I talked to 𝙿𝚊𝚞𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 Economic Policy Innovation Center about why 2025 is a big year for the federal budget for the new episode of American Institute for Economic Research Econception.

I also discuss how trade policy can better respond to China, and why devaluing the dollar is a bad idea.

Listen here: flow.page/econception

Donald Devine (Donald Devine) is senior scholar at TFAS and a Freedom Conservatism signatory.

In the early 1980s, Devine served as President Ronald Reagan’s civil service director. The Washington Post labeled him “Reagan’s Terrible Swift Sword of the Civil Service” for cutting

What does national debt and decline look like across decades? Should we take notes?
Consider the case of Japan outlined by David L. Bahnsen in this conversation with Veronique de Rugy:

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I can’t wait to read this.

A thousand times yes!

“Javier Milei’s lack of political support in Congress adds to the uncertainty surrounding his ability to successfully pass deregulatory reforms… it is premature to declare victory on the fiscal and inflationary fronts in #Argentina .”
~ Nicolas Cachanosky

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Friedman is gone but anti-capitalism remains, and it is no longer constrained to academia. It is common in the halls of Congressdotgov (@SenSanders and Elizabeth Warren) and even in corporate boardrooms, with the modern push for corporations to engage in #ESG efforts.

The Wasteful

'Shareholder capitalism — which is to say, capitalism — generates social value by its very nature. The profit motive drives innovation, and that innovation spreads throughout society, lowering costs, increasing product quality, etc.' aier.org/article/review… from American Institute for Economic Research

'It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children.' Orwell 1984

Rehearsal for Revolution nationalreview.com/corner/rehears…

Major conservative institutions are hiring individuals on the right who claim to be conservative but are openly hostile to free markets. Instead of fighting to cut the size and scope of the federal government, they are happy to utilize big government to achieve their preferred

Loved this conversation with David L. Bahnsen to talk about the lessons for the US about the last 40 years in Japan.

Targeting mergers and acquisitions (M&As) is an especially misguided approach to addressing concerns about banking-sector competition and stability. The long-term consequences of these proposals will ultimately affect consumers. Heritage Foundation
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Free markets are ultimately best for American families even if there are some who lose among the many who win. Trying to hold onto and stabilize a town’s lost cause by interfering with free enterprise has bad net results.

Club for Growth President David M. McIntosh debunks
Sen. @MarcoRubio's 'conservative argument' for industrial policy in a new op-ed.

Read more via @TheHill ⬇️

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Pro Hamas idiots at UT Austin discover what happens why you try to pull a Columbia in Texas

Some conservatives lately are questioning the defense of free markets. Joel Griffith isn't fooled and tells you why economic freedom is the just standard that leads to prosperity for individuals and families alike.

“The current administration has attempted to revitalize manufacturing while disincentivizing fossil fuels in favor of green and other alternative energy sources.”

AIER economist Pete Earle quoted in Will Kessler's article for Daily Caller: dailycaller.com/2024/04/23/oil….

What happens when demand rises and there is NBA-like demand for the WNBA? Then they will be paid NBA-like salaries.

Excellent econ thinking by Art Carden

aier.org/article/will-c… from American Institute for Economic Research

Despite arguments to the contrary, supporting families and their mobility is a matter of more freedom; not populist leaders peddling irredeemable promises.

For whom does your new, overtly liberal colleague work? It might not be your boss. There is a real possibility one’s coworker is actually working for a union, trying to foster worker discontent and recruit new members. I explain the SALT Act at American Institute for Economic Research. aier.org/article/parity…