James Pethokoukis
James Pethokoukis is the DeWitt Wallace Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute where he runs the AEIdeas blog. He has also written for The New York Times, National Review, Commentary, The Weekly Standard, and other places.
Latest articles by James Pethokoukis
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America is headed back to space. This time we'll stay there.
feature Why the new generation of U.S. space exploration will last
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Democrats' dangerous inflation assumption
opinion Liberal policymakers assume today's economic trends will never change. Big mistake.
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Biden is not going to get his $1.9 trillion stimulus plan. And that's okay.
opinion The economy just doesn't need it
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The conservative case for Trump's Twitter ban
opinion Social media isn't biased against Republicans. Hate speech and racism is a different matter.
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Shouldn't Wall Street be more concerned about the Capitol insurrection?
opinion Wall Street shrugged off an historic assault on American democracy. Maybe it shouldn't have.
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Hollywood besmirches Ronald Reagan again
opinion Wonder Woman 1984's president is unrecognizable
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Let's not screw up the U.S. economy now
feature 2021 is set to be a boom year — if Congress does the right thing
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Is the great stagnation over?
opinion Why America could be primed for another Roaring '20s
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What progressives get wrong about 'corporate welfare'
opinion Attacking Wal-Mart might be popular, but it's bad economics
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Cheer up, Democrats: Biden could've easily lost
opinion Before coronavirus, Trump wins easily
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Trump mocking Biden on clean energy is everything wrong with today's GOP
opinion Climate change should be a Republican issue
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Why Republicans still aren't serious about social media regulation
feature It's phony war designed to gin up their base
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The winning re-election argument Trump could have made
opinion An October 'surprise' was right there waiting for him
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Wall Street won't let Trump steal the election
opinion What recent American history suggests about a potential crisis of democracy
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What Biden-omics ignores
opinion Where's the productivity growth, Joe?
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Did the Fed give us Trump?
The Explainer And will it do so again in November?
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Is the pandemic propping up the DNC?
opinion Many Democrats seem to forget that pre-coronavirus, there was good reason to think Trump might win
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The terrible trade-off of keeping schools closed
opinion It may be extremely difficult to open schools safely. But not doing so will come with steep long-term costs.
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Why aren't Republicans trying to juice the economy?
opinion If Trump's re-election was their only consideration, you think they'd want to spend $3 trillion
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Wall Street pines for President Biden
opinion Turns out investors don't fear a Biden presidency — they fear more Trump
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Trump's visa ban is economic suicide
opinion This election year stunt is going to be catastrophic for American innovation and entrepreneurship
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Maybe the stock market isn't crazy
opinion Behind all of the bad news, there might be reasons for optimism
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What the SpaceX launch represents
opinion Come for the thrill of the rocket show. Stay for the groundbreaking innovation.
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Three cheers for the world's first trillionaire
opinion Why Jeff Bezos becoming a trillionaire would be a great thing for all of us
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