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Dreier Roundtable at
Claremont McKenna College

Hon. David Dreier ’75

Former Congressman David Dreier ’75 shares his excitement launching the Dreier Roundtable at Claremont McKenna College, his alma mater. The Dreier Roundtable is an integral part of fulfilling CMC’s unique role as a leading institution for leadership in business and government.

Meet the Fellows

The Dreier Roundtable is proud to present the DRt fellows here for the upcoming academic year of 2025.

Group photo of the inagural student fellows of the DRT

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Dreier Roundtable Civility Award

KNBC-TV political reporter Conan Nolan interviews former Congressman David Dreier ’75 and Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D-CO) at CMC during the 2024 Dreier RoundTable Civility Award ceremony.

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Ominous Trends Against Freedom

by jpitney | Mar 4, 2021 | Democracy, Freedom of Press, International Relations

Please read this important report. Not only is America not in top ten on freedom/democracy index, we aren’t in top 20 or even in top 50 countries in the world. https://t.co/8t0dJSKySo pic.twitter.com/MdlzE263Ec — Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) March 3, 2021 The...

The Cost of Protectionism

by jpitney | Mar 4, 2021 | Economic Policy, Trade

Phil Gramm and Pat Toomey at WSJ: While manufacturing jobs declined from 32% of total employment in 1953 to 8.7% in 2015, manufacturing as a share of real gross domestic product has remained virtually constant due to increases in productivity. As Mr. Trump found when...

Fiscal Debt, Idea Deficit

by jpitney | Mar 2, 2021 | Congress, Debt, Economic Policy

Jonathan Bydlak at LegBranch.org: [As] we come out of the economic and public health hellscape of the last year, the potential for a new crisis is beginning to rear its ugly head. The haunting fiscal picture that the coronavirus has left in its wake was summarized in...