Cato on Tour: Austin

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Please join us for Cato on Tour: Austin on Thursday, October 8, 2026, from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. CDT at the Headliners Club. Affordability has become the defining political issue of 2026, but the term means different things to different people—sticker shock from years of high inflation, the squeeze of expensive credit, and structural price pressures in markets including housing and health care. The Cato Institute's new Handbook on Affordability https://www.cato.org/handbook affordability , spearheaded by R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics Ryan Bourne https://www.cato.org/people/ryan bourne with contributions from scholars across the Institute, cuts through the confusion. The handbook shows how individual liberty, free markets, and sound money ca…

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