Eric B. Schnurer

Eric B. Schnurer is president of Public Works LLC, a policy consulting firm, and a former policy advisor and speechwriter to several US presidential candidates. He has been teaching a course on “The Future of Government” at the University of Chicago.

The shape of tomorrow

Eric B. Schnurer Jun 10, 2020

The post-pandemic world doesn’t look peaceful at a first glance, and that impression is likely to continue: conflict will intensify and unrest will necessarily follow due to underlying, long-term realities. The existing chasm between the…

A tale of two worlds: before coronavirus and post pandemic

Eric B. Schnurer Apr 19, 2020

Some believe life will return pretty much to “normal” once the Covid-19 crisis passes. Most commentators, however, warn that we will be living in a very different world. I see a third possibility: that the pandemic is essentially part of,…

The sum of all fears and the search for the next elections’ big issue

Eric B. Schnurer Jul 18, 2019

There is always one issue that comes to dominate and define the election cycle. President Donald Trump thinks that, in 2020, The Issue will be immigration. That’s certainly what he intends to build his campaign around. Just as he did in…

The Flying Machine

Eric B. Schnurer Jun 27, 2019

“Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly. Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT,” President Donald Trump tweeted some time ago. He added, “I see it all the time in many products.” Of course he does: The…

All Globalists Now

Eric B. Schnurer Nov 16, 2018

With an election climaxing in not just an uncommon rhetorical shrillness but also actual violence, Americans now recognize that we are engaged in a cold war that is turning increasingly hot between “globalists” and “nationalists.” Or, at…

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