Friday, August 28, 2026

Hodgepodge for Week of August 24, 2026: Deportation, Head Start, LGB v. T, Occupational Licensing

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It's been a busy week for me, but there is still plenty going on in the world. I don't have the time to give it the full treatment, ...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

New York City's Pied-à-Terre Tax: Mamdani's Heavy Foot on High-End Second Homes

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If you own a multimillion-dollar apartment in New York City but don't live there full-time, prepare to pay for the "privilege....
Thursday, August 13, 2026

Washington Propping Up the Yen Won't Fix Japan's Monetary Woes

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In response to the weakening yen, the U.S. Treasury decided on July 31 to commit up to  $10 billion to prop up the yen . The yen initially s...
Friday, August 7, 2026

Mamdani's "Free" Universal Childcare and What Happens Socialism Meets Economic Reality

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Socialists have a peculiar relationship with mathematics. Much like protectionists think that arithmetic is for globalists , socialists thin...
Monday, August 3, 2026

The Show-Me State Should Show That Zero Income Tax Can Work in Missouri

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"Eliminate the state income tax" is one of those proposals that sounds like it fits libertarianism like a glove. Personally, I don...
Friday, July 31, 2026

Parsha Eikev: The Hedonic Treadmill According to Moses

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Many Jews encounter this week's Torah portion every single day without even realizing it. The verse of Deuteronomy 8:10, "You shall...
Monday, July 27, 2026

The Steep Costs of Trump Expanding Tariff Power Under Section 301

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Section 301 wasn't supposed to be a presidential blank check. Yet that's increasingly how it has been used.  The latest lawsuit  cha...