The Commons
Making Sense of Conservative Economics
Trump’s anti-bureaucracy energy should be directed at regulation as well as waste
It isn’t just about criminal punishments and presidential pardons
The old GOP dictated Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. His new coalition should shape its future.
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Oren speaks on a panel about economic policy in Trump’s second term and more with Jason Furman, Richard Burkhauser, and Kimberly Clausing.
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The credit card industry is gouging small business with swipe fees, claiming it’s doing so to help working-class Americans.
On policy, he is badly misaligned with the GOP and its standard bearer. He is weak on immigration, allied with big business, and expansive in his vision for the nation’s foreign policy commitments.
A new AEI paper reaches the same conclusion as American Compass: Rising inequality for American workers is a problem.
Universities depend on taxpayer money to survive, and they are wasting those funds
“Until you came along, nobody ever mentioned it.”
