on two favorite targets: elite universities and Fed Chair Jerome Powell. In the “War on Woke U,” the administration landed a $50 million settlement from Brown—the third Ivy to cut a deal—and added Duke and UCLA to the hit list with new civil rights p ...

The Perverse Effects of Banning Flavored Vaping Products

Would a prohibition on flavored vaping products be a net-negative in reducing smoking-related illness? Jeffrey Miron discusses the apparent White House plan to ban flavors of vaping products. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shutdowns and Shadow Dockets

The federal government shuts down as the Supreme Court returns. Our panel looks at the Trump team’s plan to use the shutdown for mass layoffs —and previews a new Supreme Court term packed with big fights over tariffs, emergency powers, and the future of “independent” agencies. Romina Boccia, "Th ...

Shutdowns and Shadow Dockets

The federal government shuts down as the Supreme Court returns. Our panel looks at the Trump team’s plan to use the shutdown for mass layoffs —and previews a new Supreme Court term packed with big fights over tariffs, emergency powers, and the future of “independent” agencies. Romina Boccia, "Th ...

121: Are We Really a Capitalist Society? A Harvard Professor Explains.

When I was in high school, I remember taking my first political science course. That was the first time I learned the political meaning of conservative or liberal. Up to this point, I had viewed those words as synonymous with Republican or Democrat. Of course that wasn't quite the same thing. A ...

Should Taxpayers Pay for R&D? – with Jeffrey Miron and Aldo Musacchio

From the internet and GPS to vaccines and artificial intelligence, federal research funding has helped shape modern life, but should government still play such a large role in innovation? Jeffrey Miron, VP for Research at the Cato Institute and Economics Lecturer at Harvard, and Aldo Musacchio, ...