Incentives
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Invest in a Growth Mindset: The Antidote to America’s Black-Pilled Nihilism
We all question whether our lives have meaning. But what shapes us most may be our own beliefs about intelligence and experience.
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Can Zohran Mamdani Force Doctors to Treat Patients?
Healthcare can be declared a right, but it cannot be delivered without willing providers. Closing the gap will require uncomfortable trade-offs.
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Stop Fixating on CEO Pay Ratios and Start Fixing Labor Markets
Eye-catching statistics about executive compensation tell us nothing about fairness, and distract from the real drivers of wage growth and worker prosperity.
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A Rare Split at the Fed — and Why It Makes Sense
Both hawks and doves cite major rules to justify their stance. But the division inside the Fed isn’t dysfunction — it’s a sign of officials taking both mandates seriously.
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Bigger Government Means Bigger Fraud: Minnesota’s Billion-Dollar Lesson in Incentives
Minnesota’s largest-ever food-aid scandal reveals how weak incentives, political pressure, and lax oversight enable public-sector fraud to flourish — costing taxpayers billions.
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Shutdown Lessons on Institutional Fragility
FAA system outages underscore the risk of concentrating critical infrastructure in a single federal agency. Decentralized alternatives offer resilience that centralized systems struggle to match.
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Are Labubus Gen Z’s Beanie Babies?
Easy money creates unusual mascots. Creepy dolls selling for used-car prices signal massively distorted capital conditions.
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Burned by Bureaucracy: Why Other Countries Have Better Sunscreen
Europe and Asia use superior formulas, but the FDA hasn’t approved a new UV filter since the 1990s, exposing Americans to preventable cancer. Now, tariffs are pushing up prices on the few foreign options available.
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Liberty Creates Abundance: How Free Markets Feed Families
Decentralized markets and free choices make Thanksgiving possible. Central planning promises food security, but capitalism delivers it.
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Escape Velocity: Why America’s 1963 Poverty Math Is Broken
The Kennedy-era poverty formula hides the economic pressures now crushing working Americans. Worse, benefits losses are wiping out wage gains.
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Invest in a Growth Mindset: The Antidote to America’s Black-Pilled Nihilism
We all question whether our lives have meaning. But what shapes us most may be our own beliefs about intelligence and experience.
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•
Can Zohran Mamdani Force Doctors to Treat Patients?
Healthcare can be declared a right, but it cannot be delivered without willing providers. Closing the gap will require uncomfortable trade-offs.
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•
Stop Fixating on CEO Pay Ratios and Start Fixing Labor Markets
Eye-catching statistics about executive compensation tell us nothing about fairness, and distract from the real drivers of wage growth and worker prosperity.
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•
A Rare Split at the Fed — and Why It Makes Sense
Both hawks and doves cite major rules to justify their stance. But the division inside the Fed isn’t dysfunction — it’s a sign of officials taking both mandates seriously.
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Bigger Government Means Bigger Fraud: Minnesota’s Billion-Dollar Lesson in Incentives
Minnesota’s largest-ever food-aid scandal reveals how weak incentives, political pressure, and lax oversight enable public-sector fraud to flourish — costing taxpayers billions.
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•
Shutdown Lessons on Institutional Fragility
FAA system outages underscore the risk of concentrating critical infrastructure in a single federal agency. Decentralized alternatives offer resilience that centralized systems struggle to match.
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•
Are Labubus Gen Z’s Beanie Babies?
Easy money creates unusual mascots. Creepy dolls selling for used-car prices signal massively distorted capital conditions.
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•
Burned by Bureaucracy: Why Other Countries Have Better Sunscreen
Europe and Asia use superior formulas, but the FDA hasn’t approved a new UV filter since the 1990s, exposing Americans to preventable cancer. Now, tariffs are pushing up prices on the few foreign options available.
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•
Liberty Creates Abundance: How Free Markets Feed Families
Decentralized markets and free choices make Thanksgiving possible. Central planning promises food security, but capitalism delivers it.
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•
Escape Velocity: Why America’s 1963 Poverty Math Is Broken
The Kennedy-era poverty formula hides the economic pressures now crushing working Americans. Worse, benefits losses are wiping out wage gains.