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A quarterly of long policy essays from the center-right, housed at AEI: federal permitting reform, protecting kids from online platforms, AI and American workers, reviving inner cities. It makes conservative arguments the way they ought to be made — with data, institutional history and concrete proposals — and is most worth reading if you don't share its priors.
March 16, 2026
Sean Carroll's Mindscape episode on surveillance, Gwern's writing process revealed, and Martha Nussbaum on why fear is toxic to democracy.
February 16, 2026
An EconTalk episode on America's WWII production miracle, Gwern's scaling hypothesis revisited, and Scott Alexander introduces the AI 2027 scenario.
January 26, 2026
Doug Irwin explains tariffs on EconTalk, Noah Smith makes the case for tariffs on China, and Tyler Cowen tracks AI in the productivity numbers.
