Debanked for Dissent: How Putin’s Reach Extends Abroad
A Russian dissident living in exile finds her US bank accounts closed after being labeled an extremist by the Kremlin. Nicholas Anthony interviews Ann...
Banking on Moral Hazard: The Push for $10 Million Deposit Insurance
A plan to massively expand FDIC insurance is gaining traction in Washington, despite little evidence that customers or community banks are asking for ...
Australia’s Social Media Ban and the Illusion of Online Safety
From Australia’s social media ban to U.S. and UK age-verification laws, governments are increasingly treating online access as something to be license...
How Fuel Economy Rules Made Cars Bigger, Pricier, and Less Safe
Intended to save fuel and protect consumers, CAFE standards have instead penalized efficient small cars, subsidized trucks and SUVs, and created a de ...
Social Security’s Popularity Problem
A new Cato survey reveals that Americans overwhelmingly support Social Security while fundamentally misunderstanding its structure, finances, and long...
The Global Freedom Slump
Cato's Ian Vásquez and the Fraser Institute's Matt Mitchell walk through the 2025 edition of the Human Freedom Index, documenting a worldwide decline ...
Better Care for Billions Less: Fixing Medicaid’s Long-Term Care Incentives
Cato's Michael Cannon and the Center for Long-Term Care Reform's Stephen Moses examine how Medicaid’s long-term-care eligibility rules let middle- and...
Strategy Without Strategy: Inside the New NSS
The Cato Institute's Katherine Thompson and Josh Shifrinson join Justin Logan to dissect the most contentious passages of the National Security Strate...
Repeal Day: Alcohol Prohibition and the Hypocrisy of the Drug War
The Cato Institute's Jeff Singer and Michael Fox mark Repeal Day by examining how alcohol prohibition and the modern drug war share the same destructi...
NIH's Lost Mission
Cato adjunct scholars Terence Kealey and John Early join Ryan Bourne to discuss the pair's new Cato working paper Mission Lost: How NIH Leaders Stole ...