The Cato Journal (ISSN 0273-3072 ) is a peer-reviewed[1][2] academic journal published by the Washington, D.C.-based, libertarian think-tank, the Cato Institute, and features articles discussing politics and economy.
According to the Cato Institute website,[3] the journal is a
free-market, public policy journal... for scholars concerned with questions of public policy, yet it is written and edited to be accessible to the interested lay reader.