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Where does libertarianism go from here?
Deregulation, state capacity, and growth-oriented centrism.
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At least five interesting things to start your week
Nvidia's triumph, "greedflation", public housing, Atlanta vs. Los Angeles, and what the UK gets right
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The debt ceiling deal: What was the whole point?
A manufactured crisis leads to an ineffectual "solution"
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Is immigration raising rents in America?
No, but in a few big cities it might be.
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Where China is beating the world
On high-speed rail, EVs, and solar, China is doing truly amazing things.
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Degrowth: We can't let it happen here!
We won't help the environment or the poor by valorizing poverty and decline.
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Decoupling is just going to happen
Chinese policy and geopolitical risk are doing a lot of the work here.
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Nonprofits are sapping the progressive project
We need to bring back state capacity.
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