Politics
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Cutting Public Broadcasting Is Politically Potent But Fiscally Irrelevant
Closing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting proves budget debates increasingly target symbolic programs while leaving the real drivers of government spending untouched.
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Fewer Kids, More Admins? The Quiet Boom in K-12 Hiring That’s Pure Politics
Teachers’ unions are promoting far-left causes and laundering dues while student headcounts fall, teacher pay is flat, and math and reading scores crater.
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If Independent Agencies Are Unconstitutional, so Is the Fed
The Court says expertise can’t override separation of powers. So why does the most powerful independent agency — the Fed — get a carveout?
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Dismantling the Department of Education, One Bureaucratic Layer at a Time
The Trump administration has taken several decisive actions to chip away at one of Washington’s greatest bureaucratic failures.
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The Savage Heart of Socialism: Fear and Loathing Among the Democratic Socialists of America
Seizing the means of production requires control of not only private businesses, natural resources, and factories, but human bodies and minds.
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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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How China Remade Global Trade — and Then Broke It
Trade has made us wealthy and resilient, but also vulnerable to coercion. As China’s economic power peaks, its political model may be reaching its limits.
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Argentina’s Midterm Moment: Brave Reform, or Back to Perónism?
Javier Milei’s aggressive reforms have slashed spending, curbed inflation, and reignited growth. Argentina’s midterms will decide whether reform endures.
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How Self-Interest Civilizes Politics
Like the market version, the invisible hand of politics depends less on individual virtue and more on institutions and incentives.
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Zucman’s Wealth Tax Can’t Save France From Itself
“Reality will remain relentless,” Bayrou warned after his ouster. Taxing billionaires won’t come close to covering France’s deficit.
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Cutting Public Broadcasting Is Politically Potent But Fiscally Irrelevant
Closing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting proves budget debates increasingly target symbolic programs while leaving the real drivers of government spending untouched.
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Fewer Kids, More Admins? The Quiet Boom in K-12 Hiring That’s Pure Politics
Teachers’ unions are promoting far-left causes and laundering dues while student headcounts fall, teacher pay is flat, and math and reading scores crater.
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If Independent Agencies Are Unconstitutional, so Is the Fed
The Court says expertise can’t override separation of powers. So why does the most powerful independent agency — the Fed — get a carveout?
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•
Dismantling the Department of Education, One Bureaucratic Layer at a Time
The Trump administration has taken several decisive actions to chip away at one of Washington’s greatest bureaucratic failures.
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•
The Savage Heart of Socialism: Fear and Loathing Among the Democratic Socialists of America
Seizing the means of production requires control of not only private businesses, natural resources, and factories, but human bodies and minds.
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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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How China Remade Global Trade — and Then Broke It
Trade has made us wealthy and resilient, but also vulnerable to coercion. As China’s economic power peaks, its political model may be reaching its limits.
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•
Argentina’s Midterm Moment: Brave Reform, or Back to Perónism?
Javier Milei’s aggressive reforms have slashed spending, curbed inflation, and reignited growth. Argentina’s midterms will decide whether reform endures.
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•
How Self-Interest Civilizes Politics
Like the market version, the invisible hand of politics depends less on individual virtue and more on institutions and incentives.
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•
Zucman’s Wealth Tax Can’t Save France From Itself
“Reality will remain relentless,” Bayrou warned after his ouster. Taxing billionaires won’t come close to covering France’s deficit.