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Superabundance at Thanksgiving

Is your Thanksgiving dinner more or less affordable this year? Human Progress's Marian Tupy joins the Cato Institute's Ryan Bourne to discuss the political battle over affordability, the long-term costs of high inflation, and how time-prices show ...

cato.org — 3 days ago

Energy Realism: Climate Policy Meets Actual Economics

Cato's Chad Davis and Travis Fisher examine the gulf between symbolic climate pledges and the real-world complexities of energy use -- from EV carbon costs to fossil-fueled resilience against natural disasters. They argue that the "climate homicide"

cato.org — 4 days ago

The Disaster Aid System: How FEMA Rewards Risk

FEMA was meant to help only when disasters exceeded state capacity. Yet today it functions primarily as a national subsidy machine, encouraging development in floodplains, bailing out wealthy coastal states, and shifting costs onto taxpayers far from ...

cato.org — 9 days ago

The Shutdown That Solved Nothing

Romina Boccia, Michael F. Cannon, and Adam Michel break down the 43-day government shutdown driven by demands to extend temporary Obamacare subsidies for upper-income households earning well into six figures. The trio examines how the stalemate ...

cato.org — 11 days ago

Don't Do It, Mr. President: The Prospect of a US War in Venezuela

The Cato Institute's Justin Logan and Brandan P. Buck unpack the Trump administration's shifting justifications for military action in Venezuela, from fentanyl and cocaine interdiction to Monroe Doctrine revivalism. They explore the legal and ...

cato.org — 16 days ago

The Supreme Court's $300 Billion Tariff Showdown

Can a president tax Americans at will under the guise of a national emergency? The Cato Institute's Scott Lincicome and Brent Skorup dissect the high-stakes Supreme Court battle over Trump's "fentanyl tariffs," the broadest assertion of trade power ...

cato.org — 18 days ago

What a Long Shutdown It's Been

Romina Boccia joins Nicholas Anthony to discuss how the shutdown centers on demands to extend subsidies for earners making well above median household income--all the way up to $500,000 annually. Federal workers and SNAP recipients have been offered ...

cato.org — 24 days ago

The $650,000 Question: How Steel Protectionism Fails

For 60 years, the U.S. government has protected the steel industry through tariffs, quotas, and Buy American mandates. Yet steel costs remain among the highest globally, and protectionism has extracted a staggering price: $650,000 in economic damage ...

cato.org — 25 days ago

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