President Trump’s new “Compact with Academia” aims to reshape higher ed using the leverage of federal funds. Our panel unpacks the constitutional risks of Washington’s latest salvo in the campus culture wars. Plus,&nbsp;shutdown week two: will the administration deliver on federal job cuts or is it Grim Reaper cosplay?&nbsp;Featuring:Ryan Bourne, Gene Healy, Neal McCluskey and Adam Michel&nbsp;Neal McCluskey, "<a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/higher-ed-compact-more-same-worse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Higher Ed Compact Is More of the Same, Worse</a>," Cato at Liberty blog, October 7, 2025.Adam Michel, "<a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/six-reasons-not-extend-enhanced-obamacare-subsidies" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Six Reasons to Not Extend the Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies</a>," Cato at Liberty blog, October 7, 2025.Neal McCluskey, "<a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/court-rightly-finds-harvard-against-trump-coercion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Court Rightly Finds for Harvard Against Trump Administration</a>," Cato at Liberty blog, September 4, 2025.Dominik Lett, "<a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/revoking-ieepa-tariffs-will-not-lead-financial-ruin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Revoking IEEPA Tariffs Will Not “Lead to Financial Ruin</a>,”" Cato at Liberty blog, October 3, 2025.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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