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PENCE CARRIES DEBATE; TRUMP ROLLS LIBS IN CONFIRMATION FIGHT & WALTER BERNS ON THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE

9/29/2020

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Trump Chose Well in His Vice President, Debate Shows
Editorial of The New York Sun | October 8, 2020
https://www.nysun.com/editorials/trump-chose-well-in-his-vice-president-debate/91290/
The Vice Presidential debate this evening underscored what a wise choice President Trump made when he picked Governor Mike Pence as his running mate. That in and of itself isn't news (we endorsed Mr. Pence for a second term as soon as it was known with whom Vice President Biden would be running). What we just saw was just how politically skilled the man from Indiana is in the high-stakes arena.
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Democrats Emerging As the Heirs To Know-Nothing Movement
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun | September 29, 2020
https://www.nysun.com/national/democrats-emerging-as-the-heirs-to-know-nothing/91278/
How Government Policy Inflates Health Care Costs: The Curse Of Cross Subsidies
by John H. Cochrane via PolicyEd
Health care prices are expensive in America, in part due to government-enforced cross subsidies.
After the People Vote: A Guide to the Electoral College
The mechanisms that lead to the final selection of a president are complex. Some procedures are sketched out in the original Constitution and its amendments, and others in federal law, congressional rules and procedures, state laws, and political party rules. The fourth edition of “After the People Vote” — featuring new sections on public opinion on the Electoral College and proposals for amending the Electoral College system — explains how our system of electing a president works, especially the processes that kick in after the November general election date.
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THE STATES THAT WILL DECIDE 2020 ELECTION & WELFARE STATE LIBERALISM HAS RUN OUT OF GAS

8/20/2020

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The Attempt to Overthrow America  by Guy Millière 
UNEMPLOYMENT DURING  COVID
Welfare State Liberalism Has Run Out of Gas
Chris Pope, E21
Since the Democratic Party secured a majority of the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterms, a new cohort of legislators led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has eagerly advanced ambitious plans to expand federal spending known as the “Green New Deal” and “Medicare for All.”  These names both recall the mid-20th century, when major expansions of government programs helped the Democratic Party to dominate American politics for a generation. Yet, this winning political formula eventually ran into diminishing returns. Read more here..
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THE CONSTITUTION VS. SOCIALISM

8/3/2020

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https://www.hoover.org/research/socialism-vs-american-constitutional-structure-advantages-decentralization-and-federalism
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INVESTMENT IS GROWTH, NOT CONSUMPTION

6/11/2020

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In-depth with Yuval Levin
Yuval Levin | C-SPAN
In a wide-ranging interview, Yuval Levin discusses US political history and the political divide in the country today.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/06/08/el_salvadors_decline_mocks_keynesian_and_monetarist_magic_495512.html

https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/06/04/economists_worship_consumption_lebanon_mocks_their_religion_495251.html
The Fed leaked its future plans through WSJ central bank watcher Nick Timiraos. In the reporter's words, the Fed could “amplify” its commitment to low rates “by capping yields on every Treasury security that matures before 2023.” Only an economist could believe this would work. No doubt some of the bluest of blue chip businesses, individuals, and governments will be able to borrow at rates related to the yield cap benchmarks set by the Fed, but this would be true with or without the caps. Actual economic growth comes from financing new ideas, or the creation of wealth that doesn’t yet exist. The Fed's confirmation of what's already true (sure things can borrow at low rates) will not alter the cost of capital for growth ideas one bit. Thankfully it won't. Much as economists wish it weren't true, what can be controlled by non-market entities is soon enough not worth controlling. And as the 20th century hopefully reminds the half awake, there's little to control to begin with.  The opinion piece can be found here.
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NIXON IN '72 IS TRUMP FOR 2020:  HOW WE GOT HERE

6/5/2020

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https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/06/protests-coronavirus-bitter-irony-of-revolutions/
American civilization and its discontents
Matthew Continetti | The Washington Free Beacon
Without institutions that cultivate republican virtue and leaders who model it, young Americans have turned to the moral certitudes of the new progressivism.
https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Comeback-Richard-Defeat-Majority-ebook/dp/B00HXYLW8K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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DR. HENRY NAU, REAGAN'S DIRECTOR NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL ON TRUMP'S "REAGAN DOCTRINE" REVISION

5/22/2020

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Trump's 2020 Platform
Editorial of The New York Sun | May 29, 2020
https://www.nysun.com/editorials/trumps-2020-platform/91149/
In a new AEI report, Colin Dueck assesses the new conservative traditionalists whose concerns are not limited to conventional social issues, but rather carry heavy implications for other areas of US policy, including domestic, economic, and national security. New traditionalism represents a vital growth in democratically oriented, conservative political thought that cannot be washed away. A genuine fusion of right of center will eventually be needed. Read the full report here.
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/what-trump-gets-right-about-us-foreign-policy-149526
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/what-trump-gets-right-about-us-foreign-policy-149526
Is democracy in decline? Despite historic protests in Hong Kong, Lebanon, Chile, and more, Freedom House found that 2019 was the 14th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. What explains this trend? This week, the president of Freedom House, Michael Abramowitz, joined Danielle Pletka and Marc Thiessen to explain why Freedom House assesses that democracy is under assault. Listen here.
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GLOBALISM HAS NOT HELPED US EXPORTS:  CFR BLOG

5/12/2020

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CFR:  Five Points about U.S. Trade Over the Last Thirty Years
by Brad W. Setser
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BIDEN'S ARCHIVES & COVID PENSIONS TRAP

5/2/2020

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BRIAN RIEDL
No Rush for State Bailouts
Washington should buy time with intermediate measures before committing itself to handing over as much as $1 trillion
The Staggering Cost of the Pandemic
Brian Riedl, Manhattan Institute
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A Biden Bombshell? Open the University of Delaware Archive
Editorial of The New York Sun | May 2, 2020
https://www.nysun.com/editorials/a-biden-bombshell-open-the-university-of-delaware/91116/
Joe Biden's Burden
Editorial of The New York Sun | May 1, 2020
https://www.nysun.com/editorials/joe-bidens-burden/91115/
What role should the federal government play in addressing state and municipal pension debts?
Andrew G. Biggs | TeacherPensions.org
Federal pension regulations exist for a good reason, and those reasons apply to governments as much as to private companies.
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CONRAD BLACK:  ON THE UNRELENTING DISTAIN U.S. PRESS CORPS HAS FOR TEAM TRUMP & WHY BAILOUTS AREN'T WORKING

4/17/2020

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The Dubious Morality Of Modern Administrative Law
featuring Richard A. Epstein via National Review
Modern administrative law has been the subject of intense and protracted intellectual debate, from legal theorists to such high-profile judicial confirmations as those conducted for Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. On one side, defenders of limited government argue that the growth of the administrative state threatens traditional ideas of private property, freedom of contract, and limited government.
This latest legislative effort, useful and necessary though it is, suggests that Congress and the administration are still behind the curve, explains Yuval Levin.
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Nicholas Eberstadt writes that the COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated the deepest and most fundamental crisis for Pax Americana that this set of global economic and security arrangements has faced in the past three postwar generations.
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https://www.mercatus.org/publications/covid-19-policy-brief-series/government-backed-line-credit-would-help-small-businesses
Just as Chevron was an iconic decision marking the rise of the administrative state, so its relative decline is also a powerful symbol. Read More »
The natural intuition is to think that federalism works in normal times and then gets in the way of prompt, effective responses to crises. Read More »
The phase three-and-a-half bill
Yuval Levin | NationalReview.com
This latest legislative effort, useful and necessary though it is, suggests that Congress and the administration are still behind the curve.
COVID WRECKS STATE BUDGETS
State Bailouts: 'Beyond Galling,' 'Shameless,' Too
Editorial of The New York Sun | April 20, 2020
https://www.nysun.com/editorials/state-bailouts-beyond-galling/91099/
Could Poorly Managed States End Up in Bankruptcy?
Mitch McConnell Is Open to the Idea
Editorial of The New York Sun | April 22, 2020
https://www.nysun.com/editorials/could-poorly-managed-states-end-up-in-bankruptcy/91101/
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INSIDE THE MIND OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

4/16/2020

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Tom Friedman Offers Foolish Fantasy For Biden Campaign
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun | April 15, 2020
https://www.nysun.com/national/tom-friedman-offers-foolish-fantasy-for-biden/91095/
A 7-point checklist for reopening the economy
 Michael R. Strain | Bloomberg Opinion
 The US needs a concrete and coherent strategy for reopening the economy, and Congress has to commit to propping up the economy over the long term if needed.
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THE PANDEMIC BRINGS RECESSION & HOW HAYAK HELPS US RECOVER

4/4/2020

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CHART:  SHARE OF US SMALL BUSINESSES
Pressing Pause on Mortgage Payments
Arpit Gupta, City Journal

Most Americans are homeowners, and mortgage payments generally represent their biggest financial burden. Mortgage forbearance—when a mortgage provider agrees to let the homeowner pause or reduce his payments for a certain period—thus has a direct beneficial impact on struggling household finances. Forgiving mortgage debt, however, imposes a significant financial burden, which must be borne by lenders or taxpayers. The federal CARES Act tries to strike a balance between the benefits of household mortgage relief and its costs by imposing a temporary moratorium on foreclosures and allowing forbearance on government-backed mortgages (primarily those by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Administration). 

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What Shape Recovery?
featuring John H. Cochrane via Seeking Alpha
Will the recovery be V shaped, quickly roaring back to the previous level? It does that every January 2 after the long Halloween-Thanksgiving-Christmas-New Year's slowdown, and it did in 1984. Or will it be an agonizingly slow U or L shape, as the recovery from 2008 turned out to be?
James Capretta writes that contact tracing will be essential to reopening our economy, Alan Viard warns against excessive pessimism in forecasting, and Desmond Lachman explains how the complex global nature of the virus' economic impact will slow the recovery.
With the passage of three major responses to the pandemic, debate continues over how to implement what has been passed and whether continued aid is necessary. James Pethokoukis stresses the urgency of effectively distributing aid to small businesses, Glenn Hubbard argues that more support for hospitals and small and midsize businesses is necessary, and Paul Kupiec points out the efficacy of stimulus depends on whether it is calibrated to the duration of the crisis.
Our So-Called Foreign Policy: Meanwhile, Back at the Tech Wars….
(What’s Left of) Our Economy: A Great Recession-Like Jobs Report
Don’t bank on a quick economic recovery
(What’s Left of) Our Economy: Yes, These New (Pre-CCP Virus) U.S. Trade Figures Really Matter
(What’s Left of) Our Economy: When Industries Disappear
How to Get America Working Again
Mickey D. Levy & Robert S. Kaplan, Manhattan Institute

Last week’s unprecedented surge of 3.3 million initial unemployment claims quantifies some of the cost of the shutdowns to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. The Federal Reserve is appropriately focused on keeping the financial system operating and preventing a financial crisis, and the $2 trillion stimulus will provide income support to sidelined workers and financial help for businesses that face interruptions in demand and cash flow. But monetary and fiscal stimulus aren’t substitutes for the most important task: getting the unemployed back to work while protecting their health and safety. Read more here....
UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS FOR THE INITIAL PANDEMIC
Michael Farren, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, & TheHill; in re:  Skyrocketing unemployment claims: 6.6 million this week.  The national economy has seized.    It’ll get worse before it gets better; it does mean that social distancing is working, diminishing the transmission of the disease. We’re trading off a short financial crisis—a recession—in favor of a recovery sooner. Won’t see needed relief till mid-April or later.   Unemployment insurance in no way can sustain a family; it’s designed to have people continue looking for work, but here we specifically don't want people out looking for work.

This is not a standard recession—the sky isn't falling—this is not the result of deep structural problems; rather, it's a government-induced recession to [avoid something worse].
https://www.hoover.org/research/grim-costs-total-lockdowns?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=f56f5e41f3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_30_06_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-f56f5e41f3-72527561
The future of public-employee unions
Daniel DiSalvo | National Affairs
The past decade has been a critical juncture for public-sector unions, one that will likely have lasting political and economic effects. Liberals argue that public unions' membership will fall and their political power will decline, which will harm the Democratic Party. But there are compelling reasons to be skeptical about these claims.
The road to workforce recovery
Mason M. Bishop | AEIdeas
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GLOBALISM VS. NATIONALISM:  GREGORY COPLEY EDITOR DEFENSE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS

3/27/2020

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Decision 2020 Report: Federalism: State Power As Effective Policy
via Decision 2020
The tenth edition of the Decision 2020 Report highlights Hoover fellows’ thoughts and analyses on the constitutional roles of the state and federal governments in dealing with national crises and in major policy discussions about health care, education, immigration, and environmental protection. It also explores the effectiveness of state government in policy innovation and implementation.
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PANDEMICS, FEDERALISM & VD'S EARLY LIFE ON A MULTI-GENERATIONAL FARM

3/23/2020

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The crisis of the liberal zombie order  
Ross Douthat | New Statesman
Pandemic Federalism
by John Yoo via National Review
Large parts of the nation’s response can be undertaken only by the states.
Victor Davis Hanson: The Untold Story With Martha MacCallum
interview with Victor Davis Hanson via Fox News
Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson talks about growing up on a multi-generational farm, why he decided to write The Case for Trump, and his opinions 
The damage that America First has done
Kori Schake | The Atlantic
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2020/03/26/is-there-wasteful-spending-in-the-coronavirus-stimulus-bill/#3291d0d060ae
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THE MARKET BOTTOMS BEFORE THE VIRUS PEAKS

3/20/2020

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THE FOG OF PARTISANSHIP:  JAMES MADISON ON THE REPUBLICAN ETHOS & ABDICATION WITH NON-DELEGATION

3/15/2020

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James Madison and republican statesmanship, part 5: Confidence, prudence, and the Virginia Resolutions of 1798
Abdication and nondelegation
Adam J. White, Tal Fortgang, and Alan Morrison | “Unprecedential”
MYRON MAGNET
About Those Self-Evident Truths. . . .
What are we without them?
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James Madison and republican statesmanship, part 4: The fog of partisanship
 Jay Cost | March 2020

  • Partisanship today has a corollary in the 1790s, when sharp disagreement led Republicans and Federalists to denounce each other in personal terms.

  • Many Founding Fathers, including James Madison, fell prey to this kind of vitriol, even though in truth both sides were earnest advocates for their own vision of the national interest.

  • We can learn from the founders’ error by remembering that our political opponents are not bad people. By assuming the best, rather than the worst, of our political opponents, we can better find common ground.
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Refining and enlarging the public views: James Madison, the Bill of Rights, and representation in a republic
 Jay Cost | American Enterprise Institute | February 5, 2020
 
James Madison and republican statesmanship, part 2: A road map from tribalism
Jay Cost | American Enterprise Institute | January 8, 2020
 
James Madison and republican statesmanship, part 1: The virtue of constitutional esteem
Jay Cost | American Enterprise Institute | December 12, 2019
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WHY ITS TIME TO REORGANIZE THE FISA COURT

3/11/2020

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RESCUING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & THE SUPREMES TACKLE ABORTION

2/28/2020

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Judges: The Whirlwind, Indeed
Editorial of The New York Sun | March 6, 2020
https://www.nysun.com/editorials/judges-the-whirlwind-indeed/91041/
There are at least two very different visions of what America ought to be, and they increasingly appear to be mutually exclusive. Read More »
Excellence without the Good
The Empire Strikes Back Against Originalism
https://www.hoover.org/research/beware-faithless-electors
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ALL IN THE FAMILY:  THE RE-ALIGNMENT OF US DEMOCRACY SINCE THE 1960'S

2/28/2020

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HOW TO FIX MEDICARE
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RED STATES ARE DEFEATING BLUE STATES ON ALL INDICIES

2/10/2020

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Red States’ Economic Advantage
Joel Kotkin & Wendell Cox, City Journal
The political and cultural war between red and blue America may not be settled in our lifetimes, but it’s clear which side is gaining ground in economic and demographic terms. In everything from new jobs—including new technology employment—fertility rates, population growth, and migration, it’s the red states that increasingly hold the advantage. 
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WHAT CAUSES BUDGET DEFICITS
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES
Men without work
Aparna Mathur and Nicholas Eberstadt | AEI video
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THE DEMS DON'T FEAR ANYONE:  NO FALLOUT FROM IMPEACHMENT & HOW TO ADDRESS SOCIAL SECURITIES PROGRESSIVITY

2/5/2020

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The best way to fix Social Security
Alan D. Viard and Sita Nataraj Slavov | The Hill
Increasing Social Security’s progressivity by cutting benefits for well-off seniors is a reasonable way to address the program’s financial difficulties. But the details matter. Targeting benefits based on lifetime labor earnings would protect those in need while avoiding harmful economic effects.
https://www.nationalreview.com/author/victor-davis-hanson/
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HOW TEAM TRUMP'S DE-REGULATION UNLEASHES US ECONOMY & CONRAD BLACK, DOUBLING THE MINIMUM WAGE

1/13/2020

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https://www.hoover.org/research/decline-unions-good-news?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=87b1127fa7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_28_05_25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-87b1127fa7-72527561
Trump’s Vast Deregulatory Landscape Goes Unnoticed by Experts
Casey Mulligan, E21

The myriad deregulatory actions of the Trump administration are generating considerable cost savings, savings that even conservative critics of regulatory overreach are underestimating. Like the Grand Canyon, the vast scale of these deregulatory efforts (and their results) is hard to fathom. In just three years the administration has reversed hundreds of regulations, many of which drone on for hundreds of pages. And it’s done so without fear or favor. Many of the regulations reversed had been written and implemented at the behest of special interests, including large banks, trial lawyers, major health insurance companies, big tech companies, labor unions, and foreign drug manufacturers. Read more here.... (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
​MARK P. MILLS
Old Energy, New Boom
Digital traffic will fuel the next dramatic economic expansion—but digital machines need the reliable and affordable energy that only hydrocarbons can provide.


SETH BARRON
America Unraveled
Christopher Caldwell’s new book argues that, for the past half-century, the U.S. has been effectively living under two competing constitutional regimes.
​America Turns the Corner at Last by Conrad Black
National Review
January 24, 2020

http://www.conradmblack.com/1496/america-turns-the-corner-at-last
Winter 2019 Issue:  THE MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL
The Real Cost of Doubling the Minimum Wage
Jonathan Meer, E21
The New York Times’ editorial board recently added its voice to the chorus of calls for a $15 per hour federal minimum wage. The justifications include a grab-bag of unsupported claims including the notion that companies can simply pass along higher labor costs through prices—ignoring the effects that higher prices have on consumer purchases, which would then reduce the demand for the labor that produces those goods and services. The editorial also dismisses the possibility of firms substituting capital for labor through automation, ignoring the growing evidence that minimum wage increases lead to exactly such decisions. Read more here.... 
Tackling Our Retirement-Savings Crisis
Nicole Gelinas, City Journal
Fed’s Repo Market Fix Is No Fix at All
Jim Bianco, Bloomberg
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A POLICY GUIDE FOR FRUSTRATED AMERICANS:  HOW THE 2020 SPENDING BILL LOCKS IN OBAMACARE

12/21/2019

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Place and the pursuit of happiness, upward mobility, and the American dream
Ryan Streeter | Knight Foundation
When work, play, relationships, and leisure “hang together” in a community, people generally fare better by any economic or social measure we value.
The $1.4 trillion spending bill locks in a core Obamacare mistake
 Joseph Antos | AEIdeas
 The cascade of problems started by the Affordable Care Act’s failure to appropriate cost-sharing reduction payments can be resolved. Rather than locking in a jury-rigged work-around, the next Congress should adopt reforms that promote efficiency and fairness in the individual insurance market.
James Pethokoukis explains that the lowest-paid workers continue to experience faster wage growth than workers overall, which wasn’t the case in the first years of the post–Great Recession recovery. This can be credited more to the length of the US economic expansion, rather than state-level minimum wage increases.
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https://www.amazon.com/Theyre-Both-Wrong-Frustrated-Independent-ebook/dp/B07WX1L3HP
ICOLE GELINAS
Municipal Master
Felix Rohatyn helped save New York—with some unintended consequences.
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HOW PELOSI IS LOSING. . . FAST, BEST JOBS NUMBERS IN 50 YEARS AND VICTOR DAVIS HANSEN ON IMPEACHMENT

12/7/2019

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How Should the Senate Deal with an Unconstitutional Impeachment by the House?
by Alan M. Dershowitz 
No, the Economy is Not De-Materializing
Mark Mills, RealClearBooks
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EMPLOYMENT, AUTOMATION:  THE INTANGIBLE ECONOMY

11/17/2019

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Ed Lazear: November Jobs Number The Strongest In A Long Time
interview with Edward Paul Lazear via CNBC
Hoover Institution
Growth Will Require a Resurgence of Productivity
Conor Sen, Bloomberg
The future of employment in an age of automation: A long-read Q&A with Carl Benedikt Frey
James Pethokoukis | AEIdeas
Carl Benedikt Frey and James Pethokoukis discuss the impacts of technological progress on the economy, past and present.
James Capretta ​writes that while disaster is not imminent, high levels of debt will eventually constrain effective governance, hurt the economy, and invite a crisis.
2019 at front end of a long-term fiscal problem
James C. Capretta | RealClearPolicy
While the final federal budget for fiscal year 2019 doesn't show a need for precipitous deficit cutting, Congress needs to act soon to limit the borrowing projected for 10, 20, and 30 years from now. Eventually, high levels of federal debt will constrain effective governance, hurt the economy, and invite a crisis. Progress will require bipartisan compromise and probably occur in steps rather than all at once.
An Agenda for the Intangible Economy
Jonathan Haskel & Sitan Westlake, City Journal
From the appetizing smells and disciplined, busy cooks, you’d think it was the kitchen of a bustling restaurant, filled with diners. But with no tables to reserve, no serving staff, and just a discreet entrance, where Uber Eats and Deliveroo drivers (the only clientele this kitchen serves) pick up orders, this is a “dark kitchen,” bringing together chefs and their wares with online search and food-delivery platforms—businesses based on software, data, and proprietary networks of drivers. Read more here....
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HOW THE FOUNDERS UNDERSTOOD IMPEACHMENT & HOW PUBLIC POLICY BECAME WAR

11/12/2019

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AEI
What does ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’ mean?
Gary J. Schmitt and Joseph M. Bessette | American Enterprise Institute
Through an analysis of the text of the Constitution, the Constitutional Convention, the ratification debates, and British and American impeachment precedents, it is possible to reach a broad understanding of what constitutes “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
Bill Barr’s Federalist Sequel
The attorney general channels Madison and Hamilton.
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​2019 at the Front End of a Long-Term Fiscal Problem

James Capretta, RealClearPolicy
 
Deindustrialization Isn’t Just a Working-Class Problem

Anuska Jain & Samuel Hammond, The Bulwark
5 questions for Stian Westlake on how to handle the intangible economy
James Pethokoukis | AEIdeas
Trump’s unmet economic promises
Desmond Lachman | Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum

Maps of American restaurant quality

Stan Veuger and Daniel Shoag | AEIdeas
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