America’s Gradual Transformation: How Quiet Policy Shifts Reshaped Economic Priorities, Governance, and the Nation’s Long-Term Direction
Large-scale transformation rarely announces itself with a single defining event. More often, it emerges slowly, through a sequence of administrative decisions that appear routine when viewed in isolation. Over time, however, these decisions accumulate, subtly reshaping institutions, incentives, and expectations. In recent years, the United States experienced such a period — one marked not by…