Latest articles by James Pethokoukis
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The American Dream lives!
opinion Despite what you heard, it isn't dead. Or dying. Or even wretchedly sick.
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America's economic future isn't about factory jobs and trade deals. It's about robots.
opinion Don't stop thinking about tomorrow. Yesterday's gone. Yesterday's gone!
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The bad economics of Trump's Carrier deal
The Explainer The private sector has just been sent a strong signal that playing ball with Trump might be part of what it now means to run an American company
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Will Trump be a populist or a conservative? Either way, he fails.
opinion Don't listen to the Bannon-style populists or Reaganite conservatives, President Trump. It's a trap!
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America took a huge gamble with Trump. Is the risk worth it?
opinion If you're going to take a historic risk with the American presidency, there needs to be tremendous potential upside... right?
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Can Donald Trump and Paul Ryan share the GOP?
opinion It doesn't look good...
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Republicans still think they're the 'party of ideas.' That's laughable in the age of Trump.
opinion Rank-and-file GOP voters have no use for what "pointy headed" intellectuals — on the left or right — have to say. Experts and elites be damned!
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Why Americans would happily vote a tech billionaire into the White House
The Explainer Zuckerberg 2020?
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How Donald Trump would destroy the rule of law in America
opinion Donald Trump is the law-and-order candidate. Except for the law part.
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Are Facebook and Google afraid of Hillary Clinton?
opinion If they aren't, they should be
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Donald Trump's economic plan is a complete and utter joke
opinion Donald Trump would balloon the debt, destroy jobs, and wreck the GOP's reputation as the "party of ideas"
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Donald Trump's theory of love
opinion How Donald Trump is trying to put a compassionate face on authoritarian populism
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Why Europe failed to match America's tech boom
opinion America crushes Europe in creating tech giants. Here's why.
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America just found $700 billion in its couch cushions
opinion How should we spend it?
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Why Clinton and Trump won't tell you what's really wrong with the economy
The Explainer Woe be unto any candidate who says "secular stagnation" in a campaign speech
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How Hillary can win Republicans
opinion In the '80s, we he had Reagan Democrats. Will 2016 bring Clinton Republicans?
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Is it no longer 'the economy, stupid'?
opinion Cultural issues seem to have superseded pocketbook concerns in this wild election
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How the GOP could have stopped Donald Trump — in 2009
opinion If only lawmakers had instituted this one economic program...
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Why 'socialist' Obama is more of a free marketeer than Trump
opinion A clear-eyed view of Obama shows not some power-mad redistributionist, but a leader who's pushing the sort of pro-market economic reforms that the GOP's own presumptive presidential nominee should be suggesting
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The magical thinking of America's pro-Brexit conservatives
opinion Economicus growthus leviosa!
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What would it take for the GOP to dump Trump?
opinion Is there anything he could do to lose the GOP's support? Maybe one thing...
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If America falls into recession, Donald Trump will be our next president
opinion How a Trump Doom Loop could ensure a President Donald Trump
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The overhyped fantasy of basic income vs. robots
The Explainer If the robots aren't really rising, is universal basic income really necessary?
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Why Mark Cuban is the perfect VP pick for Hillary Clinton
opinion Cuban is a guy from a middle-class Pennsylvania family who made it big through his own entrepreneurial efforts. That's a great American story.
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