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<title><![CDATA[Eduardo Porter - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/24619.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Eduardo Porter]]></description><category domain="24619">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[How Tech Oligarchs Are Reshaping Humanity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/08/billionaires-tech-oligarchs</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eduardo Porter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From Gates to Musk and Altman, today's ultra-rich steer AI and tech, raising questions about who decides the future]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ruling Is a Victory for World Trade--But Also Tricky]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/supreme-court-tariffs-ruling-world-trade-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eduardo Porter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The decision adds to economic uncertainty, as deals Donald Trump struck with other countries are upended]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Limiting Immigration Would Make U.S. Smaller, Not Greater]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/business/economy/restricting-immigration-would-make-america-smaller-not-greater.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eduardo Porter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump will make America smaller.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Case for More Government and Higher Taxes]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/business/economy/rethinking-the-role-of-government-in-society.html?ref=todayspaper</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eduardo Porter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It may be hard to remember, but Americans once appreciated the government that serves them. That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s long gone.Over the last six years, according to the Pew Research Center, four out of every five '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' or more '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' have said the government makes them feel either angry or...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Sluggish Economy Weighed Down by Inaction]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/18/business/economy/a-growth-rate-weighed-down-by-inaction.html?ref=todayspaper</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eduardo Porter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Back when '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Gunsmoke'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' was on TV and Lyndon Johnson was president, the United States economy managed to storm ahead by nearly 5 percent a year for nearly a decade. What we would give to recover some of that power!During Ronald Reagan'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidency two decades later, the rise...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Best Days May Be Behind It]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/business/economy/a-somber-view-of-americas-pace-of-progress.html?_r=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eduardo Porter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Take a look back at some of the most popular TV programs of the mid-1960s '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Dick Van Dyke Show,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Bewitched,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' even '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The Beverly Hillbillies'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and what do you see?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Like today, middle-class Americans typically had washing machines and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Germans Forget History on Debt Relief]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/08/business/economy/germanys-debt-history-echoed-in-greece.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eduardo Porter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As negotiations between Greece and its creditors stumbled toward breakdown, culminating in a sound rejection on Sunday by Greek voters of the conditions demanded in exchange for a financial lifeline, a vintage photo resurfaced on the Internet.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Big Business Losing Clout with Today's Republicans]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/04/business/economy/business-losing-clout-in-a-gop-moving-right.html?_r=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eduardo Porter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How did corporate America lose control of the Republican Party?From overhauling immigration laws to increasing spending on the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s aging infrastructure, big business leaders have seemed relatively powerless lately as the uncompromising Republicans they helped elect have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unionizing the Bottom of the Pay Scale]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/business/unionizing-at-the-low-end-of-the-pay-scale.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Eduardo Porter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Other than poverty, Jos'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('©').';' Carrillo and Joshua Williams have little in common. The austere life of Mr. Carrillo, a 79-year-old Peruvian immigrant from Washington Heights, is a universe apart from the hardscrabble reality of Mr. Williams, a 28-year-old single father from Atlanta staying...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Your Economic Health? It's All Relative]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/business/us-economy-is-doing-well-compared-with-other-nations.html?_r=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eduardo Porter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With financial markets careening around the world, in January 2009 a newly inaugurated President Obama acknowledged he had to fix the problem pretty fast. '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'If I don'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'t have this done in three years,'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' he told NBC'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s Matt Lauer, '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'then there'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s gonna be a one-term proposition.'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Today,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Health Law &amp; the &quot;Redistribution&quot; Debate]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/business/obama-and-romneys-redistribution-debate-has-a-gray-area.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eduardo Porter</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney may be right about President Obama'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s Robin Hood tendencies. Future historians could well conclude that Mr. Obama led the biggest redistribution of wealth in decades.The Affordable Care Act, which levies new taxes on the wealthy to expand access to health care for the near...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Alternatives to the Mandate]]></title>
							<link>http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/alternatives-to-the-mandate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Eduardo Porter</author>
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