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Inflation: Comparing Trump and Biden...

Democrats hope to press the "affordability" issue in this year's midterm election season, but there's one potentially glaring problem for them, as illustrated by our friends at Unleash Prosperity...

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August 17, 2026 • 04:40 PM
Three Economic Myths to Put To Rest This Year
By Veronique de Rugy
Thursday, January 04 2024
As a new year dawns, it's customary to reflect on the past and set resolutions for the future. This year, let's resolve to greet three widespread claims with healthy doses of skepticism. The first dubious claim is that income inequality in the United States has inexorably risen since the 1960s. It's a scary narrative heavily bolstered by the work of three French economists: Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman. According to these researchers, the situation was fueled mostly by tax cuts for top income earners during the Reagan administration. Their proposed remedy, not surprisingly…
 
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Notable Quote   
 
"Twenty-five years after 9/11, we are entering a new era of terrorism. In recent weeks, authorities have arrested individuals who pledged allegiance to ISIS and used artificial intelligence to help plan major attacks.Although those plots were thwarted, they reveal that terrorist organizations are now using AI in far more consequential ways. AI can help 'novices' to build chemical and biological weapons…[more]
 
 
— Steven Stalinsky, Ph.D., Executive Director of MEMRI
 
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