The president’s “wilderness tour” showed that even the greatest politicians can only bring the country forward when the public is willing to be led.
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The Libertarian Who Accidentally Helped Make the Case for Regulation
George Mason economist Alex Tabarrok set out to prove that federal regulations are strangling the economy. That’s not what he found.
‘Never Trump’ Conservatives Won’t Save Us
They dislike Trump because of who he is, not what he has done.
Classless
A libertarian economist calls for ending public education as we know it. It’s a radical proposal—and deeply wrong.
Trump Meets Political Science
The profession confronts a grim question: Are we witnessing the end of the world’s oldest democracy?
More Heart Than Science
Industrialized health care has suppressed the human interaction that forms the ineffable “art” of medicine—while failing to achieve true efficiency.
The Tragedy of Thailand
How a model of democratization became patient zero for the global rise of authoritarianism.
How Southern Plutocrats Betrayed America
The slaveholding oligarchy was defeated in the Civil War. But concentrations of wealth and power continue to threaten our democracy.
Liberal Democracy Is Not the Problem
With authoritarianism on the rise at home and abroad, now is no time to give up on the American experiment.
How to Fix Facebook—Before It Fixes Us
An early investor explains why the social media platform’s business model is such a threat—and what to do about it.
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