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The Overton Window

Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Have you noticed that politicians struggle to enact the things they run on? They find themselves bound by what is popular, or at least their sense of it. The na...

Government

'Hold the powerful accountable’
Dave Bondy breaks down the ever-shifting landscape of political journalism
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‘Protect the reliability of the grid’
Jon Sanders discusses the feasibility of renewable energy in North Carolina
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‘When the government selects who wins, everyone loses’
Michigan Rising Action’s Abby Mitch on holding elected officials accountable
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‘We have to fight for the commanding heights of American culture’
American Culture Project’s John Tillman on winning through upstream engagement
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‘There’s a bigger strategy at play’
Angela Erickson on project management’s role in ending home equity theft
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Have you noticed that politicians struggle to enact the things they run on? They find themselves bound by what is popular, or at least their sense of it. The narrow range of policies that they can enact is called the Overton Window. The Overton Window podcast looks at issues around the country and the people changing what is politically possible.

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