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All Politics, All the Time: Why?

All Politics, All the Time: Why?
A Peterson Foundation billboard displaying the national debt and each American's share is pictured in Las Vegas, Nev., on Feb. 8, 2022. Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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During a recent special visit from faraway friends, the conversation turned to politics. Our friends are more liberal than we are, but we focused on common ground and our talk remained comfortable. One observation we shared was that politics seems ubiquitous today. Politics surfaces in conversation frequently.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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