In a multi-polar world, old certainties about the US security guarantee and access to markets no longer hold
Republicans are indulging in budgetary chicanery in order to preserve Trump’s tax cuts
From infrastructure spending to relations with China, uncertainty reigns
America appears on the cusp of an era of large-scale domestic investment in areas from semiconductors to energy
The Harris campaign failed to engage with these voters as citizens with agency
Data suggests Americans can handle the truth if politicians are willing to tell it
The data behind the Teamsters’ refusal to endorse a candidate may be more widespread than we think
Both Harris and Trump seem determined not to be pinned down on policy
Political elites are pulling Republicans and Democrats away from the voters they need to win over
JD Vance’s speech was unlike anything heard from the podium of a Republican National Convention in a generation
US conservatives are moving away from the old orthodoxy on how to balance deficits and revenues
Universities depend on taxpayer money to survive, and they are wasting those funds
A growing body on the right now believe that Medicare and other programmes must not be cut at all
But older anti-government institutions still need to realise that the mistakes of the 1960s are not being repeated
New research bears little resemblance to assumptions about how the US population feels about China and the economy
Defeat on outward-bound investment legislation shows significant change in the party
Presidential hopefuls criticising the expansion of national debt under Trump should think again
The US needs an industrial finance authority with a long-term commitment to drive both public and private capital
Illegal border crossings have quadrupled since Joe Biden became president
Biden administration officials were keen to stress the limited scope of new rules announced in last week’s executive order
Reheating stale free-market dogma does nothing to address the challenges facing today’s American right
Economic indicators suggest the country is more prosperous than 50 years ago but more Americans feel pessimistic
A new bill has made concrete the debate over the role of government regulation
The White House is discrediting its promotion of domestic semiconductor production by linking it to childcare
Economic data disguises just how hard it has become to sustain a middle-class lifestyle
