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The Purse and the Sword

This week, Congress returns to looming shutdowns and a “pocket-rescission” power grab. Abroad, President Trump pushes “America First” by rebranding the Pentagon as the Department of War—and launching an airstrike on a Venezuelan cartel boat. Our panel asks what all this says about America’s fiscal sanity and its foreign-policy compass.

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

Adam N. Michel

Director of Tax Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Former Deputy Staff Director at the US Congress Joint Economic Committee