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The Peter Principle Presidency
People tend to rise until they reach a job they’re bad at. Are political appointees an inevitable disaster?
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The Tariff Crash of 2025: The Price of Economic Amnesia
Tariffs imposed by President Trump have raised the US average effective tariff rate to 22 percent — the highest since 1909.
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The Costly Illusion of Protection
Tariffs, like all taxes and price controls, destroy the communication signals between producers consumers, and investors. Malinvestment inevitably follows.
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NIH: The $47-Billion Sacred Cow Is Scared
If we’re seeking breakthroughs and innovation in biomedicine, why are we funding the same bureaucratic institutions?
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Was Jackie Robinson a DEI Hire?
Robinson fought against a color barrier because he wanted to compete on talent. Modern DEI programs often do the opposite.
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The Frozen North – Canada’s Economic Stagnation
Canada’s GDP is climbing, but per capita it’s actually fallen since 2018, as regulations and red tape tie up the economy.
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Contra Bessent, Affordability Contributes to American Greatness
Claiming consumer access to affordable goods is somehow trivial or un-American betrays a condescending view of the working classes and economic agency.
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The Dollar Milkshake Theory, Explained
A popular economic theory claims that excess currency liquidity is sucked up into US assets, but incorrectly assumes that central banking policy, and global power balances, will never change.
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École Polytechnique: How the French Enlightenment School Gave Us Both Progress and Scientism
Technical minds discarded the humanities and attempted to reengineer, from a position of central authority, all human relationships.
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Even Tariff Supporters Say Trump’s Trade War Is a Disaster for Americans
Unions, progressives, and populists agree: targeting Canada and Mexico is “chaotic,” “ineffective,” and will “cause unnecessary economic pain.”
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•
The Peter Principle Presidency
People tend to rise until they reach a job they’re bad at. Are political appointees an inevitable disaster?
-
•
The Tariff Crash of 2025: The Price of Economic Amnesia
Tariffs imposed by President Trump have raised the US average effective tariff rate to 22 percent — the highest since 1909.
-
•
The Costly Illusion of Protection
Tariffs, like all taxes and price controls, destroy the communication signals between producers consumers, and investors. Malinvestment inevitably follows.
-
•
NIH: The $47-Billion Sacred Cow Is Scared
If we’re seeking breakthroughs and innovation in biomedicine, why are we funding the same bureaucratic institutions?
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•
Was Jackie Robinson a DEI Hire?
Robinson fought against a color barrier because he wanted to compete on talent. Modern DEI programs often do the opposite.
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•
The Frozen North – Canada’s Economic Stagnation
Canada’s GDP is climbing, but per capita it’s actually fallen since 2018, as regulations and red tape tie up the economy.
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•
Contra Bessent, Affordability Contributes to American Greatness
Claiming consumer access to affordable goods is somehow trivial or un-American betrays a condescending view of the working classes and economic agency.
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•
The Dollar Milkshake Theory, Explained
A popular economic theory claims that excess currency liquidity is sucked up into US assets, but incorrectly assumes that central banking policy, and global power balances, will never change.
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•
École Polytechnique: How the French Enlightenment School Gave Us Both Progress and Scientism
Technical minds discarded the humanities and attempted to reengineer, from a position of central authority, all human relationships.
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•
Even Tariff Supporters Say Trump’s Trade War Is a Disaster for Americans
Unions, progressives, and populists agree: targeting Canada and Mexico is “chaotic,” “ineffective,” and will “cause unnecessary economic pain.”