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The Monopolized Economy


January/February/March 2023 Print Edition

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The New Political Economy 

The rules of the marketplace, once managed by experts, are increasingly subject to partisan conflict. Good—that’s what the Founders intended. And liberals need to be the vanguard.

Emancipation Relocation

In 1848, an enslaved husband and wife escaped from Georgia, she disguised as a young white man, he as “his” servant. Their story inspired abolitionists around the world.

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How We Mourn Our Presidents

An anticipated new collection shows that when the nation buries a current or former president, it reveals much about America at the moment of their passing.