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Cato Podcast •

High-Stakes Intel

“Golden shares” at home, grand bargains abroad. In this episode, Cato scholars weigh Trump’s push for equity stakes in U.S. firms under the CHIPS Act and his effort to strike a quick deal with Putin on Ukraine. What does state capitalism at home mean for American liberty—and can deal-making diplomacy abroad actually end the U.S. entanglement in Ukraine?

Featuring
Ryan Bourne

R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics, Cato Institute

Gene Healy

Former Senior Vice President for Policy, Cato Institute

Norbert Michel

Vice President and Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute