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Progressive Taxes May Discourage the Most Productive Work
A real-world example shows taxes eat into marginal income, steering workers toward lower-paying, but more pleasant, jobs.
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Property Taxes Invert the Moral Order of Ownership
True reform means cutting them now and eliminating them over time.
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Taxing, Borrowing, and Printing: Three Ways America Pays for Government
Tax bills are only the beginning. Borrowing and inflation also finance federal spending — in ways that are easier to ignore but harder to escape.
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Bootleggers, Baptists, and Others Who Benefit From Tax Complexity
Moral advocates and special interests engineer the tax code to reward those best equipped to navigate complex rules.
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Rockets 2.5 Percent in March 2026
Household costs are rising faster than mainstream inflation gauges reveal. US military adventurism is hitting Americans hard.
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The Housing Crisis Is a Supply Problem
Rising prices make us look for someone to blame, but the broken market has a simple cause: it’s illegal to build enough homes.
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Civility: The Invisible Glue of Society
Adam Smith recognized that true human flourishing requires more than riches.
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Headline Inflation Surged in March, but Core Remained Muted
March’s inflation spike looks alarming, but it’s driven entirely by energy shocks. Strip that out and the trend looks largely unchanged.
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Trump’s Greatest ‘Art of the Deal’
The president can escape the economic trench warfare he started in April 2025. But first, he’ll have to remember a decades-old lesson from the greatest deal he ever struck.
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Can Trump’s Maritime Plan Save America’s Struggling Shipyards?
America’s shipbuilding troubles did not begin with foreign rivals — and they will not be solved by taxing them.
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Progressive Taxes May Discourage the Most Productive Work
A real-world example shows taxes eat into marginal income, steering workers toward lower-paying, but more pleasant, jobs.
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•
Property Taxes Invert the Moral Order of Ownership
True reform means cutting them now and eliminating them over time.
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•
Taxing, Borrowing, and Printing: Three Ways America Pays for Government
Tax bills are only the beginning. Borrowing and inflation also finance federal spending — in ways that are easier to ignore but harder to escape.
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•
Bootleggers, Baptists, and Others Who Benefit From Tax Complexity
Moral advocates and special interests engineer the tax code to reward those best equipped to navigate complex rules.
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•
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Rockets 2.5 Percent in March 2026
Household costs are rising faster than mainstream inflation gauges reveal. US military adventurism is hitting Americans hard.
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•
The Housing Crisis Is a Supply Problem
Rising prices make us look for someone to blame, but the broken market has a simple cause: it’s illegal to build enough homes.
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•
Civility: The Invisible Glue of Society
Adam Smith recognized that true human flourishing requires more than riches.
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•
Headline Inflation Surged in March, but Core Remained Muted
March’s inflation spike looks alarming, but it’s driven entirely by energy shocks. Strip that out and the trend looks largely unchanged.
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•
Trump’s Greatest ‘Art of the Deal’
The president can escape the economic trench warfare he started in April 2025. But first, he’ll have to remember a decades-old lesson from the greatest deal he ever struck.
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•
Can Trump’s Maritime Plan Save America’s Struggling Shipyards?
America’s shipbuilding troubles did not begin with foreign rivals — and they will not be solved by taxing them.