Policy
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America’s Next Industrial Geography: Wherever the Power Is Cheap
Data centers will power the next century, but the grid isn’t ready. The quest for capacity is reorganizing political alliances and showing up in rate hikes.
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Fannie Mae Set to Scrap 620 Credit Score Minimum — Should You Care?
The minimum score was arbitrary anyway, and lenders are able to price risk accordingly.
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I Worked With Ronald Reagan. Here’s What He Really Thought About Tariffs
Ronald Reagan would have abhorred Trump’s tariffs. He believed presidents should rein in the Leviathan, not direct markets.
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Obamacare’s Costly Illusion of Affordability: From Subsidies to Serfdom
The ACA obscures the true costs of healthcare. The government shutdown revealed just how much.
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Section 1033: DC’s Quiet Takeover of Your Financial Data
CFPB’s new data mandate grows regulatory power by redefining “protection” as permission. Washington is fusing monetary and informational control.
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Virtuous Cycles of Development: Why Institutions Matter More Than Aid
With “abundance” back in the policy lexicon, the real challenge is understanding what sustains growth: private enterprise, rule of law, and secure ownership.
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Trumponomics Is Pushing Young Voters Into Socialism
Trump’s tariffs and Mamdani’s socialism share fatal flaws: putting populist politics above prices. The real casualty? American prosperity.
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Failing Upwards: The Perverse Incentives of Teachers’ Unions
The Chicago Teachers’ Union head was just promoted, despite eye-popping educational failures. Their priority is power, at the cost of student welfare and taxpayer interests.
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Bureaucracy Without Brakes: Overregulation Closes Home-Based Garage
Part of the threat behind “everyone must…” is that forgotten laws can be used to settle personal scores…even when the outcome is absurd.
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The Pandemic That Broke Our Faith in Modeling
David Zweig’s reporting exposes how untested models and assumptions hardened into dogma, with reality a distant afterthought.
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America’s Next Industrial Geography: Wherever the Power Is Cheap
Data centers will power the next century, but the grid isn’t ready. The quest for capacity is reorganizing political alliances and showing up in rate hikes.
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•
Fannie Mae Set to Scrap 620 Credit Score Minimum — Should You Care?
The minimum score was arbitrary anyway, and lenders are able to price risk accordingly.
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I Worked With Ronald Reagan. Here’s What He Really Thought About Tariffs
Ronald Reagan would have abhorred Trump’s tariffs. He believed presidents should rein in the Leviathan, not direct markets.
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Obamacare’s Costly Illusion of Affordability: From Subsidies to Serfdom
The ACA obscures the true costs of healthcare. The government shutdown revealed just how much.
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Section 1033: DC’s Quiet Takeover of Your Financial Data
CFPB’s new data mandate grows regulatory power by redefining “protection” as permission. Washington is fusing monetary and informational control.
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Virtuous Cycles of Development: Why Institutions Matter More Than Aid
With “abundance” back in the policy lexicon, the real challenge is understanding what sustains growth: private enterprise, rule of law, and secure ownership.
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Trumponomics Is Pushing Young Voters Into Socialism
Trump’s tariffs and Mamdani’s socialism share fatal flaws: putting populist politics above prices. The real casualty? American prosperity.
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•
Failing Upwards: The Perverse Incentives of Teachers’ Unions
The Chicago Teachers’ Union head was just promoted, despite eye-popping educational failures. Their priority is power, at the cost of student welfare and taxpayer interests.
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•
Bureaucracy Without Brakes: Overregulation Closes Home-Based Garage
Part of the threat behind “everyone must…” is that forgotten laws can be used to settle personal scores…even when the outcome is absurd.
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•
The Pandemic That Broke Our Faith in Modeling
David Zweig’s reporting exposes how untested models and assumptions hardened into dogma, with reality a distant afterthought.