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America’s Permit State Goes on Trial

A decade of paperwork has cost the United States more gigawatts than any cartel ever could. Now a cross-party coalition of builders, governors and impatient voters wants the right to build back.

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The Long View

Capital Is a Compliment: What the Flows Into the Anglosphere Are Telling Us

Money goes where it is welcome and stays where it is well treated. Net inflows into US, UK and Australian assets hit a five-year high last quarter — a verdict on rule of law as much as on rates.

By Priya Nair · Markets Editor6 min read

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Health & Performance

The Metabolic Majority: Why Preventative Health Is the Best Deregulation Story of the Decade

Wearables, open lab data and cash-pay clinics are doing what public-health bureaucracies couldn’t: giving people the numbers, and the responsibility, to run their own bodies.

By Dr. Elena Vasquez · Vitality Editor5 min read