American Consequences - October 2018

CONTENTS

OCTOBER 2018 : ISSUE 15

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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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