Cato Daily Digest

Cato's Monthly — The Month That Broke Three Foundations · Feb 2026


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Segments
  • When Belief Became the Product — Social singularity, belief-driven markets, displacement paradox, gentle obsolescence acceleration
  • The Infrastructure Paradox — Infrastructure economics inversion, big-tech capex squeeze, CoreWeave losses, Wisconsin data center revolt
  • The Safety Ceiling Inversion — Anthropic Pentagon standoff, safety driving growth, industry solidarity on red lines
  • Sources
    • Stratechery (Ben Thompson) — Social singularity thesis, market belief repricing
    • The Information — Block layoffs, CoreWeave financials, infrastructure economics
    • Noahpinion (Noah Smith) — Displacement paradox, productivity measurement
    • Adam Tooze's Chartbook — Infrastructure capex analysis, Wisconsin data center politics
    • ...more
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      Cato Daily DigestBy Brandon Trew