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A Bipolar Future in Asia

Thinking about China and the Asian continent in an era of trade warfare

Science Policy Can’t Be Driven by Advocates

Ideology has seeped into federal science funding, highlighting the need for reform

Against Justin Wolfers-ism

The temptation to use economics as propaganda does not serve economists well

Constructing Conservatism

Oren Cass writes for First Things magazine about how to construct a compelling conservative morality in our secular age.

Harris’s Global ‘Green New Deal’

The “Clean Energy Marshall Plan” is a lose-lose-lose for workers, industry, and developing nations

Is The U.S. Workforce Prepared to Reindustrialize?

Effective industrial policy will require changes to business as usual

Why Our Political Elite Remind Me of Dumb and Dumber

Or, the difference between the American dream and the American promise

The Rival Trading Blocs We Make Along the Way

A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.

The Problem With Empty U.S. Campaign Promises

Both Harris and Trump seem determined not to be pinned down on policy

Potemkin Presidential Politics

The Harris-Walz campaign is one of appearances, not substance

Bring Back Trump’s China Policy

Deterring China requires countering Xi’s economic warfare, not accommodation

Do Labor Leaders Not Know What Workers Want, or Do They Just Not Care?

And creative paths forward like, say, reversing Citizens United…

The Gulf Between “Make America Great Again” and “MAGA”

A roundup from Oren Cass about what you should be reading from around the web over the last week to better understand America.

Workers Deserve Real Power. Unions Aren’t the Best Way to Get It.

On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, six labor leaders took the stage to endorse the party’s nominee. “Kamala Harris will keep fighting for workers,” promised the general president of Read more…

Does Trade Policy Affect Trade?

A rescue mission for common sense from the quagmire of free-trade economics

Conservatives Need a Positive Governing Vision

America’s problems can’t be solved by only addressing what government shouldn’t do.

It’s Time for a Bonus, Baby

A Trump-Vance administration should unabashedly support new parents

‘Let Them Eat Joy’

The DNC was a convention for the rich

Toward a More Responsive American Urbanism

How to make America’s towns and cities more like the people who live in them

The Toaster Economy

What we can learn about U.S. manufacturing decline from the humble toaster

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