Three Keys to Unlockthe AmericanEconomy (JOHN F. COGAN AND KEVIN W)

faces a formidable set of detractors with a seeminglyforbidding set of questions.Is personal freedom not suitable to the challenges of our time? Is economic liberty nolonger resonant to a broad range of citizens, including policy makers? Is the United Statesunwilling, unable, or unworthy to champion sound principles of economics to othernations? Is the ascendant intellectual …

Read More

Popular sovereignty doesn’t exist without public knowledge (Vanessa Williamson)

The Trump administration is undermining publicly produced data, slashing public investments in research, and intimidating civil society institutions that produce fact-based analyses. Enervating organizations that inform the public about vital issues like public health, economic growth, and—most of all—the actions of policymakers leaves the citizenry less able to hold officials to account. Attacks on the …

Read More

Trump’s executive order threatens to undermine American elections (Samara Angel, Peter W. Beck, and Jonathan Katz)

The March 25 executive order (EO) on American elections, which purports to protect election integrity, instead represents considerable legal overreach—and could disenfranchise many voters across the country. The power to regulate the large majority of elections lies with the states and U.S. Congress—as set out by the Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution. If followed, this EO would consolidate a great deal of power …

Read More