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Biden Has Lost the Plot on Student Debt Relief

As he announced his latest round of student loan forgiveness last week — the previous one was just last month — President Joe Biden was greeted...

14.04.2024 9

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Biden’s Housing Agenda Needs a Renovation

As a longtime housing obsessive, I have to admit that Joe Biden is the best president the cause of zoning reform has ever had. I also have to admit...

07.04.2024 10

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In Baltimore, Biden Can Show How to Build Back Faster

When it comes to the crises spawned by the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says he is...

01.04.2024 8

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Raising the Retirement Age Won’t Help Anyone

It’s budget season in Washington, which means the politicians are delivering their annual warnings about the looming Social Security crisis. How big...

24.03.2024 20

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Biden’s Industrial Policy Is Just Politics by Another Name

President Joe Biden signaled last week that his administration will oppose Nippon Steel’s proposed purchase of US Steel. As a matter of electoral...

17.03.2024 20

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Now Biden Needs to Show His Moderate Side

As a piece of political theater, President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address was an energetic success. He effectively answered questions about...

10.03.2024 3

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California’s Top-Two Primary Isn’t Making Politics Better

California is a very blue state, so the question in its 2024 US Senate race isn’t whether a Democrat will fill the seat long held by the late Dianne...

03.03.2024 10

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Will Democrats Ever Embrace Charter Schools Again?

Los Angeles last week made it dramatically harder to launch new charter schools in the city, the latest sign of an anti-charter backlash that’s...

18.02.2024 30

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Zuckerberg’s Apology Isn’t Enough

Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri deserves credit for badgering Mark Zuckerberg into offering an apology last week to families of children victimized by...

05.02.2024 6

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Don’t Let Trump and Biden Abandon the Debates

One of the few bipartisan traditions left in American politics is hating on the presidential debates. They’re never substantive enough, the...

28.01.2024 9

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To Write Better Laws, Congress Needs More Expertise

The longstanding conservative effort to weaken the administrative state reached the Supreme Court last week. If conservatives really wanted to reduce...

21.01.2024 10

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Musk Shows Why the US Labor Movement Faces Long Odds

Low unemployment has been good not only for American workers but also for American labor unions, who’ve taken advantage of robust demand to win...

14.01.2024 5

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Don’t Make US Public Schools More Like Harvard

Conservatives angered by the state of US higher education ought to take a moment to reconsider their approach to the rest of America’s educational...

07.01.2024 7

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Biden’s Supporters Need to Start Acting Like It

Joe Biden just can’t win. I refer not to the presidential election, which is still 11 months away, but to his supporters’ predisposition for...

18.12.2023 3

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America Can’t Zone Its Way Out of Its Housing Crisis

Salt Lake City and Austin, which like most US cities are suffering from an acute shortage of affordable housing, took dramatic action last week to...

10.12.2023 10

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Biden’s Gift to Holiday Shoppers? A Supply-Chain Task Force

President Joe Biden wants the American consumer to know he’s taking rising costs seriously. So on Cyber Monday, a few days into the unofficial...

03.12.2023 6

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Bring Back the Free Trade Agenda

Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping wrapped up a summit meeting last week with agreements on everything from military communications to artificial...

19.11.2023 10

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How Biden Can Be as Successful as His Party

Nervous Democrats have been on an emotional roller coaster lately. In just the last week, there have been polls showing President Joe Biden decisively...

12.11.2023 10

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What If Netanyahu Stepped Down?

It is inappropriate, of course, for a US president to overtly intervene — or even be seen as overtly intervening — in another country’s...

05.11.2023 9

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Mike Johnson Can Succeed Where Kevin McCarthy Failed

With last week’s election of Mike Johnson as speaker of the House, the hard-right faction of the House Republican caucus has finally gotten its way....

29.10.2023 5

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Biden’s Economy Is Great Everywhere Except in the Polls

As the US economy continues to improve, President Joe Biden continues to not get credit for it. Only 35% of voters in seven swing states trust Biden...

22.10.2023 5

Bloomberg

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The Federal Deficit Matters Now More Than Ever

A decade ago, the US was deep into a misguided elite-driven freakout about the federal budget deficit. Back then, inflation was low, interest rates...

15.10.2023 5

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How Bidenomics Can Beat Maganomics

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17.09.2023 5

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What Happens When Renewable Energy Isn’t So Cheap?

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10.09.2023 8

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