Podcasts

Is Trump redirecting or deconstructing the administrative state?

Nicholas Jacobs and Sidney Milkis find that we have overestimated conservative efforts to reduce the size and scope of government and underestimated their usage of the enlarged state to pursue conservative goals.

April 16, 2025 • Matt Grossmann
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Commentary
Immigration

What early data reveals about “reverse migration”

The first months of 2025 have seen a noticeable rise in reports of “reverse migration,” as some migrants abandon their northbound journey to the U.S.-Mexico border and instead begin moving southwards.

April 16, 2025 • Gil Guerra
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Studies
State Capacity

How to fix the Paperwork Reduction Act

This paper explains how we ended up with a statute that perversely undermines its purposes, what goes wrong (and right) in the status quo, and how to design a better Paperwork Reduction Act.

April 16, 2025 • Alexander Mechanick
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Is Trump redirecting or deconstructing the administrative state?
By Matt Grossmann
What early data reveals about “reverse migration”
By Gil Guerra
How to fix the Paperwork Reduction Act
By Alexander Mechanick