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Cato Podcast • April 16, 2026 

# How to Fix Washington’s Affordability Crisis 

Consumer prices are up 28% in six years and inflation is accelerating again. Cato’s Ryan Bourne, Jai Kedia, Colin Grabow, and Stephen Slivinski unpack Cato’s new *Handbook on Affordability* and the macroeconomic and supply-side reforms that could actually help.

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##### [Ryan Bourne](/people/ryan-bourne)

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

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##### [Colin Grabow](/people/colin-grabow)

Associate Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies

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##### [Jai Kedia](/people/jai-kedia)

Research Fellow, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute

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##### [Stephen Slivinski](/people/stephen-slivinski)

Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

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