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

The Dangers of Pursuing the Endangerment Finding

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Economic Dynamism
Sep 15, 2025
Open the Budget Scoring Black Box

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Economic Dynamism
Sep 11, 2025
Demystifying the New Deal

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Economic Dynamism
Sep 5, 2025
Why Is California Losing Good Jobs to Other States? It’s Not Rocket Science

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Economic Dynamism
Sep 4, 2025
Trump’s Factory Revival Is Happening

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Economic Dynamism
Sep 4, 2025
State Capitalism with MAGA Characteristics

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Economic Dynamism
Sep 4, 2025
Do We Still Really Need the Bureau of Labor Statistics?

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Economic Dynamism
Aug 27, 2025
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Demystifying the New Deal

Carola Binder reviews False Dawn: The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery, 1933–1947 by George Selgin

Carola Binder
Economic Dynamism
Sep 5, 2025

Why Is California Losing Good Jobs to Other States? It’s Not Rocket Science

The system that made California dynamic and prosperous for so long is now broken and backward-looking

Joel Kotkin
Economic Dynamism
Sep 4, 2025

Trump’s Factory Revival Is Happening

Think what you will of President Trump’s chaotic-seeming tariff policies. The ostensible goal — the revitalization of US manufacturing — is of decisive importance for the success of the nation.

Joel Kotkin
Economic Dynamism
Sep 4, 2025

Do We Still Really Need the Bureau of Labor Statistics?

It is time for the monthly story of the labor market to be told more clearly, and more reliably, through data from other sources.

G. Dirk Mateer
Economic Dynamism
Aug 27, 2025

The Causal Effect of News on Inflation Expectations

Carola Binder, Pascal Frank, Jane M. Ryngaert
Economic Dynamism
Aug 22, 2025

Can Tariffs Replace Income Taxes?

Richard M. Reinsch II
Economic Dynamism
Aug 22, 2025

The Rise of Inflation Targeting

Carola Binder
Economic Dynamism
Aug 11, 2025

How We Built the Arsenal of Democracy

Arthur Herman
Economic Dynamism
Jul 25, 2025

The $130 Billion Train That Couldn’t

Joel Kotkin
Economic Dynamism
Jul 21, 2025

AI and the Future of Society and Economy

Joel Kotkin, Marshall Toplansky
Economic Dynamism
Jul 17, 2025
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The Causal Effect of News on Inflation Expectations

Carola Binder, Pascal Frank, Jane M. Ryngaert
Economic Dynamism
Aug 22, 2025

The Rise of Inflation Targeting

Carola Binder
Economic Dynamism
Aug 11, 2025

AI and the Future of Society and Economy

Joel Kotkin, Marshall Toplansky
Economic Dynamism
Jul 17, 2025

Automated Detection of Emotion in Central Bank Communication: A Warning

Carola Binder, Nicole Baerg
Economic Dynamism
Jul 1, 2025

Defending Technological Dynamism & the Freedom to Innovate in the Age of AI

Adam Thierer
Economic Dynamism
Jun 6, 2025

Partisan Trust in the Federal Reserve

Carola Binder, Cody Couture, Abhiprerna Smit
Economic Dynamism
Apr 22, 2025
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Demystifying the New Deal

Carola Binder
Economic Dynamism
Sep 5, 2025

Why Is California Losing Good Jobs to Other States? It’s Not Rocket Science

Joel Kotkin
Economic Dynamism
Sep 4, 2025

Trump’s Factory Revival Is Happening

Joel Kotkin
Economic Dynamism
Sep 4, 2025

Do We Still Really Need the Bureau of Labor Statistics?

G. Dirk Mateer
Economic Dynamism
Aug 27, 2025

Can Tariffs Replace Income Taxes?

Richard M. Reinsch II
Economic Dynamism
Aug 22, 2025

How We Built the Arsenal of Democracy

Arthur Herman
Economic Dynamism
Jul 25, 2025
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Trump’s Tariff-for-Income-Tax Swap

Trump’s Tariff-for-Income-Tax Swap

Economic Dynamism
Aug 21, 2025
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Why the Damage to Fed Independence May Have Already Been Done

Why the Damage to Fed Independence May Have Already Been Done

Economic Dynamism
Jul 24, 2025
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Richard Epstein: Law and Economics of Public Sector Unions

Richard Epstein: Law and Economics of Public Sector Unions

Economic Dynamism
Jun 19, 2025
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Can the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Meet Today’s Challenges?

Can the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Meet Today’s Challenges?

Economic Dynamism
May 13, 2025
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Virginia Postrel and Adam Thierer on Big Trends and Big Ideas in Dynamism

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

Economic Dynamism
Apr 29, 2025
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