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The Free Democrat

Erik Carter

A newsletter about building a smarter, freer Democratic Party—rooted in liberaltarian ideas, pro-market policy, civil liberties, and state capacity that works.

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The Affordability Agenda Neither Party Wants to Touch

In 3 Problems We Could Solve If Politics Didn’t Get In the Way, I explored how evidence-based education reforms, cleaner and cheaper energy, and a fairer tax code are often frustrated by political incentives. The problem isn’t always that w...

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3 Problems We Could Solve If Politics Didn't Get in the Way

In recent Free Democrat posts, I’ve explored ways to make our political system work better by changing congressional rules, reforming elections to reward broader coalitions, and giving ordinary citizens a more direct role in policymaking th...

8 days ago
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Democracy Without Elections?

In recent Free Democrat posts, I’ve explored ways to fix our political system from changing congressional rules to adopting alternative voting methods such as Top Three and STAR voting. Most recently, I wrote about how eight Americans with...

9 days ago
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How 8 Americans Did What Congress Couldn’t Do on Immigration

In 3 Radical Ideas That Could Actually Fix Democracy, I explored two ways to change our political system. The first was to elect candidates with broader public support through voting reforms like Top Three and STAR. The second was to give o...

10 days ago
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Three Radical Ideas That Could Actually Help Fix Democracy

In 3 Reforms to Fix the Next Congress, I explored three proposals to make Congress function more effectively: empowering rank-and-file House members, making impeachment a more effective check on presidential misconduct, and reforming Senate...

11 days ago
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    Erik Carter is a lawyer, financial planner, and political activist who has provided political and financial commentary on numerous media outlets such as MTV, Time Magazine, Forbes, Bloomberg, and Fox Business.

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