Recent articles
April 2, 2026
Contributor: Why the World Bank reversed its entire worldview
The organization now seems more interested in engaging with right- and left-wing populism than in promoting good economics.
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March 19, 2026
Contributor: The math being used by the wealth-tax crowd is wrong
The wealth tax will not save the hospitals or fix Medi-Cal. It will only accelerate the departure of taxpayers California is dependent on.
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March 12, 2026
Contributor: Taxing the rich won't get us out of this mess
There's a hard ceiling on how much revenue the government can actually extract. The bigger problem is how much it spends.
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March 5, 2026
Contributor: Why healthcare is so expensive in America, and what to do about it
People are questioning if the architecture of American healthcare can create any living, breathing incentive for affordability.
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February 26, 2026
Contributor: Four fallacies behind President Trump's latest tariffs
The trade war isn't ending. It's just changing ZIP codes.
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February 19, 2026
Contributor: The choice between tax reform and total disorder
At our current pace, by 2036, virtually every dollar the government collects in taxes will pay for entitlement programs and interest.
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February 12, 2026
Contributor: Congress may finally touch the third rail of U.S. politics
Legislators hope they can endlessly borrow to avoid unpopular votes on spending cuts or tax hikes, but inflation won't wait for debt to pile up this time.
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February 5, 2026
Contributor: What's behind these wild new wealth-tax proposals?
Claims that taxing the rich in California, New York City and Illinois will "only hit billionaires" don't hold water. That's just not how economics works.
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January 29, 2026
Contributor: What do the failures of film tax credits and Trump's tariffs have in common?
A recent investigation into Georgia's subsidies for blockbuster productions reads like a textbook example of how the model fails.
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January 22, 2026
Contributor: The real RINOs aren't who you think they are
What exactly do we call the Republicans who openly embrace ideas lifted from Bernie Sanders' and Elizabeth Warren's playbooks?
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January 15, 2026
Contributor: Is the middle class shrinking or just struggling?
Washington hasn't destroyed the middle class, but it is putting most Americans in a frustrating squeeze.
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