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Reviving Factory Jobs is an Expensive Illusion
Manufacturing jobs and their wages aren’t disproportionately better than other sectors — certainly not enough to justify government favoritism.
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Surprising Court Ruling Signals Trouble for Trump’s Tariffs
The ruling is welcome for free traders but unexpected, as significant precedent exists to allow the President to seize some of Congress’s duties.
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Protectionist Angst Is ‘Made in America’ — So Are Lots of Other Things
Manufacturing jobs are often difficult and dangerous. Thanks to labor-saving tech, fewer Americans need to work them, and our industrial output remains at near all-time highs.
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Socialism, Not the Embargo, Explains Nearly All of Cuba’s Poverty
A synthetic control allows researchers to disentangle causal effects: the primary cause of Cuba’s poverty is its repressive socialist regime, with just 10 percent of the gap resulting from the trade embargo.
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This Medicaid Fix Saves More Than Adding Work Requirements
Equalizing federal subsidies between states and programs could save Medicaid $40 billion per year, and give states options for reducing its growth.
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Three Overlooked Benefits of Self-Driving Cars
They’re delivering economic, environmental, land use, and safety improvements. What else does the advent of autonomous vehicles portend?
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How Interest Rates Set Asset Prices: One Weird Trick
A low funds rate artificially inflated asset values for much of the past 30 years. Zombie industries are now addicted to cheap borrowing.
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Physics Meets Finance: Theoretical Consequences of Man-Made Gold
Modern physics has managed to turn lead into gold. Is the end of scarcity in sight? Look to oil, rubber, and diamonds for clues.
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DEI is a Con: Five Hallmarks of a Hustle
Corporations and universities are distancing themselves from social virtue-signaling. But behind new branding, the grift is alive and well.
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John Milton, Eric Weinstein, and the Battle for the Marketplace of Ideas
The marketplace of ideas is one of the great vehicles by which our society becomes better tomorrow than it is today.
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Reviving Factory Jobs is an Expensive Illusion
Manufacturing jobs and their wages aren’t disproportionately better than other sectors — certainly not enough to justify government favoritism.
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•
Surprising Court Ruling Signals Trouble for Trump’s Tariffs
The ruling is welcome for free traders but unexpected, as significant precedent exists to allow the President to seize some of Congress’s duties.
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•
Protectionist Angst Is ‘Made in America’ — So Are Lots of Other Things
Manufacturing jobs are often difficult and dangerous. Thanks to labor-saving tech, fewer Americans need to work them, and our industrial output remains at near all-time highs.
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•
Socialism, Not the Embargo, Explains Nearly All of Cuba’s Poverty
A synthetic control allows researchers to disentangle causal effects: the primary cause of Cuba’s poverty is its repressive socialist regime, with just 10 percent of the gap resulting from the trade embargo.
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•
This Medicaid Fix Saves More Than Adding Work Requirements
Equalizing federal subsidies between states and programs could save Medicaid $40 billion per year, and give states options for reducing its growth.
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•
Three Overlooked Benefits of Self-Driving Cars
They’re delivering economic, environmental, land use, and safety improvements. What else does the advent of autonomous vehicles portend?
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•
How Interest Rates Set Asset Prices: One Weird Trick
A low funds rate artificially inflated asset values for much of the past 30 years. Zombie industries are now addicted to cheap borrowing.
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•
Physics Meets Finance: Theoretical Consequences of Man-Made Gold
Modern physics has managed to turn lead into gold. Is the end of scarcity in sight? Look to oil, rubber, and diamonds for clues.
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•
DEI is a Con: Five Hallmarks of a Hustle
Corporations and universities are distancing themselves from social virtue-signaling. But behind new branding, the grift is alive and well.
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•
John Milton, Eric Weinstein, and the Battle for the Marketplace of Ideas
The marketplace of ideas is one of the great vehicles by which our society becomes better tomorrow than it is today.