# Multimedia 

Multimedia 

---

- [Podcasts](/podcasts)
- [Cato Video](/multimedia/cato-video)
- [Video Series](/search/category/video-series)
- [Events](/multimedia/events)

Download:

[ 

Video 

](https://fastly-unsigned-us-east-1-prod.brightcovecdn.com/media/v1/pmp4/static/clear/6039378657001/bd750937-b917-44a9-bb07-e448908e61cf/b38addc1-4a9f-4378-8f71-d68bfaec3a4b/main.mp4) 

[ 

Video 

](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2012/chb-05-14-12.mp4) 

[ 

Audio 

](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2012/chba-05-14-12.mp3) 

Events • May 14, 2012 

# The American Welfare State: How We Spend Nearly $1 Trillion a Year Fighting Poverty — And Fail 

[![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) 
This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). 

##### Featuring 

[![Michael D. Tanner](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/author_picture/public/2021-01/Michael%20Tanner.jpg?itok=fvQbEN_H)](/people/michael-d-tanner) 

##### [Michael D. Tanner](/people/michael-d-tanner)

Former Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

[ 

](mailto:mtanner@cato.org)