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Schumpeter in the White House.
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Schumpeter in the White House
How to talk about creative destruction
What New York Owes James Q. Wilson.
Rudolph W. Giuliani
What New York Owes James Q. Wilson
The late political scientist’s ideas on crime helped save the city.
The New Class Warfare.
Joel Kotkin
The New Class Warfare
California’s superwealthy progressives seem intent on destroying middle-class jobs.
Wall Street Isn't Enough.
Edward L. Glaeser
Wall Street Isn’t Enough
Finance-heavy New York must recapture its economic diversity.
Apocalyptic Daze.
Pascal Bruckner
Apocalyptic Daze
Secular elites prophesy a doomsday without redemption.
Coming Soon
Redistricting Wars.
Steven Malanga
Redistricting Wars
The hidden story of the 2012 elections
American Caste.
Kay S. Hymowitz
American Caste
Family breakdown is limiting mobility and increasing inequality.
Flatten California!.
Arthur B. Laffer
Flatten California!
A proposal to fix the state’s business-killing tax regime
The Worst Union in America.
Troy Senik
The Worst Union in America
How the California Teachers Association betrayed the schools and crippled the state
The Second-Rate City?.
Aaron M. Renn
The Second-Rate City?
Chicago’s swift, surprising decline presents formidable challenges for new mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Better Schools, Fewer Dollars.
Marcus A. Winters
Better Schools, Fewer Dollars
We can improve education without busting the budget.
Urbanities.
Washingtonianism.
Myron Magnet
Washingtonianism
The Father of his Country’s vision for the American Founding
Pop Art's Pop.
Stefan Kanfer
Pop Art’s Pop
Illustrator Winsor McCay, a neglected American master
Soundings.
Steven Malanga
Illinois Shows What Not to Do
Wise Wisconsin isn’t imitating its spendthrift neighbor.
Wendell Cox
Sunshine Is Golden
Florida has reversed its demographic decline.
Ethan Epstein
Defining Food Deserts Down
Portland goes diet-crazy.
Andrew Klavan
No Joke
Of human perversity and oranges for heads
Josh Barro
Autonomy
Don’t blame cars for the shortcomings of mass transit.
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Books and Culture.
Will Morrisey
Herbert Hoover’s Despairing Verve
The former president’s magnum opus on World War II is a revisionist’s delight.
16 May 2012
Nicole Gelinas
What Should Never Be For Sale
Michael Sandel’s new book examines where markets and morals conflict.
11 May 2012
Eye on the News.
Nicole Gelinas
It’s Not About Jamie Dimon
We should look to markets, not men, to govern the economy.
14 May 2012
Clark Whelton
SugarHouse Rules
On certain aspects of Charles Murray’s new book
11 May 2012
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Politicization of the Universities
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