Unintended Consequences
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Immigration Arrest Quotas Undermine ICE’s Mission
Numerical targets predictably distort enforcement priorities, ignoring local knowledge, undermining both public safety and economic stability.
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Capping Card Interest Rates Won’t Make Credit Cheaper
APR caps may sound consumer-friendly, but price caps just serve to cut off vulnerable households from legitimate lenders.
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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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China’s Rare Earth ‘Monopoly’ — and Why Markets Will Break It
The minerals aren’t rare. China’s marginal advantage is a willingness to accept human and environmental costs other nations eschewed.
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Five Years After GameStop: What the Squeeze Actually Changed
Meme-stock investment infusions rescued the company without redeeming its model. Did that borrowed time produce market discipline — or simply delay error correction?
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Why California Is Bleeding Tech Jobs — Decline Is a Policy Choice
Silicon Valley isn’t dying — it’s decentralizing. Tech firms are expanding in lower-cost states and taking jobs with them.
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New York’s Death Wish
History — and a gritty 1970s vigilante flick — offers sobering lessons about what happens when public institutions fail at their most basic task: keeping citizens safe.
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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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Immigration Arrest Quotas Undermine ICE’s Mission
Numerical targets predictably distort enforcement priorities, ignoring local knowledge, undermining both public safety and economic stability.
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Capping Card Interest Rates Won’t Make Credit Cheaper
APR caps may sound consumer-friendly, but price caps just serve to cut off vulnerable households from legitimate lenders.
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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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China’s Rare Earth ‘Monopoly’ — and Why Markets Will Break It
The minerals aren’t rare. China’s marginal advantage is a willingness to accept human and environmental costs other nations eschewed.
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Five Years After GameStop: What the Squeeze Actually Changed
Meme-stock investment infusions rescued the company without redeeming its model. Did that borrowed time produce market discipline — or simply delay error correction?
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Why California Is Bleeding Tech Jobs — Decline Is a Policy Choice
Silicon Valley isn’t dying — it’s decentralizing. Tech firms are expanding in lower-cost states and taking jobs with them.
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New York’s Death Wish
History — and a gritty 1970s vigilante flick — offers sobering lessons about what happens when public institutions fail at their most basic task: keeping citizens safe.
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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.