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The Great Fertility Collapse With Jesús Fernández-Villaverde
For the first time in human history, we're not having enough children to keep the world's population from falling.
October 12, 2026
A growing chorus of activists claim that American corporations are too focused on the bottom line — and not sufficiently dedicated to improving the broader society. Even some figures from the business community have begun to call for corporations to move from a narrow focus on shareholders to a much more expansive commitment to “stakeholders.” In this episode, Richard Epstein explains how such efforts blur the lines between private business, charity, and government; why a corporation’s responsibility to shareholders isn’t inherently anti-social; And where progressive critiques of corporate governance and “quarterly capitalism” fall short.
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The Medicare Time Bomb: Can Washington Defuse It?
Could Medicare face insolvency as soon as 2033? Hoover’s Tom Church examines the looming funding crisis, the challenges of entitlement reform, and the risks of Medicare for All.
October 9, 2026
The Stealth Tax In Proposition 40
Now that 30 days are more than up, my contract with the Wall Street Journal allows me to publish the whole op/ed I wrote on Proposition 40.
October 8, 2026