EXAMINING A U.S. IN DECLINE: COVID ROCKS STATE BUDGETS

MARTIN GURRI
The Breakdown of Objective Reality
A crisis of authority has left the public increasingly willing to believe implausible things.

James Capretta considers its social spending increases in context of existing entitlement programs.
Steven Kamin breaks down inflation and the role of central banks. 
The entitlement train rolls on
​Where are the Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ reports?
​Letter: The price of inflation, now and in the future
China’s challenge to the global economic recovery
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STEVEN MALANGA
An Epidemic of Bad Budgeting
Covid-19 lockdowns exposed cities’ deep-seated financial troubles

American Decline: A Symposium on The Decline of Nations
by law & liberty editors
American decline has become a regular topic of conversation among those on the right. But why do nations fail? And what has caused this new despondency about America’s future? Joseph F. Johnston addresses these questions in The Decline of Nations. From immigration to globalization, fading religious faith, centralized power, and economic stagnation, Johnston considers how […]
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But Thou Shalt Endure
by david p. goldman
In his indictment of America's national decline, Johnston's belief that America has the wherewithal to restore itself shines through.
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Decline on the Mind
by bradford littlejohn
Joseph Johnston’s study joins a long line of “decline and fall” studies attempting to glean lessons from history to avoid repeating it.
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Failure at Every Stage
What the U.S. retreat from Afghanistan tells us