Economists’ lurid forecasts of disaster have not been realised
A ‘skills gap’ is not some blight on free enterprise that someone else will fix
Convoluted messaging and conflicting policies have been hallmarks of the president’s year
The old WTO model is dead — sovereign control and national security matter
The party should be concentrating on developing a new agenda not theatrics
Long-term frameworks are necessary to lock in the desired effects of the US administration’s most controversial policies
There is a position between the old Republican guard and budget fairyland
Innovation has stalled in a globalised era dominated by state-sponsored national champions
Oren Cass and Edward Luce discuss whether tariffs still make sense for Americans on the right
In a multi-polar world, old certainties about the US security guarantee and access to markets no longer hold
Republicans are indulging in budgetary chicanery in order to preserve Trump’s tax cuts
From infrastructure spending to relations with China, uncertainty reigns
America appears on the cusp of an era of large-scale domestic investment in areas from semiconductors to energy
The Harris campaign failed to engage with these voters as citizens with agency
Data suggests Americans can handle the truth if politicians are willing to tell it
The data behind the Teamsters’ refusal to endorse a candidate may be more widespread than we think
Both Harris and Trump seem determined not to be pinned down on policy
Political elites are pulling Republicans and Democrats away from the voters they need to win over
JD Vance’s speech was unlike anything heard from the podium of a Republican National Convention in a generation
US conservatives are moving away from the old orthodoxy on how to balance deficits and revenues
Universities depend on taxpayer money to survive, and they are wasting those funds
A growing body on the right now believe that Medicare and other programmes must not be cut at all
But older anti-government institutions still need to realise that the mistakes of the 1960s are not being repeated
New research bears little resemblance to assumptions about how the US population feels about China and the economy
Defeat on outward-bound investment legislation shows significant change in the party
