Robert Tracinski, Author at Discourse

Robert Tracinski

Robert Tracinski is editor of Symposium, a journal of liberalism, and writes additional commentary at The Tracinski Letter.

Business & Economics

We Need Cheap Energy To Build the Future

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to a massive spike in energy costs, ...

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Politics

Do the Populists Have a Point?

The case for populism is that it is a reaction to the failures ...

Politics

The Economic Nationalists’ Banana Republic

The attempts of Donald Trump-supporting “MAGA Republicans” to overturn the last election have ...

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Ideas

How to Get Out of a ‘Great Stagnation’

Are we in a “Great Stagnation”? Some observers of our technology-driven economy say ...

Politics

The Constitution Isn’t Broken; We Are

One of the more interesting rulings in a very consequential Supreme Court term ...

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Politics

The Real Lessons of Sri Lanka

A recent David Brooks column ruminates about “a presidential candidate perfectly suited for ...

Ideas

The Only Liberal Answer on Schools Is Choice

They’re at it again. The “Moms for Liberty” grassroots group, which despite its ...

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Ideas

Federalism Has Its Limits, and Abortion Will Soon Test Them

There is a longstanding argument that our system of federalism is a crucial ...

Business & Economics

The Reassertion of the Real

The past decade has seen the rise of “digital assets,” purely virtual investments ...

Politics

China’s Ongoing COVID Disaster Exposes the Failure of Authoritarianism

With the death toll from COVID recently passing 1 million, it is clear ...

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