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Can the Tech Bros Find a Home in the Conservative Coalition?
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.
The One Big Thing from JD Vance’s Sunday Show Tour
Plus, government is simply the name we give to minding our own damn business…
Both Parties Have a Chance to Appeal to American Workers — But Will They Take It?
Political elites are pulling Republicans and Democrats away from the voters they need to win over
Chips Ahoy! Don’t Look Now, but Industrial Policy Is Doing Its Job
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.
The Blob on the Ballot
Plus, Seinfeld Conservatism, and an economist accidentally proves his uselessness
Does Anyone Know What’s Going on in This Economy?
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.
JD Vance Is Right About Prioritizing Parents
Plus, Bankruptcy Court is back in session, and the tradeoffs in family life get real…
Tax Cuts As Tragedy, Then Farce
A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.
Open Borders Economists Have Gone Awfully Quiet About Wages
The pretextual arguments have always been political—not economic.
The Elite Catch-22
Plus, you can’t fire Biden, he quits; and, the woeful state of economics reporting…
Bye, Bye, Economic Pie
And more from this week…
A New Republican Future Is Emerging—the Return of Actual Conservatism
JD Vance’s VP nomination could mean a GOP attuned to the needs of everyday Americans.
What Time Is It? Time to Govern.
A durable conservative majority is finally coming within reach.
This Is What Elite Failure Looks Like
The elites of both political parties have failed to take the majority’s policy preferences seriously, with disastrous results.
Soviet America? And more from this week…
From Understanding America, for better understanding America.
The Electric Slide
American EV policy is failing. Here’s how to fix it.
Welcome to Understanding America
Your guide to the future of economics, American politics, and public policy.
Reality is Forcing a Shift in America’s Tax And Spend Debate
US conservatives are moving away from the old orthodoxy on how to balance deficits and revenues.
Ten Years of Fighting the Dragon
Looking back at a decade of shifting the consensus on China
