Policy
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‘Saving the Family’ Should Start with Sound Money
American’s birth dearth isn’t just cultural — it’s monetary. The best pro-natal policy is to stop making daily life so expensive.
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When Production Isn’t Production and Prices Aren’t Prices
When we use economic terms loosely, we smuggle in assumptions that the theory itself does not support.
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Tariffs, AI, and the Golden Age of Executive Power
Centralizing policy through executive action and governance “emergencies” is eroding the republic’s foundations.
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How Money Laundering Became a Catch-All Excuse to Bully and Surveil
Crypto-related prosecutions illustrate how allegations of crime are used to target privacy-enhancing tools and the people who build them.
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Data-Sharing Agreements for Fintech: the Market Solved What DC Couldn’t
After 15 years of regulatory tug-of-war, banks and fintech companies have reached private arrangements for sharing customer data.
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‘The Last Generation of Freedom’? The Quiet Growth of Global Surveillance Culture
Democracies are adopting authoritarian tools and cracking down on dissent. Technologies that once empowered citizens are now consolidating control.
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Rich People Won’t Just Sit Still While You Tax Them
Higher taxes motivate the wealthy to move out of state and take their job-providing, revenue-creating businesses with them.
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Scott’s Tots, Trump Accounts, and What Washington Can Learn from ‘The Office’
If Social Security is any guide, Americans should treat long-term federal promises like “Scott’s Tots”: big applause today, awkward reckoning tomorrow.
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Keeping the Towers Open When Government Closes
The skies stay safe when operations are insulated from political chaos. The shutdown served as a warning: the US air traffic control system is too important to be turned off by legislative impasse.
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What the 50-Year Mortgage Debate Reveals About US Housing Constraints
Ultimately, the debate over 50-year mortgages is less about exotic loan structures and more about the deeper structural limits of America’s housing system.
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‘Saving the Family’ Should Start with Sound Money
American’s birth dearth isn’t just cultural — it’s monetary. The best pro-natal policy is to stop making daily life so expensive.
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When Production Isn’t Production and Prices Aren’t Prices
When we use economic terms loosely, we smuggle in assumptions that the theory itself does not support.
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Tariffs, AI, and the Golden Age of Executive Power
Centralizing policy through executive action and governance “emergencies” is eroding the republic’s foundations.
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How Money Laundering Became a Catch-All Excuse to Bully and Surveil
Crypto-related prosecutions illustrate how allegations of crime are used to target privacy-enhancing tools and the people who build them.
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Data-Sharing Agreements for Fintech: the Market Solved What DC Couldn’t
After 15 years of regulatory tug-of-war, banks and fintech companies have reached private arrangements for sharing customer data.
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‘The Last Generation of Freedom’? The Quiet Growth of Global Surveillance Culture
Democracies are adopting authoritarian tools and cracking down on dissent. Technologies that once empowered citizens are now consolidating control.
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Rich People Won’t Just Sit Still While You Tax Them
Higher taxes motivate the wealthy to move out of state and take their job-providing, revenue-creating businesses with them.
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Scott’s Tots, Trump Accounts, and What Washington Can Learn from ‘The Office’
If Social Security is any guide, Americans should treat long-term federal promises like “Scott’s Tots”: big applause today, awkward reckoning tomorrow.
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Keeping the Towers Open When Government Closes
The skies stay safe when operations are insulated from political chaos. The shutdown served as a warning: the US air traffic control system is too important to be turned off by legislative impasse.
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What the 50-Year Mortgage Debate Reveals About US Housing Constraints
Ultimately, the debate over 50-year mortgages is less about exotic loan structures and more about the deeper structural limits of America’s housing system.