Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Oct 11, 2021
What happens when you spend money you don’t have? Everyone knows the answer to that question. But what happens when the government does it on an unprecedented scale? Sooner or later, all debts have…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Aug 08, 2022
It’s hard to imagine how we could screw up higher education any more than we already have, but we’re about to—if we make sweeping student loan forgiveness a reality. How? To answer this question, we…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Jun 14, 2019
The U.S. national debt is massive—so massive that most Americans cannot comprehend it, much less solve it. But a crisis is looming, and a day of reckoning that will affect every American is coming.…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Feb 24, 2014
Fact: America's national debt stands at $17 trillion. That's a tough number to grasp. Most people will never come close to making $1 million in any given year. How can we understand the magnitude of…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Sep 29, 2014
Everyone complains about America's debt, and rightly so, but how do we get out of it? As Cato's Michael Tanner explains, spending on entitlement programs -- Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid --…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Dec 11, 2017
If you're counting on Social Security to finance your retirement, you're in for a big surprise. Money expert Chris Hogan explains why.
Videos · Short Clips · Oct 10, 2022
President Warren Harding's speech from 100 years ago is as relevant as ever. Given the problems he had to confront—massive debt, high unemployment, and skyrocketing inflation—we can learn a lot from…
Videos · Short Clips · May 04, 2020
It's easier for politicians to throw money at problems than to face difficult truths and do the right thing. Will Witt speaks with Eric Hovde about social security, state pensions, corporate…
Videos · Short Clips · Feb 03, 2020
Who cares about public pension liabilities? Well, you should – after all, it’s the reason entire cities and even states are facing bankruptcy. The public pension system is broken, and we need to…