In contentious political environments, economic data rarely stand as objective measures. They are transformed into talking points and wielded to justify policies as much as to describe reality. A monthly…
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In contentious political environments, economic data rarely stand as objective measures. They are transformed into talking points and wielded to justify policies as much as to describe reality. A monthly…
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I regret it, but George Santayana’s famous statement, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” is misleading at best. The statement implies that if we do…
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Progressives like Isabella Weber, who has influenced Kamala Harris on price gouging and Zohran Mamdani on rent control, are campaigning for what they call anti-fascist economics. What does that even…
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Life is busy for twenty-first century women, and Venezuela’s María Corina Machado is no exception. There are a lot of plates to keep spinning—keeping track of adult children living abroad,…
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Progressives like Isabella Weber, who has influenced Kamala Harris on price gouging and Zohran Mamdani on rent control, are campaigning for what they call anti-fascist economics. What does that even…
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Life is busy for twenty-first century women, and Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado is no exception. There are a lot of plates to keep spinning—keeping track of adult children living abroad,…
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Since his inauguration in January 2025, President Donald Trump’s Administration has waged figurative war on the administrative state. The Administration has moved swiftly to lay off tens of thousands of…
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After months of hearing chatter about Abundance, I finally decided to listen to Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s hit book. What I heard was a hopeful message for the future…
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For decades, economists and central bankers have relied more on the Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) than the headline CPI because Core CPI excludes volatile food and energy prices; this…