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  • James Pethokoukis

    James Pethokoukis

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    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

    Thomas Piketty

    How Bitcoin would make a joke of Piketty's inequality fix

    opinion High tax rates have always encouraged clever workarounds by rich people with smart tax attorneys

    opinion
    • Cosplay

      Why the rise of cosplay is a bad sign for the U.S. economy

      opinion Dressing up like Wolverine or Cersei Lannister is probably more fun than scouring the classifieds for menial jobs

      By James Pethokoukis Last updated 11 January 15

      opinion
    • Obamanomics

      The GOP said Obamanomics would kill the economy. It didn't. Now what?

      opinion As the American economy improves, Republicans will have to update their priorities

      By James Pethokoukis Last updated 11 January 15

      opinion
    • Family

      Save the American economy. Have a baby. Make it three.

      opinion Uncle Sam ought to provide some financial incentives for families to produce a booming new generation of workers, taxpayers, and entrepreneurs

      By James Pethokoukis Last updated 11 January 15

      opinion
    • Mark Zuckerberg

      Why America needs more billionaires

      opinion Income inequality is all the rage in Washington policy circles. But we should be trying to figure out how to create more 1 percenters.

      By James Pethokoukis Last updated 11 January 15

      opinion
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