Michael R. Strain
@MichaelRStrain
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Director of Economic Policy Studies & Senior Fellow at @AEI. Professor of Practice at @Georgetown. Buy "The American Dream Is Not Dead": https://t.co/02npyRToUP.
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Joined July 2012
Tucker Carlson slandered my friend and coauthor @CliffordAsness as “one of the sleazier people in American business.” That's a bullshit allegation. Cliff tells me that Tucker doesn't know him. I know Cliff, and I can tell you that he is a true patriot and a deeply honest and
If an unbalanced warmonger like Dan Crenshaw can represent the GOP in Congress, then honestly what’s the point of having a Republican Party? State Rep. Steve Toth is working to beat Crenshaw in the primary and restore the party to sanity. (0:00) Dan Crenshaw Is Not America First
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It is 6 months since "Liberation day" tariffs. What have US tariffs accomplished? 1. Raise revenue for government? Yes. Quite substantially. Borne almost entirely by US firms and passed on some to US consumers. So it has worked like a tax on US firms/consumers. 2. Raise
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Y'all, we're 75 days out from Black Friday. Spent a ton of time putting together a playbook for Ecom merchandising process to maximize ad spend and conversions for our merchants, and for everybody else. Download for free (ungated) in the comments.
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This episode is yet another reason for investors and foreign leaders to be increasingly concerned about the stability of the US government and yet another crack in the dam of US global economic and geopolitical leadership.
Senate Democrats own this shutdown. In order to focus the nation’s attention on unrelated healthcare policies, Democrats would rather shut the government down than keep 750,000 government workers on the job, airport security lines running smoothly and disease-outbreak response at
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Vatican, other Catholic libraries turn to AI, robotics to digitize collections
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As the Vatican Apostolic Library digitizes some of its historic collection, other historic Catholic institutions in Rome are going even more high tech.
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"For a half-century, Springsteen’s job has been unlike any other. He has released 21 albums, collecting 20 Grammys, an Oscar, a Tony, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He’s written a best-selling memoir, recorded a podcast with Barack Obama, and
50 years after “Born to Run”, Bruce Springsteen is still grappling with the American story—and his own https://t.co/ynmyIQXrqU
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Insightful article by @HolzerHarry about policies to improve skills, wages, and jobs. In particular, I've been puzzling over how/whether to incentivize "high road employers," which Harry discusses. https://t.co/fGNX6nrMlL
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A labor agenda for the working class.
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“In classical mechanics, a ball thrown at a wall will always bounce back. But in quantum mechanics, an electron thrown against a wall will sometimes go through.” Amazing and awe inspiring.
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John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis shared the prize for their work on the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling.
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In my 30 years as a #StarTrek researcher, this will forever be one of my coolest finds: This screenshot from #StarTrekTNG's "Qpid" shows both 24th/25th century Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard ⬅️ and 20th/21st century thespian Sir Patrick Stewart ➡️ on screen at the same time.
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Hold forever? Fine. Hold & earn? Smart! Fresh incentives, live now.
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Michael sits down with Dr. @MichaelRStrain to challenge the idea that the American Dream is out of reach. Is homeownership essential to success? Does hard work still pay off? And are our expectations part of the problem? Listen to the #podcast here 🎧➡️ https://t.co/LbxWMqsGYu
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This almost happened to our daughter, the hospital did not take it seriously when she complained of abdominal pain and said she merely had a virus. Wrong. She almost died of sepsis. Advocate for yourself in the hospital! Demand imaging if no one is sure what’s wrong with you!
NYT: It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead. https://t.co/uBFKGc5oWs via @NYTimes
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This episode is yet another reason for investors and foreign leaders to be increasingly concerned about the stability of the US government and yet another crack in the dam of US global economic and geopolitical leadership.
Senate Democrats own this shutdown. In order to focus the nation’s attention on unrelated healthcare policies, Democrats would rather shut the government down than keep 750,000 government workers on the job, airport security lines running smoothly and disease-outbreak response at
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“The rhythms of daily life in the kingdom have changed radically. Shops that used to be forced to close five times a day for prayer are now open around the clock. Far more women are visible in public, having joined the workforce in record numbers”
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Prince Mohammed bin Salman has sidelined hardliners and sought to remake Islam in a country long seen as exporting radicalism
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Ancient Wisdom: Bernie Madoff Stole My Savings. Here’s How I Got My Life Back.
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I think people who are facing a sudden reversal can learn from my experience, writes Maureen Ebel. You can get through it. You have family, you have friends, you have resources that you don’t even...
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Insightful @JimPethokoukis post on how Walmart's plans to use AI could spark a retail productivity boom.
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History suggests diffusion matters as much as invention. Unlike earlier ”general-purpose technologies” that took decades to lift growth, early evidence suggests AI’s lag may be shorter. If so,...
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This episode is yet another reason for investors and foreign leaders to be increasingly concerned about the stability of the US government and yet another crack in the dam of US global economic and geopolitical leadership. My @FT column.
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The move will deprive the Fed of key statistics and further dent America’s global economic leadership
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Senate Democrats own this shutdown. In order to focus the nation’s attention on unrelated healthcare policies, Democrats would rather shut the government down than keep 750,000 government workers on the job, airport security lines running smoothly and disease-outbreak response at
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https://t.co/kICPdMzyNv Democrats are wrong to think the shutdown gives them leverage
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The move will deprive the Fed of key statistics and further dent America’s global economic leadership
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