The War on Prices
Ryan Bourne, Jai Kedia, Nathan Miller, Solveig Singleton, Steve Slivinski, Adriana Soto| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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World Cup Ticket Pricing, FIFA Governance and Globalization
On the Cato podcast this week, I spoke to the American Enterprise Institute’s Stan Veuger about the economics of the FIFA 2026 World Cup, which starts today. We discussed the furore over high ticket prices, whether hosting the tournament wi...
Ro Khanna’s “$25” Minimum Wage Bill
Representatives Ro Khanna and Delia Ramirez introduced a bill last month promising to raise the federal minimum wage to $25 per hour for large businesses by 2031 and for other employers by 2038. That would peg the federal minimum wage highe...
Raising the Federal Minimum Wage is a Solution in Search of a Problem
Support for raising the federal minimum wage has picked up in recent years given affordability concerns. Supporters are united by the belief that the government has left workers behind as the purchasing power of that $7.25 minimum wage has...
Out to Lunch: California's $20 Fast-Food Wage
On the Cato podcast this week, I interviewed UC San Diego economics professor Jeff Clemens. We discussed the results of his two papers on the employment and price effects of California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage, the prospects for a new h...
The UK's Proposed Supermarket Price Controls
Britain’s war on supermarket prices is what happens when years of high inflation make politicians economically unserious.
The Treasury has reportedly asked large grocers to cap the price of staples such as bread, milk and eggs in return fo...
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My name is Ryan Bourne, R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics at Cato. Weekly column for The Times (UK). Author, Economics In One Virus and editor of The War on Prices.
Research Fellow @Cato CMFA | PhD in Economics from UC Irvine | Research in monetary policy and macro-finance.
Research Associate at Cato.
Solveig is a lawyer and policy analyst focusing on consumer finance issues at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives. Her commentary represents her own opinions.
General Economics Intern, Spring 2026
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