Tyler Cowen, Columnist

This Election’s Winners and Losers

The candidates were on the ballot, but there was a broader referendum on issues and ideas.

November 6, 2020 at 1:30 PM UTC

Tyler Cowen is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, a professor of economics at George Mason University and host of the Marginal Revolution blog.

Tallying it all up.
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Every election has its winners and losers, not only among the candidates but also in the broader political and intellectual world. Although the results are not yet final, it is possible to tally which issues and ideas have fallen or risen in status as a result of this week’s vote in the U.S.

Here are some losers: