Opinions P.M.: Urban myths about economics have taken root — and the cost is high

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Marta Lavandier/AP) Urban myths about economics have taken root — and the cost is high "Small businesses drive job creation" and other falsehoods still drive policymaking, even though they've been contradicted. By Robert D. Atkinson ●  Read more »   America's 'troubled teen industry' is broken — and needs accountability Some states spend several hundred dollars per child, per day, for "care" that is systemically abusive. By Paris Hilton ●  Read more »   Who doesn't know the difference between sex and rape? 'The Last Duel' has an answer. Ridley Scott's new movie suggests that in 635 years, we haven't made as much progress on reckoning with sexual assault as we might think. By Alyssa Rosenberg ●  Read more »   Racial disparities may be emerging in breakthrough infections. We must track them better. The lack of complete data is unacceptable. By Oni Blackstock, Alexandra Skinner and Julia Raifman ●  Read more »   The Biden administration needs to share the Moderna vaccine recipe with the world now The White House wants credit for vaccine donations, but the answer for poor countries trying to get the pandemic under control isn't charity. By Karen Attiah ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Why have Biden's approval ratings plummeted? Look to his spending agenda. Independent voters are turning on him. His domestic spending package is a big reason for that. By Henry Olsen ●  Read more »   Debate over which Democratic proposals to invest in shortchanges our needs Choosing between different parts of the Build Back Better agenda is a political 'Hunger Games.' By Helaine Olen ●  Read more »   John Eastman isn't going away quietly With Donald Trump out of office, it's tempting to write off John Eastman. But if history is any guide, the conservative lawyer behind the Jan. 6 memo won't go away quietly. By Dan Morain ●  Read more »   Joe Manchin's ugly new demands expose the absurdity of arbitrary centrism How Manchin's efforts to shrink Biden's agenda reveal the hollowness of the centrist worldview. By Greg Sargent ●  Read more »   Another phony Republican campaign about a fake 'issue' Nobody believes Glenn Youngkin actually cares about critical race theory, or would spend his time on it if he wins. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Don't rant about short-staffed stores and supply chain woes. Try to lower expectations. American consumers might have been spoiled, but generations of them have also dealt with shortages of some kind. Now it's our turn to make adjustments. By Micheline Maynard ●  Read more »   In nationalizing Virginia's tight governor's race, candidates and parties escalate a trend How nationalized themes play in Virginia will inform the politics of 2022 and beyond. By Mark J. Rozell ●  Read more »   How Glenn Youngkin could become the education governor we need If he's elected, the Republican will have to deliver on his promises. He can do that by focusing on teacher performance. By Hugh Hewitt ●  Read more »   Republican 'election audits' have been used before — by dictators Donald Trump's Republican Party seems to be taking its cue from authoritarians around the world. By Brian Klaas ●  Read more »   The BDS movement shows its hypocrisy by boycotting Israel but not China The Irish novelist Sally Rooney exemplifies a leftist double standard. By Max Boot ●  Read more »     Opinions you may have missed (Mathieu Bitton/Netflix) Dave Chappelle cannot erase me Chappelle's comedy act denies the reality of being Black and queer. By Brian Broome ●  Read more »   Sending Americans to the Beijing Winter Olympics is unsafe and unwise China's continuing lack of transparency on the pandemic poses grave risks to the health of visitors. By Josh Rogin ●  Read more »   My father refused to be a refugee. I turned him into one. I'm remembering his garden. We are the departed, our home blanketed in night, and in my father's garden flowers are opening, untended and unseen. By Shabana Basij-Rasikh ●  Read more »   Get breaking news alerts, offline reading lists and more. Download the app     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Follow Eugene Robinson for email alerts every time Eugene publishes a new opinion column. Sign up »

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