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July 16, 2026
Contributor: This next batch of elected senators will decide the fate of Social Security
We won't be able to tax our way out of this one.
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July 9, 2026
Contributor: What a 700-year-old Italian fresco can teach America today
Ambrogio Lorenzetti's visual treatise on political economy holds important lessons for Republicans and Democrats alike.
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June 25, 2026
Contributor: From London tennis courts to California, aggressive taxes always disappoint
Evidence of people fleeing their homes to avoid taxes was piling up long before California billionaires began their relocations to Nevada and Florida.
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June 11, 2026
Contributor: One economist's villainous blueprint to manage global poverty
Thomas Piketty's ambitious plans for shrinking the workweek and capping the GDP of wealthy countries would hurt not just the billionaires but every American.
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May 28, 2026
Contributor: You don't have to be wealthy to worry about California's wealth tax
When the wealth tax inevitably fails to deliver, the state will look for the next available pool of assets.
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May 14, 2026
Contributor: Despite being overrun by businessmen, D.C. is anything but business as usual
If a massive federal government cannot efficiently regulate industries, it cannot efficiently invest in them. Somewhere between Wall Street and Washington, this insight got lost.
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April 30, 2026
Contributor: The inequality gap we should be talking about: marriage
If the government can reliably replace the economic function of a spouse, will people stop choosing marriage?
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