CONTENTS
OCTOBER 2018 : ISSUE 15
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AMERICAN CONSEQUENCES
4 Inside This Issue
50 America's Most Expensive Problem BY BILL McGILTON AND PORTER STANSBERRY 54 What Do Progressives ReallyWant? BY P.J. O'ROURKE 58 Zombie Theories of Rent Control BY PETER BYRNE
BY STEVEN LONGENECKER
Editor in Chief: P.J. O’Rourke Editorial Director: Carli Flippen Publisher: Steven Longenecker Contributing Editors: Michael Boskin, Peter Byrne, Andrew Ferguson, Alice B. Lloyd, Bill McGilton, Buck Sexton, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, Porter Stansberry Newswire Editors: Scott Garliss, John Gillin, Greg Diamond Assistant Editors: Chris Gaarde, Laura Greaver Creative Director: Erica Wood Cartoon Director: Frank Stansberry Contributing Cartoonists: Hank Blaustein General Manager: Jamison Miller Advertising: Sam DeCroes, Jared Kelly, Jill Peterson Editorial feedback: feedback@ americanconsequences.com
6 Letter From the Editor BY P.J. O'ROURKE
12 What Moved the Market
14 What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
16 From Our Inbox
68 The U.S. Economy and the Midterm Elections BY MICHEAEL J. BOSKIN
22 Why Politics Can't Mess With the Melt Up BY DR. STEVE SJUGGERUD
72 A Conversation With Matt McCall
28 Midterm Madness
78 Read This
BY ANDREW FERGUSON
COMPILED BYSTEVEN LONGENECKER AND P.J. O'ROURKE
36 Why I Don't Vote
BY PORTER STANSBERRY
80 The Final Word
BY BUCK SEXTON
42 One Nation Divided as Hell BY P.J. O'ROURKE
84 Featured Contributors
44 A Profile of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez BY ALICE B. LLOYD
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