American Consequences - May 2019

The markets keep bouncing back... unemployment is at record lows... but are things really as rosy as they seem? Fresh out of last month's politics issue, we're looking at what comes next for the economy, the presidency, personal liberties... and what could – and will – go wrong.


Cover
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Contents
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Letter From the Editor By P.J. O'Rourke
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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From Our Inbox
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My Tesla Car Wreck By Whitney Tilson
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Negative Rights vs. Positive Rights By P.J. O'Rourke
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Blood-Sucking IPOs By Bryan Beach
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SCOTUS Agonistes By Ilya Shapiro
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Shades of the Past & Future By Bill Bonner
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Is a Libertarian Foreign Policy Even Possible? By P.J. O'Rourke
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Overheating About Global Warming By Bjørn Lomborg
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Sink or Swim by Dan Ferris
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The Value of Fake News By Josh Friedman
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Julian Assange: Political Prisoner By Dr. Ron Paul
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Reviews of Business Best-Sellers By The Book Grump
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Read This Compiled By Laura Greaver and P.J. O'Rourke
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Featured Contributors
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