A century ago, Michael Oakeshott, Britain’s great skeptic of politics, a grand project, diagnosed a sickness that now afflicts every Western democracy: the confusion between government as referee and government…
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Economy
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The Federal Reserve lowered its federal funds rate target range by 25 basis points, to 4.00–4.25 percent, on Wednesday. Before the decision, it had held rates steady since December 2024.…
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The Social Philosophers by Robert Nisbet is a tour de force through human history and philosophy. He grounds the unifying theme of philosophy in society — or more precisely in…
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The Senate confirmed Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board on Monday. Critics of Miran’s nomination argued that his prior service at the Treasury Department and on the Council of…
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The Texas frontier has once again been won, this time by the school choice movement. It wasn’t easy. Anti-school-choice lobbyists and teachers unions fought fiercely for years to keep the…
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The Senate confirmed Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board on Monday. Critics of Miran’s nomination argued that his prior service at the Treasury Department and on the Council of…
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The Texas frontier has once again been won, this time by the school choice movement. It wasn’t easy. Anti-school-choice lobbyists and teachers unions fought fiercely for years to keep the…
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The Social Philosophers by Robert Nisbet is a tour de force through human history and philosophy. He grounds the unifying theme of philosophy in society — or more precisely in…
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In November 2024, US commercial mortgage delinquencies spiked to 10.4 percent, a level just below the 10.7 percent peak during the 2008 financial crisis. Commercial real estate (CRE) delinquencies surged…
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Ichiro Suzuki was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer. With his nearly unmatched bat control, Ichiro had ten consecutive 200-plus hit seasons and the single-season record of…