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CATO Institute vice president and celebrated economist Scott Lincicome analyzes economic policy, trade, and regulation through a free market lens, exploring how these issues impact everyday Americans.

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President Biden Signs Executive Order After Delivering Remarks On American Manufacturing

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It Was Never Really About Trade at All

Scott Lincicome / January 22, 2025

Death toll rises to 25 amid new Los Angeles warnings

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Los Angeles’ Destruction Was Fueled by Bad Policy—and Bad Incentives

Scott Lincicome / January 15, 2025

Biden Administration Awards Samsung $6.4 Billion To Upgrade Chip Manufacturing

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Some of My Big 2025 Questions

Scott Lincicome / January 8, 2025

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The Last Refuge of the Politician

Scott Lincicome / December 18, 2024

Trump’s Announcement On New Steel And Aluminum Tariffs Rattles Markets Amid Trade War Rhetoric

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Millions of ‘Missing’ American Men Aren’t Really Missing

Scott Lincicome / December 12, 2024

Hyundai first assembly and manufacturing plant in the United States is right outside of Montgomery,

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When Drive-By Punditry Goes Wrong

Scott Lincicome / December 4, 2024

President-Elect Donald Trump Meets With Biden, Congressional Leaders In Washington

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On Trade, Trump 2.0 Won’t Be Like Trump 1.0—for Better and Worse

Scott Lincicome / November 20, 2024

Man pushing shopping cart of groceries up line chart arrow

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What Biden and Harris Got Wrong on Inflation

Scott Lincicome / November 13, 2024

Composition of the American Flag with a portrait of George Washington on a one-dollar bill. Concept of money, independence, election, culture or American currency.

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Trading Places? No Thanks.

Scott Lincicome / October 30, 2024

Businessman Stands And Looks Up At Three Interlocking Globes On Wall

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Industrial Policy’s Inescapable Uncertainty Problem

Scott Lincicome / October 23, 2024

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Trump Says He Wants Global Tariffs, but Could He Actually Do It?

Scott Lincicome / October 16, 2024

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A silhouette of a man walking in a room with a statue

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The Shutdown Matters, but Probably Not for the Reasons You Think

Scott Lincicome / October 23, 2025

Illustration by Noah Hickey/The Dispatch (Photos via Getty Images).

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Trump’s New Furniture Tariffs Are (Almost) Everything Wrong with U.S. Trade Policy Today

Scott Lincicome / October 8, 2025

An unfinished electric vehicle sits on a production line at Chinese automaker NIO in Hefei, China, on September 24, 2025. (Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images)

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Chinese Industrial Policy Is an Anchor, Not an Engine

Scott Lincicome / October 1, 2025

Drastic Decrease In Tourism Deepens Las Vegas Area’s Economic Woes

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Trade Is Among People—And Retaliation Can Be, Too

Scott Lincicome / September 24, 2025

It Was Never Really About Trade at All

Los Angeles’ Destruction Was Fueled by Bad Policy—and Bad Incentives

Some of My Big 2025 Questions

The Last Refuge of the Politician

Millions of ‘Missing’ American Men Aren’t Really Missing

When Drive-By Punditry Goes Wrong

On Trade, Trump 2.0 Won’t Be Like Trump 1.0—for Better and Worse

What Biden and Harris Got Wrong on Inflation

Trading Places? No Thanks.

Industrial Policy’s Inescapable Uncertainty Problem

Trump Says He Wants Global Tariffs, but Could He Actually Do It?

The Shutdown Matters, but Probably Not for the Reasons You Think

Trump’s New Furniture Tariffs Are (Almost) Everything Wrong with U.S. Trade Policy Today

Chinese Industrial Policy Is an Anchor, Not an Engine

Trade Is Among People—And Retaliation Can Be, Too

The Shutdown Matters, but Probably Not for the Reasons You Think

Trump’s New Furniture Tariffs Are (Almost) Everything Wrong with U.S. Trade Policy Today

Chinese Industrial Policy Is an Anchor, Not an Engine

Trade Is Among People—And Retaliation Can Be, Too

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