The Overton Window

Mackinac Center for Public Policy

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‘Everyone already agrees that tariffs are bad, and everyone agrees that we should do something about national debt’
Dave Hebert on why many voters believe economists have conned the American people
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‘It’s unlikely they’ll be able to stop tidal waves of cigarettes’
Todd Nesbit and Mike LaFaive break down their data on rising taxes and cigarette smuggling
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‘When there’s a threat of failure, people innovate’
Richard Vedder discusses his book on creative destruction in higher education
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‘A functioning democracy requires healthy dissent’
Stephen Henderson and Nolan Finley urge Americans to embrace civil disagreement, not avoid it
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‘I couldn’t stand by’
Sandra Hernden and Steve Delie tell the story of one woman’s fight to recover her first amendment rights
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About The Overton Window

Have you noticed that politicians struggle to enact the things they run on? They find themselves bound by what is popular, or at least their sense of it. The narrow range of policies that they can enact is called the Overton Window. The Overton Window podcast looks at issues around the country and the people changing what is politically possible.

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