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Industrial Policy: The Case Of Shipbuilding
The United States produces very few ships. China produces many. Why?
November 11, 2026
Richard Epstein looks at the policy proposals animating Democrats in 2016 – and explains why they’ll lead to continued economic anemia.
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The United States produces very few ships. China produces many. Why?
November 11, 2026
Articles
Use the proper benchmark to explore questions of what’s fair.
November 10, 2026
Essays
Many think that balancing the federal budget would require deep cuts in entitlement programs. This paper shows to the contrary that the budget can be balanced within 15 years through modest and sustained federal spending restraint and moderately higher economic growth. Key to this restraint is to limit the growth in the average future value of entitlement benefits per recipient to today’s level, after adjusting for inflation and rising healthcare costs.
November 10, 2026