politics
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Manufacturing Surged When Tariffs Were Lifted
Tariffs raised costs and manufacturing jobs disappeared. Now, the administration is declaring victory for partially filling the hole it dug.
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Libertarianism’s Critics Bury Another Straw Man
Libertarianism doesn’t signal approval of vice, nor does free trade ignore struggling communities. Indifference is not the only alternative to coercion.
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Public Sector Unions Undermine Accountability
Research on schools, policing, and government spending is clear: public sector bargaining forces taxpayers to finance the erosion of their rights.
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‘Market Humanism’ Renames an Old Economic Insight: Cooperation
A new book suggests a modern marketing label for classical liberal ideas: individuals acting in markets are engines of human flourishing.
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Tariff Exemptions are Big Business for Big Business
A tariff may look like a uniform tax. In practice, exemptions give politically connected firms an advantage.
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Huey Long’s Populism Is Back In Fashion
JD Vance’s admiration for Huey Long reveals how readily today’s populist right embraces the high spending and economic control it once condemned on the left.
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Abdul El-Sayed Has a Socialist Platform and a Capitalist Life
Abdul El-Sayed and his wife prosper by treating their medical credentials as private goods. Now he campaigns against the system that made it possible.
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Fauci Didn’t Create Faucism. He Exposed It
The deeper threat to liberty isn’t one powerful expert, but a society willing to surrender its judgment to prevailing opinion.
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Housing Scapegoats Are Abundant. Starter Homes Are Scarce.
Blackstone offer a convenient target for public frustration. But a local push to “legalize starter homes” is doing the less theatrical work of increasing supply.
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Postliberalism Gets the ‘Common Good’ Wrong
Individual liberty is an essential feature of the constitutional order, not a competing good. To claim otherwise, critics must reject or rewrite our Founding.
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Manufacturing Surged When Tariffs Were Lifted
Tariffs raised costs and manufacturing jobs disappeared. Now, the administration is declaring victory for partially filling the hole it dug.
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Libertarianism’s Critics Bury Another Straw Man
Libertarianism doesn’t signal approval of vice, nor does free trade ignore struggling communities. Indifference is not the only alternative to coercion.
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Public Sector Unions Undermine Accountability
Research on schools, policing, and government spending is clear: public sector bargaining forces taxpayers to finance the erosion of their rights.
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‘Market Humanism’ Renames an Old Economic Insight: Cooperation
A new book suggests a modern marketing label for classical liberal ideas: individuals acting in markets are engines of human flourishing.
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Tariff Exemptions are Big Business for Big Business
A tariff may look like a uniform tax. In practice, exemptions give politically connected firms an advantage.
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Huey Long’s Populism Is Back In Fashion
JD Vance’s admiration for Huey Long reveals how readily today’s populist right embraces the high spending and economic control it once condemned on the left.
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Abdul El-Sayed Has a Socialist Platform and a Capitalist Life
Abdul El-Sayed and his wife prosper by treating their medical credentials as private goods. Now he campaigns against the system that made it possible.
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Fauci Didn’t Create Faucism. He Exposed It
The deeper threat to liberty isn’t one powerful expert, but a society willing to surrender its judgment to prevailing opinion.
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Housing Scapegoats Are Abundant. Starter Homes Are Scarce.
Blackstone offer a convenient target for public frustration. But a local push to “legalize starter homes” is doing the less theatrical work of increasing supply.
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Postliberalism Gets the ‘Common Good’ Wrong
Individual liberty is an essential feature of the constitutional order, not a competing good. To claim otherwise, critics must reject or rewrite our Founding.