Economics
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How Unusual Was July’s Jobs Report Revision? Here’s What My Analysis Found
Statisticians try to force complex, empirical economic realities into simplified models. Revisions based on improved data are an inevitability, not evidence of a conspiracy.
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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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Europe’s Precautionary Principle Is Killing the Next Big Thing
Entrepreneurs can’t reach for the future of innovation if they face the near-impossible burden of proving zero risk.
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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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New Study: California’s $20 Minimum Wage Killed 18,000 Restaurant Jobs
Wage floors destroy opportunities, harming the poor most of all. Californians just got a hard lesson in basic economics.
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What’s Wrong With Boeing?
How a heavily regulated, quasi-monopoly, “national champion” turned engineering exceptionalism into rent-seeking mediocrity.
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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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Who Are (or Were?) the Woke?
The promised ‘racial reckoning’ was mostly elite white liberals trying to amass more power, Musa al-Gharbi’s new book reveals.
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No Bailouts: Milei Serious About Federalism
Argentina’s constitution allows provinces to issue their own currencies, so long as they also shoulder the fiscal consequences.
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How Minimum Wages Punish Cash Businesses
Price floors on labor have unexpected costs, including convenience and customer service.
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How Unusual Was July’s Jobs Report Revision? Here’s What My Analysis Found
Statisticians try to force complex, empirical economic realities into simplified models. Revisions based on improved data are an inevitability, not evidence of a conspiracy.
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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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•
Europe’s Precautionary Principle Is Killing the Next Big Thing
Entrepreneurs can’t reach for the future of innovation if they face the near-impossible burden of proving zero risk.
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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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•
New Study: California’s $20 Minimum Wage Killed 18,000 Restaurant Jobs
Wage floors destroy opportunities, harming the poor most of all. Californians just got a hard lesson in basic economics.
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•
What’s Wrong With Boeing?
How a heavily regulated, quasi-monopoly, “national champion” turned engineering exceptionalism into rent-seeking mediocrity.
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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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•
Who Are (or Were?) the Woke?
The promised ‘racial reckoning’ was mostly elite white liberals trying to amass more power, Musa al-Gharbi’s new book reveals.
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•
No Bailouts: Milei Serious About Federalism
Argentina’s constitution allows provinces to issue their own currencies, so long as they also shoulder the fiscal consequences.
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•
How Minimum Wages Punish Cash Businesses
Price floors on labor have unexpected costs, including convenience and customer service.