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#### Fall 2025 

Join us for the Cato Institute’s 2025 Congressional Fellowship in Economic Studies **–** a ten-week fellowship for congressional staff who are interested in the philosophical roots and practical applications of free market economics. Open to congressional staff of any party or ideology, economists and non-economists alike, the fellowship will consist of weekly receptions and discussions featuring experts from various fields of economics. Through readings, lectures, and discussions, participants will have an opportunity to explore core principles of free market economics on issues such as tax reform, financial privacy, domestic labor markets, trade, industrial policy and more. Discussions will be collegial, nonpartisan, and off-the-record.

Those who are interested in participating can find more information below and are encouraged to submit a statement of interest **no later than July 18, 2025**. Preference will be given to early submissions, and participants must commit to attending no fewer than seven of the ten sessions. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at [GovAffairs@​cato.​org](mailto:GovAffairs@cato.org).

Sessions will be held on Thursdays at a Capitol Hill-adjacent restaurant from **6:00–8:00 p.m. September 18 – November 20**. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served.

[Submit Statement of Interest](https://register.cato.org/cato-institutes-congressional-fellowship-economic-studies-fall-2025/begin) 

### Schedule

#### Thursday, September 18, 2025

5:30 - 8:30 PM 

**Fellowship Opening Reception** followed by *Financial Privacy in the Digital Age*

#### Thursday, September 25, 2025

6:00 - 8:00 PM 

*Tax Reform in the 119th Congress*

#### Thursday, October 2, 2025

6:00 - 8:00 PM 

*Expanding Americans’ Choice and Opportunity through Cryptocurrency*

#### Thursday, October 9, 2025

6:00 - 8:00 PM 

*How Economists Think About Policy*

#### Thursday, October 16, 2025

6:00 - 8:00 PM 

*Why (Almost) Everything You’re Told About the American Labor Market is Wrong*

#### Thursday, October 23, 2025

6:00 - 8:00 PM 

*The Perils and Pitfalls of Industrial Policy*

#### Thursday, October 30, 2025

6:00 - 8:00 PM 

*Understanding the Threats Behind the National Debt and its Impact on America’s Economic Future*

#### Thursday, November 6, 2025

6:00 - 8:00 PM 

*Tariffs, Trade, and Global Competitiveness*

#### Thursday, November 13, 2025

6:00 - 8:00 PM 

*Economics of Energy Policy*

#### Thursday, November 20, 2025

6:00 - 8:00 PM 

**Fellowship Closing Reception**

### [Economic Studies at a Glance](https://www.cato.org/economics)

The foundations of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, and open markets. As Adam Smith, F. A. Hayek, and Milton Friedman stressed, freedom of exchange and minimally regulated markets provide <a name="_Int_dg0I4jVr"></a>the fuel for economic progress. Without exchange and entrepreneurial activity that is coordinated through markets rather than by governments, modern living standards would be impossible. Cato scholars explore policy reforms that could increase growth by strengthening property rights and the rule of law, safeguarding the value of money, reducing excessive taxes and regulations, scaling back government interference with trade and immigration, and reducing federal spending on programs that harm economic productivity.

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