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Religious Exemptions?: What the Free Exercise Clause Means

A conversation among three religious liberty scholars on the Free Exercise Clause’s original meaning.

Andrew Koppelman, Michael McConnell, Vincent Phillip Muñoz
Constitutionalism
Apr 28, 2025
Partisan Trust in the Federal Reserve

This paper examines partisanship in public perceptions of the Federal Reserve.

Carola Binder, Cody Couture, Abhiprerna Smit
Economic Dynamism
Apr 22, 2025
The American Dream Is Not a Coin Flip, and Wages Have Not Stagnated

This paper challenges the prevailing narrative that stagnant wages are causing the American dream to fade. It contrasts subjective public opinion with revised objective intergenerational mobility measures.

Scott Winship
Economic Dynamism
Mar 6, 2025
Political Economy and the Rise of Commercial Humanism

Western attitudes toward commerce have transformed from early moral condemnation to a modern appreciation that sees trade as socially beneficial.

Erik Matson
Economic Dynamism
Feb 28, 2025
Rational Nondelegation
John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Feb 27, 2025
Liberal Democracy Reexamined: Leo Strauss on Alexis de Tocqueville
Raúl Rodríguez
Politics
Feb 25, 2025
Estimating the Productivity of Community Colleges in Paving the Road To Four-Year College Success
Scott Carrell, Michal Kurlaender
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 7, 2025
Long Distance Migration as a Two-Step Sorting Process: The Resettlement of Californians in Texas
James Gimpel, Daron Shaw
Politics
Feb 6, 2025
Why Failure-to-Market Claims Are Preempted Under Federal Law
Richard Epstein, Benjamin Flowers
Economic Dynamism
Feb 5, 2025
Brains Versus Brawn: Ordinal Rank Effects in Job Training
Scott Carrell, Alexander J. Chesney
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 28, 2025
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Reflections on Mass Flourishing: 10 Years Later

Economic Dynamism
Dec 10, 2024

Sludge, Stagnation, and Dynamism

Economic Dynamism
Dec 6, 2024

Understanding the Effect of Abortion Attitudes on Elections After Dobbs: Evidence from Cross-Sectional and Panel Surveys in Texas

Politics
Nov 26, 2024

Tocqueville’s Defense of Aristocratic Literature

Politics
Oct 3, 2024

The Surge of the Small Donorate in U.S. Elections: A View from Texas Statewide Campaigns.”

Politics
Sep 4, 2024

Campaign Ads and the Differences Between Soliciting Donations and Mobilizing Volunteers

Politics
May 20, 2024
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Religious Charter Schools Should Pass the Supreme Court Test

A case from Oklahoma will determine whether American education becomes more or less centralized, homogeneous, and anticompetitive.

Michael Toth, Gavin Schiffres
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 29, 2025
Relief for Trump in Sight — If Supreme Court Special Session Reins in Rogue Judges

Nationwide injunctions have proven a disaster for the federal judiciary.

John Yoo
Politics
Apr 25, 2025
The Dangers of the Political Gender Gap

Young women and men are gravitating towards opposite political extremes, with potentially explosive consequences.

Joel Kotkin
Politics
Apr 24, 2025
What Trump Can Learn from George W. Bush on Immigration Strategy

The White House should follow the Bush administration’s example and avoid antagonizing the Supreme Court.

John Yoo
Politics
Apr 23, 2025
Trump Could Have a Strong Case to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status

Thanks to a 1983 opinion widely hailed by progressives at the time, the administration could be on solid ground.

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Politics
Apr 21, 2025
Can Democrats Exploit Trump’s Tariff Chaos?

As with many political movements, MAGA represents a fragile coalition of groups that often have little in common — and, at the extremes, may even detest one another.

Joel Kotkin
Politics
Apr 16, 2025
‘American Oasis’ Review: The Lure of the Desert

The Southwest has recently sent left-leaning senators to Washington. As more minorities move there, the region might shift to the right.

Joel Kotkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 9, 2025

The Three Whiskey Happy Hour

Steven Hayward brings you the Power Line Blog's perspective on the week's big headlines.

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Virginia Postrel and Adam Thierer on Big Trends and Big Ideas in Dynamism

Economic Dynamism
Apr 29, 2025
1:09:22

Joel Mokyr on American Dynamism vs. Techno-pessimism

Economic Dynamism
Apr 29, 2025
1:04:30

Arthur Herman on Mobility, Markets, and Natural Law

Economic Dynamism
Apr 29, 2025
45:04

Yuval Levin on How the Constitution Unified our Nation – and Could Again

Constitutionalism
Mar 27, 2025
1:08:53

John Yoo: The DOJ Is Being ‘Tricky’ but They May Be Right

Politics
Mar 18, 2025
5:28
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