Daily Economy
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The Permitting Problem Blocking America’s Industrial Comeback
Regulatory delays have stalled critical mining, manufacturing, and infrastructure projects, but permitting reform could unlock America’s industrial potential.
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Judges Can Void a Tariff. They Can’t Rebuild Our Reputation.
The trust between America and its allies took generations to build and is being spent at a record pace.
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Upward Mobility Is a Better Measure of Justice Than Income Equality
If your wealthy boss earns less, will you earn more? France’s compressed salary scale shows more ‘equal’ pay clusters at levels that could keep you both poorer.
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Getting Unemployment Insurance Back to Work
The pandemic exposed weaknesses that had accumulated over decades.
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Why Fascists Admired Keynes’s Economics
Keynes saw centralized economic direction as an improvement on market coordination. This provided cover to later corporatist authoritarians who wanted to control every aspect of life.
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The Case for Talking to Strangers
Nicholas Epley’s new book argues that small acts of connection build the trust and goodwill on which a free society depends.
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Half of Students Now Get A’s, But Actual Achievement Is Declining
Your child’s report card may be sending the wrong signal. Grades and GPAs increasingly reflect institutional incentives rather than academic achievement.
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The Baseball Tax That Made the Great Depression Worse
Nothing’s more American than baseball and taxes, but combining the two in 1932 cost millions their affordable day out.
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Reality Sends the Bill: How Ignoring Price Signals Ends in Disaster
Sri Lankan fertilizer bans, Argentinian rents, and European power crises all demonstrate that governments can suppress prices, but they cannot escape reality.
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The Myth of the Free-Riding Billionaire: Ray Madoff’s ‘The Second Estate’
In her new book, Ray Madoff argues that America’s wealthiest exploit the tax code at the public’s expense. But her critique understates both what the rich pay and what they produce.
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The Permitting Problem Blocking America’s Industrial Comeback
Regulatory delays have stalled critical mining, manufacturing, and infrastructure projects, but permitting reform could unlock America’s industrial potential.
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•
Judges Can Void a Tariff. They Can’t Rebuild Our Reputation.
The trust between America and its allies took generations to build and is being spent at a record pace.
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•
Upward Mobility Is a Better Measure of Justice Than Income Equality
If your wealthy boss earns less, will you earn more? France’s compressed salary scale shows more ‘equal’ pay clusters at levels that could keep you both poorer.
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•
Getting Unemployment Insurance Back to Work
The pandemic exposed weaknesses that had accumulated over decades.
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•
Why Fascists Admired Keynes’s Economics
Keynes saw centralized economic direction as an improvement on market coordination. This provided cover to later corporatist authoritarians who wanted to control every aspect of life.
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•
The Case for Talking to Strangers
Nicholas Epley’s new book argues that small acts of connection build the trust and goodwill on which a free society depends.
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•
Half of Students Now Get A’s, But Actual Achievement Is Declining
Your child’s report card may be sending the wrong signal. Grades and GPAs increasingly reflect institutional incentives rather than academic achievement.
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•
The Baseball Tax That Made the Great Depression Worse
Nothing’s more American than baseball and taxes, but combining the two in 1932 cost millions their affordable day out.
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•
Reality Sends the Bill: How Ignoring Price Signals Ends in Disaster
Sri Lankan fertilizer bans, Argentinian rents, and European power crises all demonstrate that governments can suppress prices, but they cannot escape reality.
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•
The Myth of the Free-Riding Billionaire: Ray Madoff’s ‘The Second Estate’
In her new book, Ray Madoff argues that America’s wealthiest exploit the tax code at the public’s expense. But her critique understates both what the rich pay and what they produce.