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The Hill: MAGA is destroying Madisonian democracy

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  • By Benn Steil
    Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics

My August 22, 2025 piece for The Hill looks at how the MAGA movement within the Republican Party is destroying Madisonian checks and balances while fueling anti-Madisonian factionalism. The result is a dangerous lurch toward authoritarianism and a declining capacity to unite the nation behind the sort of projects which truly made America great—such as the Marshall Plan.