## Cato Books

Find the latest Cato books at [cato​.org/​books.](/books)

[![Shadow Banking front cover image](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/serial_cover_phone/public/2023-01/Shadow%20Banking-AD_rgb.jpg?itok=GXb3E0-M)](https://www.cato.org/books/why-shadow-banking-didnt-cause-financial-crisis) 

##### [Why Shadow Banking Didn’t Cause the Financial Crisis](/books/why-shadow-banking-didnt-cause-financial-crisis)

And Why Regulating Contagion Won’t Help 

[![Shelter from the Storm cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/serial_cover_phone/public/2023-02/shelter-from-the-storm-cover.png?itok=bM60OkUv)](https://www.cato.org/books/shelter-storm) 

##### [Shelter from the Storm](/books/shelter-storm)

How a COVID Mortgage Meltdown Was Averted 

[![Institutions for Economic Development cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/serial_cover_phone/public/2024-03/institutions-for-economic-development-cover.jpg?itok=6PJ9VowF)](https://www.cato.org/books/institutions-economic-development) 

##### [ *Institutions and Economic Development*](/books/institutions-economic-development)

*Markets, Ideas, and Bottom-Up Change* 

[![Centers of Progress front cover image](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/serial_cover_phone/public/2023-09/Centers_FC_foreword.jpg?itok=IDcbGYVQ)](https://www.cato.org/books/centers-progress) 

##### [Centers of Progress](/books/centers-progress)

40 Cities That Changed the World 

[![The Capitalist Manifesto cover image (with black border)](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/serial_cover_phone/public/2023-09/9781838957896_border.jpeg?itok=6Vy6-3A1)](https://www.cato.org/books/capitalist-manifesto) 

##### [The Capitalist Manifesto](/books/capitalist-manifesto)

Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World 

[![Recovery book cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/serial_cover_phone/public/2023-07/recovery-cover.jpg?itok=jV-kjICL)](https://www.cato.org/books/recovery) 

##### [Recovery](/books/recovery)

A Guide to Reforming the U.S. Health Sector 

[![Freedom in the 50 States 2023 front cover image](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/serial_cover_phone/public/2023-11/50States_2023_cover.jpg?itok=dc4MI70S)](https://www.cato.org/books/freedom-50-states-0) 

##### [Freedom in the 50 States](/books/freedom-50-states-0)

An Index of Personal and Economic Freedom, Seventh Edition 

[![The Case for Shareholder Capitalism cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/serial_cover_phone/public/2023-12/the-case-for-shareholder-capitalism.jpeg?itok=Eul2ktSO)](https://www.cato.org/books/case-shareholder-capitalism) 

##### [The Case for Shareholder Capitalism](/books/case-shareholder-capitalism)

How the Pursuit of Profit Benefits All 

[![Human Freedom Index 2023 - Cover](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/serial_cover_phone/public/2023-12/human-freedom-index-2023-cover.png?itok=VlgOIKKY)](https://www.cato.org/books/human-freedom-index-2023) 

##### [ *Human Freedom Index 2023*](/books/human-freedom-index-2023)

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