In early 2025, National Review reported that lobbying expenditures on tariffs had jumped an astonishing 277 percent over the prior year. Trade associations and industry groups flooded Washington with petitions,…
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It took 20 years to defeat Evo Morales’s Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in Bolivia through elections. Two decades of political battle lines, along with a so-called “cultural war,” run deep…
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It took 20 years to defeat Evo Morales’s Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in Bolivia through elections. Two decades of political battle lines, along with a so-called “cultural war,” run deep…
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In contentious political environments, economic data rarely stand as objective measures. They are transformed into talking points and wielded to justify policies as much as to describe reality. A monthly…
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In contentious political environments, economic data rarely stand as objective measures. They are transformed into talking points and wielded to justify policies as much as to describe reality. A monthly…
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I regret it, but George Santayana’s famous statement, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” is misleading at best. The statement implies that if we do…
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Progressives like Isabella Weber, who has influenced Kamala Harris on price gouging and Zohran Mamdani on rent control, are campaigning for what they call anti-fascist economics. What does that even…
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Life is busy for twenty-first century women, and Venezuela’s María Corina Machado is no exception. There are a lot of plates to keep spinning—keeping track of adult children living abroad,…
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Progressives like Isabella Weber, who has influenced Kamala Harris on price gouging and Zohran Mamdani on rent control, are campaigning for what they call anti-fascist economics. What does that even…
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Life is busy for twenty-first century women, and Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado is no exception. There are a lot of plates to keep spinning—keeping track of adult children living abroad,…