Welcome to the Dispatch podcast. I'm Steve Hayes, and I want to start today with some very exciting news.

We at the dispatch are very pleased to announce the launch of dispatch markets in partnership with the U.S.

Chamber of Commerce. This project will explore U.S.

capitalism and economic policy at a time when free enterprise is no longer the assumption

and the backdrop. It's increasingly the argument, front and center, and often under attack

from both the progressive left and the populist right. Expect topics to range from how the Trump administration's tariffs

are rippling through the economy

to the challenges facing the Federal Reserve system,

from AI and the future of work to tax policy.

The authors will bring the intellectual honesty,

respect for economic realities,

and a willingness to grapple with

tradeoffs that we hope have become a hallmark of the dispatch. The roster is impressive and we're

very excited about it. Contributors will include Scott Linsicum, Vice President of Economics at the

Cato Institute, lecturer at Duke University Law School, and author of the Capitalism Newsletter

here at the

dispatch since 2020.

Megan McCartle, a dispatch contributor and Washington Post columnist, host of the reasonably

optimistic podcast, and author of The Upside of Down.

Carl Smith, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former

Bloomberg columnist, a longtime vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former Bloomberg columnist,

a longtime vice president at the Tax Foundation.

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