Newsletter - Two Conservatives Debate: Is the Big, Beautiful Bill a Disaster?

ARGUING YES Jessica Riedl Economist and Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute   ARGUING NO Diana Furchtgott-Roth Economist and Director of the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment at the Heritage Foundation   MODERATOR John…

Two Conservatives Debate: Is the Big, Beautiful Bill A Disaster?
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Newsletter - Two Conservatives Debate: Is the Big, Beautiful Bill a Disaster?

ARGUING YES Jessica Riedl Economist and Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute   ARGUING NO Diana Furchtgott-Roth Economist and Director of the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment at the Heritage Foundation   MODERATOR John…
July 21, 2025

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ARGUING YES Alan Dershowitz Emeritus Professor of Law at Harvard Law School   ARGUING NO Lawrence Summers President Emeritus of Harvard University; Former Secretary of the Treasury   MODERATOR John Donvan Host and Moderator-in-Chief  …
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Presented in Partnership with    ARGUING YES Leopoldo López Venezuelan Opposition Leader   ARGUING YES Artie McConnell Former Federal Prosecutor; Partner at BakerHostetler LLP   ARGUING NO Elizabeth Shackelford Former Diplomat in the U.S. State…
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Presented in Partnership with     ARGUING YES Joshua Shifrinson Associate Professor at University of Maryland's School of Public Policy; Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute   ARGUING YES Kelly Grieco Senior Fellow with…
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Presented in Partnership with     ARGUING “RETURN TO NORMALCY” Jeffrey Sachs Economist, Public Policy Analyst, and Professor at Columbia University   ARGUING “RETURN TO NORMALCY” Thomas Graham Distinguished Fellow at the Council on Foreign…
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Presented in Partnership with     ARGUING YES Einat Wilf Former Member of Israeli Knesset; Co-author of "The War of Return"   ARGUING NO Jeremy Ben-Ami Founder and President of J Street   MODERATOR John…
May 27, 2025

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Presented in Partnership with the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University   ARGUING YES Lindsay Gorman Managing Director and Senior Fellow of the German Marshall Fund’s Technology Program; Venture Scientist at Deep Science Ventures…
May 19, 2025

Newsletter: Trump’s First 100 Days: The Economic Agenda

Presented in Partnership with      Jason Furman Former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers; Professor at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government   Allison Schrager Bloomberg Opinion Contributor and Senior Fellow…
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