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Locke, Meet Claude

The concern is not regulation per se. It is a regulation that outruns its justification by arriving before the evidence, foreclosing the technology before its benefits are understood, and insulating the powerful from competition that would otherwise discipline them. That is the pattern worth resisting. 

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Is There Anything New Under the AI Sun?

OpenAI needs to build on the successes of open markets and turn away from regulation, taxation, and cartelization.

Richard Epstein
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Antisemitism and the American Right

The future of the American experiment is at stake.

Melissa Langsam Braunstein
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Tensions between the legislative and executive departments persist regardless of which political party is in power.

Josh Blackman
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The Partisan Tax Divide Cuts Deeper Than You Think

Long-term stability demands that states prioritize core government functions, impose fiscal discipline, and reduce dependence on federal transfers.

Thomas Savidge
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