Commonplace @commonplc

A magazine about what matters in America, from @AmerCompass. commonplace.org Washington, DC Joined February 2024

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Ivana Greco @IvanaDGreco

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The full essay is here, if interested: commonplace.org/p/what-is-the-…

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Honored to appear in @commonplc discussing the price of parenting. Major news media often focus on the costs of the early years (plus college). But the true cost/benefit ratio only comes into view when we consider the whole arc of a parent’s lifespan. In other words, we…

Commonplace @commonplc

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Evan Swarztrauber @SayreEvan

13 hours ago

In @commonplc, Asad Ramzanali (@asad09) and @GaneshSitaraman argue that communities shouldn't be subsidizing data centers that create very few long-term jobs and require massive amounts of energy, water, and land.

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Theresa Sophia Braid 🫒 @TheresaSMeyer

13 hours ago

.@IvanaDGreco (who just gets it) in @commonplc:

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Oren Cass @oren_cass

16 hours ago

Reminder: +20k jobs and steady unemployment rate is roughly what you'd expect potential employment growth to be in a time of aggressive immigration enforcement, consistent with what the data says about foreign-born workers exiting the labor force. commonplace.org/p/coming-down-…

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Oren Cass @oren_cass

2 days ago

"If you want to put all of the money in your ordinary, taxable savings account into a Bored Ape Yacht Club or Pudgy Penguin NFL, in the hope that it will appreciate, you can do that already. But the taxpayer does not subsidize your speculation." commonplace.org/p/no-mad-money…

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Oren Cass @oren_cass

2 days ago

Read Mike Lind on 401(k)s @commonplc: "Why not allow 401(k) plans to speculate in Picasso paintings and Warhol posters, or antique cars, or Beanie Babies, or chinchilla breeders, or to gamble on the outcomes of horse races and political elections?"

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Peter Harrell @petereharrell

2 days ago

Enjoyed joining @oren_cass and @ChadSquitieri to discuss the legality of IEEPA tariffs. Our debate was recorded prior to Friday’s Federal Circuit ruling, but I think we correctly predicted the arguments in both the majority opinion and the dissent. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/are…

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Joel Thayer @joellthayer

3 days ago

Don’t forget to sign up for my discussion with @PatrickMcGee_ today at entrance at 606 I Street NW. Doors open at 4:30 PM EST. Comes with a copy of his book “Apple in China”! Registration link is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Hope to see you all there!

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Drew Holden @DrewHolden360

4 days ago

As kids get back to campus, read @daniel_bring in @commonplc on why conservatives should welcome the Trump admin battle with elite institutions.

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Helen Andrews @herandrews

4 days ago

“It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college, and yet there are those who love it.” The Dartmouth case in the age of Trump: commonplace.org/p/higher-educa…

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Daniel Bring @daniel_bring

4 days ago

My first piece for @AmerCompass’s @commonplc. I review the story of @dartmouth v. Woodward and explore how political parties have always sought control of elite universities as intellectual chokepoints.