The Cato Institute, in a 2026-06-15 X post, rejects price controls, subsidies, and mandates as ways to lower costs and expand options, instead advocating "more economic freedom to supply." It promotes a "Handbook on Affordability" with over 100 specific policy proposals intended to defuse inflation and lower the cost of living (ow.ly/QNze50Z5gP0).
The Cato Institute (post dated 2026-06-15) asserts that price controls, subsidies, and mandates are not the solution to lowering prices or broadening options for essential goods and services.
If the goal is to lower prices or broaden options of life’s essential goods and services, the answer is not price controls, subsidies, and mandates. It is more economic freedom to supply.
The Cato Institute “Handbook on Affordability” features 100+ policy ideas to defuse inflation and lower the cost of living: ow.ly/QNze50Z5gP0