lobbying
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AI Consciousness Could Become a Regulatory Moat
Incumbent AI firms may benefit from a regulatory regime in which machine consciousness is considered plausible but remains impossible to prove or disprove.
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When Government Separates Choices from Consequences
From tariffs to “free” public services, government policies routinely transfer the costs and consequences of individual choices onto someone else.
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Tariffs Didn’t Rebuild Factories. They Fueled a Lobbying Boom.
When government decides who pays and who is exempt, businesses rationally redirect resources from investment to lobbying and favor seeking.
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Tariff Math Doesn’t Work, and the White House Already Admitted It
Trump’s new USMCA proposal acknowledges the limits of onshoring. Tariffs can’t undo global supply chains; they’re a consumption tax paid by American families.
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Can Stock Indexes Afford to Ignore SpaceX?
Firms that grow large before going public raise questions about whether index membership rules shape market reality rather than merely reflect it.
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The Feudal Economics of Modern Healthcare: How Regulation Turned Medicine into a Fiefdom
Government-created healthcare monopolies are forcing physicians into a kind of serfdom, gobbling up private practices to extract doctors’ labor.
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Decades of Bad Energy Policy Left Oil Markets Vulnerable to Iran Shock
Current energy prices reflect the delayed costs of regulatory priorities that misallocated investment and undermined energy resilience.
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Greece’s 19th Century Currant Crisis: A Warning Against ‘Temporary’ Government Support
Greek intervention to “protect” farmers rendered a temporary crisis permanent.
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Why Market Success Breeds Market Skepticism
The very prosperity created by capitalism can obscure its benefits, fueling discontent even when we’re much better off.
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India’s Aviation Meltdown Reveals Hazards of Command-and-Control
Concentrated markets and micromanaging regulators can turn a policy change into systemic failure. Rules matter, but the cost is resilience.
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•
AI Consciousness Could Become a Regulatory Moat
Incumbent AI firms may benefit from a regulatory regime in which machine consciousness is considered plausible but remains impossible to prove or disprove.
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•
When Government Separates Choices from Consequences
From tariffs to “free” public services, government policies routinely transfer the costs and consequences of individual choices onto someone else.
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•
Tariffs Didn’t Rebuild Factories. They Fueled a Lobbying Boom.
When government decides who pays and who is exempt, businesses rationally redirect resources from investment to lobbying and favor seeking.
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•
Tariff Math Doesn’t Work, and the White House Already Admitted It
Trump’s new USMCA proposal acknowledges the limits of onshoring. Tariffs can’t undo global supply chains; they’re a consumption tax paid by American families.
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•
Can Stock Indexes Afford to Ignore SpaceX?
Firms that grow large before going public raise questions about whether index membership rules shape market reality rather than merely reflect it.
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•
The Feudal Economics of Modern Healthcare: How Regulation Turned Medicine into a Fiefdom
Government-created healthcare monopolies are forcing physicians into a kind of serfdom, gobbling up private practices to extract doctors’ labor.
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•
Decades of Bad Energy Policy Left Oil Markets Vulnerable to Iran Shock
Current energy prices reflect the delayed costs of regulatory priorities that misallocated investment and undermined energy resilience.
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•
Greece’s 19th Century Currant Crisis: A Warning Against ‘Temporary’ Government Support
Greek intervention to “protect” farmers rendered a temporary crisis permanent.
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•
Why Market Success Breeds Market Skepticism
The very prosperity created by capitalism can obscure its benefits, fueling discontent even when we’re much better off.
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•
India’s Aviation Meltdown Reveals Hazards of Command-and-Control
Concentrated markets and micromanaging regulators can turn a policy change into systemic failure. Rules matter, but the cost is resilience.