Inflation & Taxes
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Blue-Collar Workers Shouldn’t Subsidize White-Collar Degrees
Student loan forgiveness lives on in the government’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness, which erases remaining debt after a decade — if you happen to have the right job.
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DC’s $4.4B RFK Stadium Boondoggle: A Gift to Interest Groups, a Burden on Taxpayers
The RFK stadium deal won’t generate a fraction of promised growth.
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You Can Pay Your Friends on PayPal and Venmo Again—And Not Worry About the IRS
Celebrate the end of the $600 reporting threshold, an IRS attempt to nickel-and-dime freelancers while reading every American’s Venmo memos.
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Render Unto Caesar? Even the Pope Faces Confusion Complying with US Taxes
The ultra-complex US Tax Code creates opportunity for fraud and manipulation, while suppressing our economic potential… and stressing us out.
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IOUs to Inflation: The Realistic Limits of Magic Money Theory
Despite what Modern Monetary Theorists and other Fed fantasists would have you believe, we can’t print our way out of debt. Deficits will meet reality.
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My Disagreement with John Tamny on SALT Deductions
Lower taxes are a good thing — unless they just shift the cost from overspenders onto taxpayers in the future.
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Ontario’s Proposed Special Economic Zones Underscore Regulatory Harm Everywhere Else
Relaxing regulations in just a few places is a kind of favoritism. Why not extend the benefits to the whole province?
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The Real Debt Threat: Government Spending, Not Tax Cuts
Washington’s dismal fiscal situation is driven by out-of-control government. Spending, Congress and Larry Summers, is what keeps the debt mounting.
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Are Tariffs Really Inflationary?
Tariffs can be inflationary if they reduce real economic output, but the size of the effect matters.
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Why Trump’s Copper Tariffs Will Hurt US Industry — and Help China
A sweeping 50 percent tariff with no timeline or exemptions risks weakening US industry and straining key trade ties.
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Blue-Collar Workers Shouldn’t Subsidize White-Collar Degrees
Student loan forgiveness lives on in the government’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness, which erases remaining debt after a decade — if you happen to have the right job.
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DC’s $4.4B RFK Stadium Boondoggle: A Gift to Interest Groups, a Burden on Taxpayers
The RFK stadium deal won’t generate a fraction of promised growth.
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You Can Pay Your Friends on PayPal and Venmo Again—And Not Worry About the IRS
Celebrate the end of the $600 reporting threshold, an IRS attempt to nickel-and-dime freelancers while reading every American’s Venmo memos.
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Render Unto Caesar? Even the Pope Faces Confusion Complying with US Taxes
The ultra-complex US Tax Code creates opportunity for fraud and manipulation, while suppressing our economic potential… and stressing us out.
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•
IOUs to Inflation: The Realistic Limits of Magic Money Theory
Despite what Modern Monetary Theorists and other Fed fantasists would have you believe, we can’t print our way out of debt. Deficits will meet reality.
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My Disagreement with John Tamny on SALT Deductions
Lower taxes are a good thing — unless they just shift the cost from overspenders onto taxpayers in the future.
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•
Ontario’s Proposed Special Economic Zones Underscore Regulatory Harm Everywhere Else
Relaxing regulations in just a few places is a kind of favoritism. Why not extend the benefits to the whole province?
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•
The Real Debt Threat: Government Spending, Not Tax Cuts
Washington’s dismal fiscal situation is driven by out-of-control government. Spending, Congress and Larry Summers, is what keeps the debt mounting.
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•
Are Tariffs Really Inflationary?
Tariffs can be inflationary if they reduce real economic output, but the size of the effect matters.
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•
Why Trump’s Copper Tariffs Will Hurt US Industry — and Help China
A sweeping 50 percent tariff with no timeline or exemptions risks weakening US industry and straining key trade ties.