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The Overton Window

Mackinac Center for Public Policy
The Overton Window
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  • The Overton Window

    ‘What is the evidence to show that passing one exam actually protects the public?’

    2026/10/16
    Deeb D. Eid on states’ efforts to reform regulations on pharmacists and pharmacies
  • The Overton Window

    ‘Sometimes people miss this, but congressmen aren't supposed to miss it because it's the law’

    2026/10/02
    Grover Norquist on spending restraint and the temporary success of the Obama-era ‘sequester’ deal
  • The Overton Window

    ‘Having chunks of a country where it’s difficult to do business reduces the size of the pie for everyone’

    2026/09/18
    Investment banker Richard Shinder on unacceptable political risk in America’s largest states
  • The Overton Window

    ‘Affordability is everywhere this year as a kind of buzzword’

    2026/09/04
    Center for the American Experiment’s John Phelan on coping with the dollar’s decline
  • The Overton Window

    ‘It doesn’t matter who is in power; power should be restrained in a clear way’

    2026/08/21
    Michael Van Beek on the ideas that drove the American Revolution
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About The Overton Window
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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