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There’s a Method to Trump’s Tariff Madness


Mr. Trump’s tariffs aren’t really about tariffs... Read More

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How Inflation Ended Neoliberalism—and Re-Elected Trump


In the 1970s, skyrocketing prices spurred free-market reforms that promoted economic stability... Read More

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Granting cash payments is a conservative principle


The Republican support for emergency cash payments as a central part of CARES Act.. Read More

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Why History?


I know my students will hear the inevitable question: “History, huh. What are you gonna do with that?” So I suggest three ways they might respond: a simple answer, a complicated answer and a philosophical answer. Read More

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Trump Can't Deliver the Rust Belt Jobs He Promised Because Work Has..


ON ELECTION NIGHT, voters in northeastern Ohio’s... Read More

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Ron Paul and the New Libertarianism


Despite Ron Paul’s roots in far-right economic theory, he actually occupies that twilight zone in American politics where Left and Right mingle uneasily.... Read More

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Five Best: Lives of Economists


Selected by Jennifer Burns, the author of ‘Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative.’ Read more

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What was conservatism?


Most damaging of all, conservatives have lost the habit of critical thought. And they lost it well before Trump... Read More

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Companies should concentrate on maximizing their profits


Relegating the interests of shareholders is an open repudiation of the ‘Friedman doctrine’ Read More

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Ayn Rand : Trump's Favorite Intellectual


Libertarian novelist Ayn Rand still sells millions of books in the U.S. years after her death. Why is she so highly admired in the White House? Read More

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US Republican leaders love Ayn Rand’s controversial philosophy—and are increasingly misinterpreting


Donald Trump, Paul Ryan, and Andy Puzder say they love Ayn Rand’s controversial philosophy. Here’s what Republicans keep getting wrong about it. Read More

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