Daniel J. Smith
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Don’t Push the Policy Button!
Economists design “optimal” interventions with caveats and disclaimers. Politicians treat them like irresistible big red buttons.
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We Learned Leadership Flipping Burgers: Don’t Close America’s On-Ramp
Inflating entry-level pay risks shutting young workers out of the most reliable path to skill development and long-term earnings.
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Why Modern Socialists Dodge Definition
When every failure is reclassified as “not real socialism,” the ideology slips beyond empirical scrutiny and standards of evidence.
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The Big Chill: Mamdani’s Rent-Freeze Fantasy
Reduced rents for some tenants aren’t worth reducing the supply and quality of housing for everyone else in the city.
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The Constitutional Wisdom of Presidential Term Limits
Like an alarm clock, an institutional constraint is set in advance keep us from acting rashly when temptation strikes.
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Stadium Subsidies Reveal Tensions in Democratic Priorities
“Despite being a well-known mirage, the promises of economic and job growth prove too attractive for local policymakers to resist. This tells us something about their priorities.” ~ Daniel J. Smith
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The Academy Doesn’t Mind Harassment When It Targets the Right
“The AAUP’s panel claims there is no leftward bias in the academy, but with AAUP officials and members condoning and supporting the harassment of faculty on the right, it’s clear that’s not true. The leftward bias in the academy is real and only appears to be getting worse.” ~ Daniel J. Smith
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Biden’s Fed Nominees a Tit-for-Tat Response to Trump’s
“Fortunately, especially for the regular people who would stand to suffer the most under a politicized Fed, there were enough conservatives to band together to block Trump. Will there be enough principled liberals to sanction Biden?” ~ Daniel J. Smith
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What Trash Can Teach Us About Economics
“So, what does my trash teach us about economics? What is true of garbage, which should be a relatively straightforward service for a government to provide, is even more true of important and complex services, such as health care and education. Competition to serve customers is the best way to encourage human well-being.” ~ Daniel…
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Don’t Push the Policy Button!
Economists design “optimal” interventions with caveats and disclaimers. Politicians treat them like irresistible big red buttons.
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•
We Learned Leadership Flipping Burgers: Don’t Close America’s On-Ramp
Inflating entry-level pay risks shutting young workers out of the most reliable path to skill development and long-term earnings.
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•
Why Modern Socialists Dodge Definition
When every failure is reclassified as “not real socialism,” the ideology slips beyond empirical scrutiny and standards of evidence.
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The Big Chill: Mamdani’s Rent-Freeze Fantasy
Reduced rents for some tenants aren’t worth reducing the supply and quality of housing for everyone else in the city.
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The Constitutional Wisdom of Presidential Term Limits
Like an alarm clock, an institutional constraint is set in advance keep us from acting rashly when temptation strikes.
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•
Stadium Subsidies Reveal Tensions in Democratic Priorities
“Despite being a well-known mirage, the promises of economic and job growth prove too attractive for local policymakers to resist. This tells us something about their priorities.” ~ Daniel J. Smith
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The Academy Doesn’t Mind Harassment When It Targets the Right
“The AAUP’s panel claims there is no leftward bias in the academy, but with AAUP officials and members condoning and supporting the harassment of faculty on the right, it’s clear that’s not true. The leftward bias in the academy is real and only appears to be getting worse.” ~ Daniel J. Smith
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Biden’s Fed Nominees a Tit-for-Tat Response to Trump’s
“Fortunately, especially for the regular people who would stand to suffer the most under a politicized Fed, there were enough conservatives to band together to block Trump. Will there be enough principled liberals to sanction Biden?” ~ Daniel J. Smith
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What Trash Can Teach Us About Economics
“So, what does my trash teach us about economics? What is true of garbage, which should be a relatively straightforward service for a government to provide, is even more true of important and complex services, such as health care and education. Competition to serve customers is the best way to encourage human well-being.” ~ Daniel…