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Election 2024: Policy Issues That Matter Most

In an election season, there are always personality issues, and everybody has personal favorites. But then there are policy issues—and there are a lot of big ones on the table for the 2024 election: economic populism, inflation, immigration, abortion, higher ed, and more. In this latest episode, we give you our rough survey—and short analysis—of the policy territory facing voters. Advance warning: policy wisdom does not line up neatly with one party or the other!

Economic Illiteracy of Trump and Harris

Both our presidential candidates, and their policy teams, seem to be suffering from a bad case of economic illiteracy, in somewhat different ways ... or maybe not so different. With two aspiring leaders both saying they want to improve things for middle-class and lower-income Americans, it’s pretty discouraging to see them advance economic policies that would actually make everybody worse off.

The Legal Landscape of COVID, Presidential Immunity and More

Dr. Scott Atlas interviews Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, about several of the most controversial issues in law and society, many of which are playing out every day in the United States.

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