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Lina Khan’s Continued Influence on the FTC

Lina Khan’s Continued Influence on the FTC

Consumer welfare and the U.S. business climate are especially subject to the blows dealt at the FTC.

Jessica Melugin
Economic Dynamism
Apr 6, 2026

Another Reason for Regime Change: Iran’s Flagrant Assault on the Rules of War

Another Reason for Regime Change: Iran’s Flagrant Assault on the Rules of War

The rules of war are not complicated. Militaries may strike military targets. Militaries may not deliberately target civilians or threaten the commerce of neutral nations.

John Yoo
Politics
Apr 3, 2026

The Iran War and the Future of the American Right

The Iran War and the Future of the American Right

Politics in America is never settled, and the shape and depth of the conservative movement, and its influence on the GOP, is no exception.

Thomas D. Howes
Politics
Apr 3, 2026

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America Is Not for Economic Planning or Cowards
David C. Rose
Economic Dynamism
Mar 4, 2025
Three's a Crowd: Treasury's Competing Economic Targets 
David Beckworth
Economic Dynamism
Mar 3, 2025
Trump's Spending Pauses: Historical Conventions and Statutory Text
Paul J. Larkin
Constitutionalism
Feb 28, 2025
Why Endowments of Educational Institutions Shouldn't be Taxed
Erik M. Jensen
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 27, 2025
The Court Can Reverse Kelo's Injustice
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Feb 26, 2025
The Next Step for School Choice: Get It Right
John Grove
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 26, 2025

Economic Dynamism

We consider the principles, policies, and culture that supports free market capitalism

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Lina Khan’s Continued Influence on the FTC
Jessica Melugin
Economic Dynamism
Apr 6, 2026
A Year of Tariff-Induced Stagnation
Richard Stern
Economic Dynamism
Apr 2, 2026
End Long-Term Capital Gains Taxes
Michael Toth
Economic Dynamism
Apr 1, 2026
The Tax Code Is the Abundance Agenda’s Missing Villain
Veronique de Rugy, Adam Michel
Economic Dynamism
Mar 31, 2026
Washington’s Housing Fix Isn’t a Fix
Tobias Peter
Economic Dynamism
Mar 25, 2026
The Economist Who Knew Too Much
Julia R. Cartwright
Economic Dynamism
Mar 24, 2026

Politics

We investigate what it means to be a constitutional people who remain tethered to the rule of law.

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Another Reason for Regime Change: Iran’s Flagrant Assault on the Rules of War
John Yoo
Politics
Apr 3, 2026
The Iran War and the Future of the American Right
Thomas D. Howes
Politics
Apr 3, 2026
The Politicization of the Scientific Method
Richard Epstein
Politics
Apr 2, 2026
Parliament, Country, and Friendship
Luke Foster
Politics
Mar 25, 2026
Why Can’t We Have a Real Filibuster?
Joseph Postell
Politics
Mar 24, 2026
The Ways, Means, and Ends of FDR
Paul Moreno
Politics
Mar 20, 2026

Constitutionalism

We discuss the political thought that undergirds a society of freedom and virtue.

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Dishonor and the Civil Service
Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Mar 30, 2026
The Government Schools Persist in Mandating Gender Ideology
Sarah Parshall Perry
Constitutionalism
Mar 26, 2026
The Temptation of the Inferior “Imperial Judiciary”
Josh Blackman
Constitutionalism
Mar 17, 2026
Major Questions Doctrine and Its Bipartisan History
Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Mar 16, 2026
Trump’s Tariff Tantrum
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Feb 25, 2026
The Administrative State’s Sludge
Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Feb 24, 2026

Pursuit of Happiness

We explore how citizens, neighbors, workers, families, and communities shape the future of American society.

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Welcome to the Manosphere
Tal Fortgang
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 3, 2026
Celebrating Passover in Communist Exile
Juliana Geran Pilon
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 1, 2026
The Dignity of Relational Beings
Ainsley Weber
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 31, 2026
Adams’ Duplicitous Cabinet
Myron Magnet
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 27, 2026
The Mores of Machines
Thomas Dias
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 19, 2026
Gratitude, Grit, and Miracles: The New Facts of Jewish Life in America
Tal Fortgang
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 17, 2026

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