Alex J. Pollock
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The Sound of Five Thousand Banks Collapsing

With the passage of the Federal Reserve Act, many hoped that the new Federal Reserve Banks would make future financial crises impossible.

Rob Koons
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The Quantum Revolution and the Human Spirit

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Jonathan Hartley
Economic Dynamism
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Religious Exemptions?: What the Free Exercise Clause Means

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Richard Epstein
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Joel Kotkin
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Religious Exemptions?: What the Free Exercise Clause Means

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John Yoo
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Partisan Trust in the Federal Reserve
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This paper examines partisanship in public perceptions of the Federal Reserve.

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Economic Dynamism
Apr 22, 2025
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Michael Toth
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Apr 1, 2025
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Economic Dynamism
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Economic Dynamism
Mar 10, 2025
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Economic Dynamism
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The Dangers of the Political Gender Gap
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Young women and men are gravitating towards opposite political extremes, with potentially explosive consequences.

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

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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
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A free and good society cannot be ‘open’ to everything, no matter how ugly or pernicious.

Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Apr 7, 2025
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Now is a good time to examine what the Democratic party believes in, who its main protagonists are, and what their agenda is.

Joel Kotkin
Politics
Apr 5, 2025
An M.I.A. Congress Exacerbates the Clash Between Trump and the Courts

Congress has to step up and take some responsibility for the shaping of public policy.

John Yoo, Robert J. Delahunty
Politics
Mar 26, 2025
Trump and Musk Share the Founder’s Mindset

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Arthur Herman
Politics
Mar 26, 2025
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Joel Kotkin
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Mar 13, 2025
Religious Exemptions?: What the Free Exercise Clause Means
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A conversation among three religious liberty scholars on the Free Exercise Clause’s original meaning.

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Mar 28, 2025
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John Yoo
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Mar 23, 2025
Trump’s Risky Reliance on the Alien Enemies Act

A symbolic show of resolve on illegal immigration could hamper Trump’s effort to revive the Monroe Doctrine.

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Mar 21, 2025
Trump’s Worthy Effort to Rein In ‘Independent’ Agencies

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John Yoo & Robert Delahunty
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Mar 3, 2025
Rational Nondelegation

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John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Feb 27, 2025
Challenging the Claremont View of Birthright Citizenship

Questions for my friends at the Claremont Institute on the 14th Amendment.

John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Feb 20, 2025
Trump And Vance Aren’t Defying The Constitution, They’re Following It

John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Constitutionalism
Feb 12, 2025
‘American Oasis’ Review: The Lure of the Desert
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Joel Kotkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 9, 2025
California’s Population Bump Won’t Make Up for Its Long Term Slide

People are leaving, or not coming to California, for rational reasons — and most of them are economic.

Joel Kotkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 1, 2025
How Federal Lands Can Be Used to Ease the Housing Crisis

To create affordable homes on federal lands, the federal government shouldn’t sell lands for development — it should lease them.

Joel Kotkin, Michael Toth
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 10, 2025
In Southern L.A., These Cities Are Making a Comeback

The key is governance and a strong local focus.

Joel Kotkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 6, 2025
California’s Housing Problems Require a Better Solution than Densify, Densify, Densify

California’s mounting housing problem requires more alternatives, especially for people seeking lower rents and affordable single-family houses.

Joel Kotkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 18, 2025
Brains Versus Brawn: Ordinal Rank Effects in Job Training

Is it better to be a big fish in a small pond or a small fish in a big pond?

Scott Carrell, Alexander J. Chesney
Pursuit of Happiness
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The Lone Star State Is Soaring

America's future will be made in Texas.

Joel Kotkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 19, 2024
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The global fertility crisis is worse than you think

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde
Pursuit of Happiness
Aug 17, 2024
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