Policy
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Did Trump Really ‘Make Showers Great Again’? Not Exactly
What passes for victory against regulation only rolled back a fraction of its intrusion.
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Texas Joins the School Choice Revolution
Texas has responded to families who want more say over how students are educated. Impacting 100,000 students, it’s the largest single-day victory in US school choice history.
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Madison Didn’t Predict the Market as the Last Check on Power
Legislators may be cowed and agencies may be politicized, but financial markets connect policies to their impacts with brisk efficiency.
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Credit Markets on Edge as Tariff Pressure Builds
Tariffs rocked corporate earnings expectations, raising credit default risks. Even safe havens provide little relief from the chaos to come.
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Hope for Some Sanity on Licensing Reform
Licensing is very costly to consumers and aspiring workers. Do you really need 1500 hours of training and state approval to cut hair?
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Trade Is Not a Light Switch: Why Cutting Global Ties Will Leave Long-Lasting Scars
The damage done by Trump’s tariffs is not some transient dip in output or a blip in prices. It is a structural downgrade in our capacity to create.
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Reagan Knew the Art of the Trade Deal Better
Rather than risk starting a trade war by imposing “reciprocal tariffs,” Reagan encouraged domestic manufacturing by making it easier for other countries to import our manufactured goods.
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Contra Bessent, Affordability Contributes to American Greatness
Claiming consumer access to affordable goods is somehow trivial or un-American betrays a condescending view of the working classes and economic agency.
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Big Law Firms Face Legal Reckoning Over Race Preferences
Title VII makes it unlawful to discriminate on the basis of race. But many firms’ efforts to ‘increase diversity’ did exactly that.
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A Brief History of the Panama Canal
The US took over a bankrupt French project, backed an independence movement, and paid a $25 million ransom to get the marvel finished.
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Did Trump Really ‘Make Showers Great Again’? Not Exactly
What passes for victory against regulation only rolled back a fraction of its intrusion.
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•
Texas Joins the School Choice Revolution
Texas has responded to families who want more say over how students are educated. Impacting 100,000 students, it’s the largest single-day victory in US school choice history.
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•
Madison Didn’t Predict the Market as the Last Check on Power
Legislators may be cowed and agencies may be politicized, but financial markets connect policies to their impacts with brisk efficiency.
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•
Credit Markets on Edge as Tariff Pressure Builds
Tariffs rocked corporate earnings expectations, raising credit default risks. Even safe havens provide little relief from the chaos to come.
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•
Hope for Some Sanity on Licensing Reform
Licensing is very costly to consumers and aspiring workers. Do you really need 1500 hours of training and state approval to cut hair?
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Trade Is Not a Light Switch: Why Cutting Global Ties Will Leave Long-Lasting Scars
The damage done by Trump’s tariffs is not some transient dip in output or a blip in prices. It is a structural downgrade in our capacity to create.
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•
Reagan Knew the Art of the Trade Deal Better
Rather than risk starting a trade war by imposing “reciprocal tariffs,” Reagan encouraged domestic manufacturing by making it easier for other countries to import our manufactured goods.
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•
Contra Bessent, Affordability Contributes to American Greatness
Claiming consumer access to affordable goods is somehow trivial or un-American betrays a condescending view of the working classes and economic agency.
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•
Big Law Firms Face Legal Reckoning Over Race Preferences
Title VII makes it unlawful to discriminate on the basis of race. But many firms’ efforts to ‘increase diversity’ did exactly that.
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•
A Brief History of the Panama Canal
The US took over a bankrupt French project, backed an independence movement, and paid a $25 million ransom to get the marvel finished.