Cato Event Podcast

Millennials and the Welfare State: Burden or Blessing?

Human Capitalism: How Economic Growth Has Made Us Smarter — and More Unequal

How many libertarians are there? And how do they vote? Those are just two of the questions examined in The Libertarian Vote: Swing Voters, Tea Parties, and the Fiscally Conservative, Socially Liberal Center, the new ebook from David Boaz, David Kirby, and Emily Ekins. David Boaz will discuss those issues and what libertarians can hope for from the upcoming election.

The Financial Crisis and the Free-Market Cure: Why Pure Capitalism Is the World Economy's Only Hope

Africa's Third Liberation: The New Search for Prosperity and Jobs

Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar

Why Some Firms Thrive While Others Fail: Governance and Management Lessons from the Crisis

The Budget Control Act passed by Congress directs that on January 2, 2013, the Obama administration must cut the defense budget by at least $55 billion and cut the same amount from domestic discretionary spending. Some observers assert that such reductions will damage the economy and increase unemployment. Even many who view excessive government spending as economically counterproductive oppose Pentagon cuts. These concerns are overblown, Cato scholars explain.

The Case against the Davis-Bacon Act: 54 Reasons for Repeal

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has filed a lawsuit alleging the Obama administration is violating the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and imposing illegal taxes in states such as Oklahoma. As Jonathan H. Adler and Michael F. Cannon detail in their forthcoming Health Matrix article, "Taxation Without Representation: The Illegal IRS Rule to Expand Tax Credits under the PPACA," the PPACA cannot function without state buy-in. The Obama administration's response to state push-back has been to rewrite the statute by imposing, on both employers and individuals, taxes that Congress never authorized. Pruitt is challenging the IRS rule that imposes those illegal taxes. Supporters and opponents agree the PPACA's "entire structure" depends on the IRS's interpretation of the statute, and that this dispute "could be a fatal blow to Obamacare."

The Libertarian Roots of the Tea Party

How China Became Capitalist

The Economic Effects of Military Spending

Give Me Regulation: From Samuel Insull to James E. Rogers in the Electric Power Industry

Is IPAB Medicare Reform? Or Just Another Stop on the Road to Serfdom?