The World War II Lesson for DOGE
A Trump revolution is poised to unleash the innovative and productive power of the private sector, transforming the federal government. If it happens, Americans will witness the most significant change in the operation and philosophy of governance in 120 years. Fortunately, the precedent for this kind of transformation occurred more than 70 years ago, when American private industry mobilized to win World War II.
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Arthur Herman is a senior research fellow at the Civitas Institute and a senior fellow at Hudson Institute where his research programs analyze defense, energy, and technology issues.
Economic Dynamism
The Causal Effect of News on Inflation Expectations
This paper studies the response of household inflation expectations to television news coverage of inflation.
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The Rise of Inflation Targeting
This paper discusses the interactions between politics and economic ideas leading to the adoption of inflation targeting in the United States.
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U.S. Can’t Cave to Europe’s Anti-Growth Agenda
One does not have to support protectionist tariffs or protracted trade wars to see why Washington needs to continue using trade to pressure Eurocrats to give up micromanaging tech platforms and supply chains around the world.
Texas Stands on Commerce
Clear limits on shareholder resolutions have made Texas a model of business certainty — and business is flooding in.
