FUSION

Politics and culture continue to fracture, leaving less room for exchange of ideas—but it doesn't have to be this way. FUSION remains focused on the fusionist tradition of intellectual exchange and cross-ideological debate.

It’s in this spirit that the new FUSION was built.

“If fiscal and monetary policy are to function properly, there must be a wall between the two as well as constraints on both sides to prevent the wall from breaking down.”

Read more from @thomas_savidge: fusionaier.org/2025/good-fenc…

.@DanielGullotta exposes the tension between the faith’s social benefits and its spiritual foundations in his latest at Fusion: fusionaier.org/2025/bad-faith/

California's housing crisis by the numbers reveals the devastating impact of regulatory barriers:

- 1.8 million housing units short, representing 12.2% of the state's total housing stock
- Second-highest housing shortage in the nation as of July 2025
- Average rent of $2,800/month, 33% above the national average
- Los Angeles rent hikes are double the national average
- Homeownership rate of 56%, 10% below the national average
- Only 145 of 800+ wildfire rebuild applications approved since the January 2025 LA fires

If California is serious about solving its housing crisis and reviving its economy, it must dismantle the maze of permits, local zoning laws, and environmental regulations that hinder growth. On the backs of this deregulatory enthusiasm, this is the moment to rethink the regulatory state. Only by doing so can California reclaim its status as the Golden State of opportunity.

Read @Econ_Goggles's latest at Fusion: fusionaier.org/2025/reexamini…

🧵1/6 Two new books expose how America's experts catastrophically failed during COVID, joining the ranks of elite disasters like 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis. "In COVID's Wake" and "An Abundance of Caution" reveal how our supposed best and brightest got almost everything wrong.