The Degrowth Temptation
A new Global Justice Report associated with Thomas Piketty urges near-zero growth for rich countries, sweeping redistribution, global wealth...
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20 of 4,835 episodesThe Retirement System That Works Against You
Social Security crowds out private savings, the tax code penalizes investment, and Trump accounts can leave families worse off than a plain...
Economics In One World Cup
Ticket prices, scalpers, tourists, visas, turf, trade, and politics: the 2026 FIFA World Cup is a rich case study for economists. Cato’s Rya...
When the President Sues the Government He Controls
The Anti-Weaponization Fund started as a $10 billion lawsuit Trump filed against the IRS in his personal capacity and ended as a $1.776 bill...
The Markets We Love to Ban
Kidneys, surrogacy, prostitution, gambling, price gouging, assisted dying: some transactions make people recoil, even when all parties conse...
What "All Men Are Created Equal" Actually Meant
Most Americans can recite the Declaration's second paragraph. Far fewer understand what it really means. Paul Meany sits down with Timothy S...
Louisiana v. Callais and the Future of the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court's Callais decision signals that drawing districts with race in mind is now legally hazardous, whether the goal is minority...
Get a Warrant!
The third party doctrine has gutted the Fourth Amendment in the digital age, letting the government collect your data without ever getting a...
Out to Lunch: California’s $20 Fast-Food Wage
California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage cut employment by roughly 18,000 jobs and pushed up restaurant prices. Cato’s Ryan Bourne talks to U...
Kicking the Can to Xi's September Visit
The US-China summit produced few deliverables and no breakthroughs on Taiwan, Iran, or trade. Cato's Clark Packard and Evan Sankey break dow...
The Immigration Crackdown You’re Not Hearing About
Asylum entries are down 99.9%. Student visas, family visas, and H-1B applications have all cratered. Ryan Bourne is joined by Cato's David B...
Washington's Tariff Whack-a-Mole
Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 sat dormant for 50 years for good reason. Cato's Clark Packard and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon break down...
The Growing Farm Subsidy Boondoggle
Federal farm subsidies have kept growing from occasional disaster relief into a sprawling system of commodity supports, crop insurance, suga...
Rethinking How America Treats Opioid Addiction
People call methadone a life sentence, a ball and chain. Cato's Dr. Jeffrey Singer talks with Helen Redmond, author of "Liquid Handcuffs," a...
The Cure for the WHO
The United States has left the World Health Organization, but infectious diseases remain one of the clearest cases for cross-border cooperat...
Congress Is AWOL in America's Iran War
The War Powers Resolution allows the president up to 60 days of defensive latitude in introducing U.S. forces into hostilities ; it is not a...
Subsidize a Diagnosis, Get More Diagnoses
Medicaid spending on autism therapy jumped from $300 million to $2 billion in just eight states over seven years. Cato's Ryan Bourne, Jeff S...
The Surveillance Program Congress Can't Quit
For 18 years, the NSA has collected Americans' communications under FISA Section 702 with no probable cause warrant required. Cato's Patrick...
How to Fix Washington's Affordability Crisis
Consumer prices are up 28% in six years and inflation is accelerating again. Cato's Ryan Bourne, Jai Kedia, Colin Grabow, and Stephen Slivin...
Who Actually Pays Federal Taxes?
The top 10% pays 60% of all federal taxes, the bottom 20% pays effectively nothing, and last year's tax cuts added new complexity. Cato's Ch...