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 reciprocal levies aimed at allies have been paused for 90 days, now what?
Last week’s “Liberation Day” marked a kind of D-Day in the effort to reorder the international economic system.
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President Trump’s America First trade agenda is worth it.
Republicans are indulging in budgetary chicanery in order to preserve Trump’s tax cuts.

