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The Fed Is Expected to Hold Rates. The Rules Say It Shouldn’t
If the Fed leaves rates unchanged this week, the September meeting will take on added importance.
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Dynamic Pricing Bills Can’t Ban Demand
Preventing prices from adjusting to demand doesn’t create more stadium seats. It just hands more of the scarcity premium to resellers.
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Business Conditions Monthly May 2026
Leading indicators improved in May, but coincident activity softened and lagging measures deteriorated sharply. The economy is still balanced, but on a narrowing base.
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‘Free Stuff’ in Norway Still Costs Half of Average Pay
Taxes claims half of middle class paychecks, leaving households with subpar public services and less disposable income.
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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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The Fed Is Expected to Hold Rates. The Rules Say It Shouldn’t
If the Fed leaves rates unchanged this week, the September meeting will take on added importance.
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•
Dynamic Pricing Bills Can’t Ban Demand
Preventing prices from adjusting to demand doesn’t create more stadium seats. It just hands more of the scarcity premium to resellers.
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•
Business Conditions Monthly May 2026
Leading indicators improved in May, but coincident activity softened and lagging measures deteriorated sharply. The economy is still balanced, but on a narrowing base.
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•
‘Free Stuff’ in Norway Still Costs Half of Average Pay
Taxes claims half of middle class paychecks, leaving households with subpar public services and less disposable income.
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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.