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Economy

TIPP Poll data on Americans' perception of the economy is the foundation for this section. Topics covered include U.S. consumer confidence, consumer sentiment, job market, economic growth, recession, financial stress, economic outlook, personal financial outlook, federal economic policies. We also cover trade, taxes, and debt. Our TIPP economic optimism index, financial stress index, job sensitivity metrics, and other polling on current economic issues drive the discussions.

The Divide Widens

The Divide Widens

The RCM/TIPP Economic Optimism Index rose 0.5 points to 45.6 in September, its best reading since March. The gain came almost entirely from investors, and the confidence gap between investors and everyone else is now the second-widest on record.

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What Do “Capitalism” And “Socialism” Really Mean?

What Do “Capitalism” And “Socialism” Really Mean?

“Socialism” in this early context broadly referred to any system for organizing production that prevents such private earnings on investments, instead reallocating them to the benefit of “society” according to whatever distributive outcome was considered just.

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The Two Lineages Of Liberty

The Two Lineages Of Liberty

Liberty developed through the convergence of two lineages. The first is the modern lineage of Enlightenment criticism, which required political power to justify itself before reason.

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