Skip to main content
Cato Podcast •

SEC Commissioner Challenges Financial Surveillance

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce joins Jennifer Schulp and Cato’s Norbert Michel to discuss how government financial surveillance has eroded Americans’ constitutional privacy rights through tools like the Consolidated Audit Trail. Peirce advocates for principles-based regulation that protects individual financial privacy while allowing innovation to flourish, arguing that current prescriptive rules create barriers to entry and stifle competition. The conversation explores how new technologies could restore individual sovereignty over personal financial data, enabling Americans to reclaim control over their private information.

Featuring
Norbert Michel

Vice President and Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute

Jennifer J. Schulp

Former Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute

Hester Peirce circle
Hester Peirce

Securities and Exchange Commission