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What Will Trump’s New Economic Policy Look Like? Part 1
Oren joins a panel discussion with Jason Furman, Richard Burkhauser, and Kimberly Clausing about what Trump’s second term’s economic policy.
It Can’t Just Be DOGE
Trump’s anti-bureaucracy energy should be directed at regulation as well as waste
The H-1B Fight Is About So Much More
In which Vivek and Elon say the quiet part really loud
Cliff Asness Finds Common Cause with Compass on Coin-Flip Capitalism
And more from the past couple of weeks
The New Right’s New Home with Helen Andrews
Features editor Helen Andrews joins to discuss the launch of the forthcoming Commonplace magazine from American Compass
What Economists Could Learn From George Costanza
My essay in today’s New York Times…
The Movie’s Not Called “It’s A Wonderful Life Of Economic Freedom”
And more from this week…
The Case for Tariffs with Sen. Phil Gramm
Former Senator Phil Gramm joins Oren for a wide-ranging conversation about the merit of tariffs.
Another Window Into America’s Two-Tiered System of Justice
It isn’t just about criminal punishments and presidential pardons
Trump Can Bend Biden’s Industrial Policy To Suit Him
America appears on the cusp of an era of large-scale domestic investment in areas from semiconductors to energy
Tax Cuts for the Coalition We Have
The old GOP dictated Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. His new coalition should shape its future.
Please Don’t Send Me, or Anyone, ChatGPT’s Policy Ideas
A useful lesson in AI capabilities, and the misunderstandings thereof
Hmm, Well, Yes, Expanding Government-Funded Addiction Treatment Does Count As GDP Growth
And more from this week…
Checking Corporate Power with FTC Chair Lina Khan
FTC Chair Lina Khan joins Oren for a wide-ranging conversation about corporate power and how best to rein it in.
Trump’s Agencies After Chevron
Overruling Chevron limits agencies’ ability to decide questions of law, but not questions of policy
Here’s How the Return of American Industry Will Actually Look
Feat. the one stupid party trick you need to amaze the economists in your life…
Life, Liberty, and the Over Adjusted to 38.5 Parlayed with the Money-Line
And more from this week…
What DOGE Could Do with Santi Ruiz
IFP’s Santi Ruiz joins Oren to talk about government efficiency, DOGE, and how the Trump admin could revitalize the way government works.
How the Decline of Evangelicalism Helped Elect Donald Trump
Loosening social mores cleared a way once blocked by the Moral Majority
