First Links—8.11.15

Not Clowning Around
Abe Streep, New Yorker. 

The Poverty of Liberal Economics
Adrian Walker, The Imaginative Conservative. 

Conservatism, Free Markets, and America’s Post-Obama Economy
Samuel Gregg, Public Discourse. 

Does it Matter if Presidents Talk About God?
Gary Scott Smith, The University Bookman.

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