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George Will warns us of the dangers in Elizabeth Warren’s hypocritical and opportunistic embrace of teachers’ unions [3]. A slice:
Nationwide per-pupil public expenditure (in constant dollars) doubled between 1960 and 1980, and doubled again [4] by 2016. Warren’s and Sen. Bernie Sanders’s jeremiads against “greed” exempt that of teachers unions.
Only in California [7].
Michael Strain summarizes some of his findings that help to bust the myth of American middle-class economic stagnation [8]. A slice:
If you are a worker, you will see your wages grow and your purchasing power increase — your hard work will pay off. If you work hard and put in effort and make yourself more skilled, the labor market is going to reward that. That is the typical experience.
John O. McGinnis reviews Jeremy Popkin’s new book on the French Revolution [9].
Barry Brownstein rightly criticizes the appalling greed of Bernie Sanders [11].