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<title><![CDATA[Terrence Keeley - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/47651.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Terrence Keeley]]></description><category domain="47651">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Responsible Citizens, Rising]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/30/responsible_citizens_rising_154279.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The rapidly expanding Alliance for Responsible Citizenship is only in its third year '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but the ideas it extols draw from the ages, and its policies provide compelling, comprehensive antidotes for much that ails western industrialized democracies.
Start with its first principles. ARC...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Abundant Happiness]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/04/02/abundant_happiness_154000.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s known as the Easterlin Paradox.
Though rising wealth at early stages in the lives of individuals and countries fosters greater happiness, perpetually rising wealth does not make individuals or countries perpetually happier. At some point, economics Professor Richard Easterlin...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Elon&rsquo;s Perfect Problem]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/29/elons_perfect_problem_153773.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' It was the most telling line of Davos 2026.
In the World Economic Forum'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s closing interview, host Larry Fink asked Elon Musk whether his planned deployment of thousands of humanoid robots and autonomous driving vehicles might deprive millions of people of meaningful enterprise,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putting a Stake in Stakeholder Capitalism]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2026/01/16/putting_a_stake_in_stakeholder_capitalism_1159261.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum convening in Davos on January 19-23 will be the first without its founder, Klaus Schwab. WEF's new organizers should use the occasion to dista]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Future Is There for Davos?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/09/09/can-davos-man-be-redeemed/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The World Economic Forum needs to do more than clean up its act. It needs to better understand what makes for a good and just society.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Leo XIV: Reformer and Saver of Souls]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2025/05/12/leo_xiv_evangelizer_and_reformer_1109617.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To appreciate the promise and probable, future impact of Leo XIV, one must first consider his chosen name predecessor, Leo XIII.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Creation of Abundance Is a Corporation's Purpose]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/01/putting_a_stake_in_stakeholder_capitalism_152581.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Does capitalism need to be fixed? Is it no longer fit for purpose in this modern era, given our environmental ecosystems are under self-evident strain and income gaps are widening to levels not seen since the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'robber baron'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' era?
This was the question I was called to answer at...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democratizing American Prosperity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/democratizing-american-prosperity/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[To lower wealth inequality, the U.S. must increase capitalism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Soul of American Greatness]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/11/20/the_soul_of_american_greatness_151974.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump and J.D. Vance have been given an historic mandate to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Make America Great Again.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Their mandate for change is especially strong among rural voters, evangelicals, blue-collar workers and those without college degrees.
But what exactly makes America great '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[J.D. Vance&rsquo;s Promise: Economic Mobility and Wealth Creation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/18/jd_vances_promise_economic_mobility_wealth_creation_151470.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The election of J.D. Vance to the vice presidency could usher in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for dramatic advancements in the lives of America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s most down-trodden, forgotten, and trapped: Such is his promise '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'to never forget where he came from.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' With the right...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[J.D. Vance&rsquo;s Promise: Bolstering Education]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/17/jd_vances_promise_bolstering_education_151467.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance promised he would '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'never forget where he came from.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' If the Trump-Vance team is elected, fulfilling this pledge will require a series of bold, effective policy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[J.D. Vance&rsquo;s Promise: Addressing Substance Abuse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/16/jd_vances_promise_151455.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'I will be a vice president who never forgets where he came from.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
Cast off by a drug-addled mother, raised by a discipline-demanding, f-bomb-wielding Mamaw, J.D. Vance'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s inspirational story is one of lost potential reclaimed. If Vance is elected and remembers where he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why ESG Investments Are Self-Defeating]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2024/07/23/terrence_keeley_why_esg_investments_are_self-defeating_1046685.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Energy Truths Will Set Us Free]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2024/07/17/energy_truths_will_set_us_free_1045049.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Climate science has become too political. Climate policies have become insufficiently scientific. And financial products ostensibly designed to reverse climate change now broadly exacerbate it.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Good Trump, Bad Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/06/12/good_trump_bad_trump_151090.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Polls show there is now a better than 50% chance that Donald J. Trump will be reelected President. Whether we get Good Trump or Bad Trump back in the Oval Office is another question.
We all know Good Trump is possible because we witnessed him. Good Trump protected our borders and kept...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Saving Social Security Without Privatizing or Cutting Benefits]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-save-social-security-without-privatizing-or-cutting-benefits-canadian-example-f18f0600?mod=opinion_lead_pos9</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How about a plan that strengthens Social Security trust funds while letting all Americans earn more generous retirement benefits? Not what you normally hear when people discuss Social Security, right? Conversations tend to be about shrinking benefits and increasing taxes as the system...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Case for &ldquo;Pro-Wanted Life&rdquo;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/01/27/the_case_for_pro-wanted_life_150394.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s 6-3 Dobbs v. Jackson decision did more than upend nearly 50 years of legal precedent. It has upended U.S. politics and created chaos in multiple state capitals. Untethered from a national mandate imposed by the high court, lawmakers have run to extremes '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Much Better Story]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/11/07/a_much_better_story_150020.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, I joined a group of 1,500 concerned global citizens in London to address the defining paradox of our time. Despite living in an era of unparalleled material abundance and unsurpassed social freedoms, millions of citizens and voters increasingly believe that it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s time to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[WANTED: One Billion Americans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/08/10/wanted_one_billion_americans.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re full!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Donald Trump often shouts during his stump speeches. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t take any more people in.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' That line may excite voters who want to restrict immigration, but is it actually true?
The United States ranks 180th in the world in population density...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Primer on What a Fiduciary Shouldn't Do]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-primer-on-what-a-fiduciary-shouldnt-do-blackrock-vanguard-state-street-fidelity-investors-f1c2158</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A House panel looking into'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' ESG wants asset-management firms to be transparent with clients.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Columbia's ESG&nbsp;Plan Would Imperil the Globe]]></title>
							<link>https://themessenger.com/opinion/columbias-woke-investing-plan-would-imperil-the-globe-not-save-it</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It brazenly champions one foolhardy idea after another]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vanguard's CEO Bucks the ESG Orthodoxy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/vanguards-ceo-bucks-the-esg-orthodoxy-tim-buckley-net-zero-emissions-united-nations-initiative-nzam-f6ae910d</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tim Buckley pulls out of the Net Zero Managers initiative and affirms his fiduciary duty to clients.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Navigating Contrived Catastrophes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/02/16/navigating_contrived_catastrophes_148863.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Nothing so focuses the mind,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Samuel Johnson once wrote, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'as the sight of the gallows.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Perhaps this explains why political leaders repeatedly fabricate existential crises in lieu of governing responsibly. Without the sword of Damocles overhead, policymakers just...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Conservatives Can Get ESG Right]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/01/how-conservatives-can-get-esg-right/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Five tenets for conservatives to consider when thinking about ESG and socially responsible investing, from a former BlackRock executive turned ESG critic.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sensible Centrist Solutions Needed Now More Than Ever]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/10/31/america_needs_the_opposite_of_divided_government_148398.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Terrence Keeley</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Polls show Democrats are about to lose their majority in the House, and probably the Senate too. It would be odd if they didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t. The party that controls the White House has lost an average of 26 seats in the House and four seats in the Senate during midterm elections since World War...]]></description>
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