The Paradigm Shift of the New Populism

The Paradigm Shift of the New Populism
People stand on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 11, 2022. Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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The Supreme Court recently reversed a decision from 1984 that was responsible for a dramatic turn in American life. The precedent was called Chevron deference. It stated that judges should allow executive-department agencies to make rules that affect commercial and civil life, effectively giving them broad discretionary authority that displaced congressional and judicial oversight.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]