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December 2, 2025
** ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS
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** When Power Centralizes, People Diminish
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What happens when power centralizes faster than people can hold it accountable? This article traces how capitalism falters when governance becomes top-down, and how cultures across history solved the problem through local cooperation, transparency, and self-rule. It’s a case for rewriting our civic code—not abolishing markets, but decentralizing power so citizens become collaborators again.
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UNDERTHROW SERIES
** We’ve Got to Talk About Healthcare Reform
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Healthcare feels impossibly complex, but this conversation cuts straight to what’s broken and why. Max Borders and health policy expert Michael Cannon unpack the Affordable Care Act, rising premiums, special-interest power, and the market failures built into government-controlled systems. It’s a grounded, practical look at reforms that could actually improve care and lower costs.
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EDUCATION
** $30K Per Student and Not a Single One Is Proficient in Math
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Chicago spends $30,000 per student, yet dozens of schools have zero children proficient in math. Instead of accountability, union leadership is rewarded with promotions and more political power. This article breaks down how incentives in public-sector unions consistently fail students—and why real reform requires empowering families, not bureaucracies.
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ARTICLE HIGHLIGHT
** Private Governments in Action
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A real-world look at Mennonite colonies in Paraguay shows how private communities can run schools, hospitals, and infrastructure without relying on the state.
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