High-Stakes Intel

<p>"Golden shares” at home, grand bargains abroad. In this episode, Cato scholars weigh Trump’s push for equity stakes in U.S. firms under the CHIPS Act and his effort to strike a quick deal with Putin on Ukraine. What does state capitalism at home mean for American liberty—and can deal-making diplomacy abroad actually end the U.S. entanglement in Ukraine?</p><br /><p><br /></p><p>Scott Lincicome, “The government’s Intel stake is antithetical to American greatness”</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/24/trump-intel-government-marketplace/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/24/trump-intel-government-marketplace/</u></a></p><br /><p>Justin (and Dan Caldwell) on security guarantees:&nbsp;<a href="https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/26/if-ukraine-wants-security-guarantees-it-should-get-them-from-europe/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>https://thefederalist.com/2025/08/26/if-ukraine-wants-security-guarantees-it-should-get-them-from-europe/</u></a></p><br /><p>Ryan Bourne, “Trump’s cronyism is quietly unravelling American capitalism,”</p><p><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/us/business/article/trumps-cronyism-is-quietly-unravelling-american-capitalism-jxlwwf7dw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>https://www.thetimes.com/us/business/article/trumps-cronyism-is-quietly-unravelling-american-capitalism-jxlwwf7dw</u></a></p><br /><p>Ryan Bourne,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cato.org/commentary/industrial-policy-was-gateway-drug-cronyism" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Industrial Policy was the Gateway Drug to Cronyism</a></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>