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20 Jun Some Conservatives Want Americans to Abandon Classical Liberalism. Don’t Listen to Them.

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Donald Trump's economic populism, and his break with the established post-war conservative movement, has created an opening for new types of conservatism. Among these is the anti-market wing of the movement characterized by a renewed enthusiasm for trade controls, more spending on welfare programs, and...

17 Jun Thomas Sowell at 90: Understanding Race Relations Around the World

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The issue of race relations in America has reached a new high pitch with the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman, followed by mass peaceful demonstrations and instances of violence, looting, and arson in cities around the country. A new soul-searching on matters...

16 Jun An Open Letter to the Institute for New Economic Thinking

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I am an economist and Senior Research Fellow with the American Institute for Economic Research. As described by my colleague Phil Magness, the headline of an article from May 2018 was recently changed on your website from “Meet the Economist Behind the One Percent’s Stealth...

13 Jun The Market Loves You–And Your Little Dog, Too

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After a bit of cajoling, my wife and I capitulated and allowed our kids to get a dog. Lucy, a black lab mix, is the newest addition to our family and follows in the footsteps of JoJo, the adorable white bunny we got at the...

12 Jun Who Broke Congress? (with Rep. Justin Amash)

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U.S. Representative Justin Amash from the 3rd Congressional District of Michigan has been in Congress since 2011 and in that time period he has seen many of his colleague chose party over principles. In 2019, he announced that he was leaving the Republican Party. He...

12 Jun The Day First-World Problems Became Real

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Ten years ago or so, a popular meme spread on the Internet called first-world problems. The idea here is to poke fun at how much we’ve been spoiled by prosperity and convenience, and how odd it is that we still find things about which to...

12 Jun Can We Talk About Something Else Now?

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Until the sudden protests erupted across the Western world following the death of George Floyd, it felt like corona would never end. The novel virus was an everlasting feature of every conversation, overhanging every decision of how to spend weekends, summer travels or gym time,...

10 Jun Libertarians Who Dismiss Social Justice Are Mistaken

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With the George Floyd killing and associated protests raising a number of issues involving race, the police, and state power that have long interested libertarians, the relationship between libertarian thought and calls for “social justice,” coming almost exclusively from the left, has found its way...

08 Jun The Stories We Tell in a Crisis

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Episode 24: The Stories We Tell in a CrisisOn this episode of the podcast, host John Papola goes solo for his first ever YouTube livestream to have a conversation with his viewers. He spans many topics including the origins of Emergent Order, his time at...

06 Jun The Problems We Must Solve Are Too Important to Reduce to Left vs. Right Politics

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Looting is wrong. Blaming the wrong people for looting is wrong. Using the wrongness of looting to drown out discussions about what preceded the looting is wrong. All of the aforementioned things are wrong, but the key to finding a solution lies in identifying a...

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