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How to Spot a Wrong Number
A number that's precise, dramatic, and politically convenient should raise your suspicion, not lower it. Aaron Brown, author of Wrong Number...
Heller's Sequel Has a New Weapon
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Vermont versus Cook County, its biggest Second Amendment case since Heller. The Cato Institute's Clark...
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Affordability?
Rep. Kevin Fitzpatrick (R) and Rep. Thomas Suozzi (D) lead one of Washington's only bipartisan caucuses, the Problem Solvers Caucus, and the...
Can Government Run a Grocery Store?
New York City Mayor Mamdani wants five city owned grocery stores selling staples 30% below cost, at $70 million to build and $100 million a...
Bad Ways To Improve Housing Affordability
Nearly 60% of housing markets in the United States have been characterized as “unaffordable.” Cato's Ryan Bourne talks with Howard Husock of...
The Eternal Quest for More Tariffs
Earlier this year the Supreme Court ruled that the president could not use the "International Emergency Economic Powers Act" (IEEPA) to impo...
Wealth Taxes Failed Abroad. Why Try Them Here?
Most rich countries that tried annual wealth taxes eventually scrapped them, but now California and Elizabeth Warren want to run the experim...
Iran: Schrodinger's War
The conflict with Iran is simultaneously ending and escalating, and Justin Logan says that's no accident. He tells the Cato Institute's Laur...
AI: Must We Act Now?
Artificial intelligence could transform productivity, employment, and living standards. But does that mean governments should “act now” to “...
Happy 60th Birthday, Now Pay the Bill
Medicare spent $1.2 trillion in 2025 and still can't show it's saving lives. The Cato Institute's Laura Bondank-Harmon is joined by Michael...
The Wisdom of Crowds: An Intro to Prediction Markets
Prediction-market pioneer Robin Hanson joins Cato's Ryan Bourne to explain this new industry's promise, how betting can improve decision-mak...
The Fight Against Financial Surveillance
Financial surveillance in America is expanding. In this episode, host Nicholas Anthony sits down with Representative Warren Davidson to disc...
Why Is Childcare So Expensive?
Parents in many parts of the country face eye-watering childcare bills, yet providers often operate on thin margins and workers remain modes...
The Amendment That Wouldn't Bend
Trump's executive order tested the limits of the 14th Amendment and lost, 6-3. Cato's Laura Bondank-Harmon is joined by David Bier and Tommy...
Injuries and Usurpations, 250 Years Later
Americans know the Declaration’s soaring opening case for natural rights and government by consent. Fewer remember its long list of “injurie...
Data Centers Turn Electricity into Breakthroughs
Golf courses and factories use just as much water and electricity as data centers, yet only the latter draws local protests and construction...
Proud to Be American, Worried About What's Next
60% of Americans say their rights and freedoms are at risk. Yet nearly two thirds still call America the land of opportunity and three quart...
The Dangerous Push to Tax AI
Republicans and Democrats are finding rare common ground: taxing AI. But should they? Cato's Adam Michel and Daniel Bunn of the Tax Foundati...
The Abundance Alliance?
Abundance liberals want a politics focused on delivering more homes, energy projects, infrastructure, and innovation, and will even countena...