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Cato Weekly Podcast • May 16, 2024 

# The Wage Gap and *The War on Prices*

The US wage gap between men and women consistently drives calls for deep federal intervention into the labor market in the name of preventing discrimination. Analyzing that gap more critically reveals far less clarity about its causes and potential solutions. Vanessa Brown Calder explains in her essay in the new book, *[The War on Prices](https://www.cato.org/books/war-prices)*.

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##### [Vanessa Brown Calder](/people/vanessa-calder)

Former Director of Opportunity and Family Policy Studies, Cato Institute

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute