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  • May 16, 2017
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    The Future of American Internationalism
    The Future of American Internationalism
    … fisted way, Donald Trump has said publicly what many Americans have always believed: the true object of U.S. foreign policy is to protect U.S. security. When the public grows skeptical that U.S. policy is actually delivering such …
    By Christopher A. Preble
  • May 16, 2017
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    On Saving the Dollar
    If it’s prudent to try and keep the U.S. dollar, not only afloat, but sailing as smoothly as possible, it’s no less prudent to encourage discussion and development of superior, if not unsinkable, substitutes.
    By George Selgin
  • May 15, 2017
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    Where Are All These Globalists I Keep Reading About?
    Where Are All These Globalists I Keep Reading About?
    There’s a new scholarly journal out there called American Affairs. Eliana Johnson of Politico describes it as “a journal of public policy and political philosophy with an eye toward laying the intellectual foundation for the Trump movement.” Many people …
    By Simon Lester
  • May 12, 2017
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    Poverty, Politics, and (Crony) Profit
    Poverty, Politics, and (Crony) Profit
    … well to highlight a problem that the social sciences have long provided evidence for. For example, in Rethinking Federal Housing Policy, economist Edward Glaeser suggests that LIHTC’s “prime beneficiaries are the recipients of the tax credits, not poor renters …
    By Vanessa Brown Calder
  • May 12, 2017
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    Allan H. Meltzer: A Life Well Lived (1928-2017)
    Allan H. Meltzer: A Life Well Lived (1928-2017)
    … free markets, which he saw as the surest means to increase the wealth of nations. A Passion for Ideas and Policy Allan had a passion for ideas and a desire to influence policy; he sought to make the world a …
    By James A. Dorn
  • May 10, 2017
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    Allan Meltzer Remembered
    Allan Meltzer Remembered
    Allan passed away early Tuesday. He will be remembered. He will be missed.
    By Gerald P. O’Driscoll Jr.
  • May 5, 2017
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    China's War on Free Speech
    China’s War on Free Speech
    China cannot become a beacon for globalization and free trade without a free market in ideas.
    By James A. Dorn
  • May 1, 2017
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    The Impact of Not Digging Holes
    The Impact of Not Digging Holes
    The transit lobby claims that Trump’s proposal to end support for rail transit construction will cost jobs, but those jobs are simply make-work programs that impose a huge burden on federal and local taxpayers for no net benefit.
    By Randal O’Toole
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