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# Fall 2026 

Vol. 49 No. 3 

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##### From the Cover 

### [A New “Fresh Hell” for Surprise Medical Bills ](/regulation/fall-2026/new-fresh-hell-surprise-medical-bills)

By [David A. Hyman](https://www.cato.org/people/david-hyman) and Benedic Ippolito 

Five years after the federal No Surprises Act, its arbitration system is driving up everyone’s premiums.

##### Features 

#### [The New Mercantilism’s Old Mistake ](/regulation/fall-2026/new-mercantilisms-old-mistake)

By Pierre Lemieux 

Fear of China has revived the case for protectionism, which rests on a collectivist, instead of a liberal-individualist, view of trade.

#### [The Unconstitutional Compact to Nullify the Electoral College ](/regulation/fall-2026/unconstitutional-compact-nullify-electoral-college)

By Paul E. Godek 

The NPVIC violates the basic principles and simple text of the US Constitution.

#### [What Happens After Sunset? ](/regulation/fall-2026/what-happens-after-sunset)

By Isabella Romboldi and Ryan Quandt 

A half-century of state sunset laws indicates which models work, which do not, and which are extraneous.

#### [AI: How Safe Is Safe Enough? ](/regulation/fall-2026/ai-how-safe-safe-enough)

By Randall Mayes 

Risk assessment of artificial intelligence using proportionality and foresight, not government overregulation, maximizes benefits and minimizes risks.

#### [Comment on “AI: How Safe Is Safe Enough?” ](/regulation/fall-2026/comment-ai-how-safe-safe-enough)

By [Jennifer Huddleston](https://www.cato.org/people/jennifer-huddleston) 

AI has become the new villain in many policy narratives that focus only on its potential downsides rather than on the benefits it is already delivering.

##### For the Record 

##### [Still No Evidence: A Reply to Khan et al. ](/regulation/fall-2026/still-no-evidence-reply-khan-et-al)

By Marc Stone, MD, Andrew Mosholder, MD, MPH, and Tarek Hammad, MD, PhD, MSc, MS, FISPE 

##### [Defending the Endangerment Finding Rescission ](/regulation/fall-2026/defending-endangerment-finding-rescission)

By Benjamin Zycher 

##### [Errata ](/regulation/fall-2026/errata)

By Charles L. Hooper 

##### Briefly Noted 

##### [Say and the Sun King’s “Charity” ](/regulation/fall-2026/say-sun-kings-charity)

By Pierre Lemieux 

##### [Can ‘Golden Straitjackets’ Deliver Good Environmental News? ](/regulation/fall-2026/can-golden-straitjackets-deliver-good-environmental-news)

By Jody Lipford and Bruce Yandle 

##### [The Dangerous “National Interest” ](/regulation/fall-2026/dangerous-national-interest)

By Pierre Lemieux 

##### In Review 

##### [Book Review: *How Progress Ends*](/regulation/fall-2026/book-review-how-progress-ends)

By Thomas A. Hemphill 

##### [Book Review: *Fixed*](/regulation/fall-2026/book-review-fixed)

By Phil R. Murray 

##### [Book Review: *Autocracy*](/regulation/fall-2026/book-review-autocracy)

By Pierre Lemieux 

##### [Working Papers ](/regulation/fall-2026/working-papers)

By [Peter Van Doren](https://www.cato.org/people/peter-van-doren) and [Thomas A. Firey](https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-firey) 

##### Final Word 

##### [Politicians, Markets, and Cheap Food ](/regulation/fall-2026/politicians-markets-cheap-food)

By Tim Rowland 

Product recalls, once the province of Detroit automakers, are now as common in leafy greens as vitamin K.

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