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Economics, Taxes and Economic Policy

Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof.

WHO BUILT THE EXPRESSWAY TO SERFDOM: Are Economists Acutely Culpable?

“A University Economics Degree today is more of a lobotomy than an education”. ___ Steve Keen

Jan 22, 2024

Jan 22, 2024

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Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs

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J.J. Pryor

’Twas the Night Before WWIII

‘Twas the night before WWIII, with the world on a thread, Leaders nestled all snug in their five-star beds. Sanctions and speeches were…

Nov 5, 2023

Peaceful christmas on the left with WWIII starting on the right

Nov 5, 2023

Steve Genco

The Oil Age May Not End the Way You Imagine It Will

Who’s going to make that life-or-death decision — governments or the oil industry?

Sep 22, 2023

An image from Unsplash showing a desert landscape with a single, somewhat forlorn road sign saying “Sand Dunes” with an arrow pointing toward the horizon.

Sep 22, 2023

Glen Hendrix

Einstein, in 1949, Predicted How and Why Society Would Go Sideways

Unfortunate that he didn’t run for President. Way too smart. And born in Germany.

Sep 18, 2023

Einstein, in 1949, Predicted How and Why Society Would Go Sideways

Sep 18, 2023

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Making of a Millionaire

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Charlie Brown

Linking Your Identity to Your Biggest Financial Asset — Your Home — Does Nothing but Make You…

It’s called the “market-reflected gaze” and we’re all taught to succumb to it

Aug 4, 2023

Linking Your Identity to Your Biggest Financial Asset — Your Home — Does Nothing but Make You…

Aug 4, 2023

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Enrique Dans

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Enrique Dans

How Spain has unwittingly pioneered a (sort of) universal basic income model

Spain has long had one of the highest levels of unemployment in the European Union. To all intents and purposes, a modern and prosperous…

Aug 2, 2023

IMAGE: A tree growing money

Aug 2, 2023

Cory Doctorow

Washington State’s capital gains tax proves we can have nice things

We just need to tax the rich.

Jun 3, 2023

The Washington State flag; the circular device featuring George Washington has been altered so that it is now the head of a naked man clothed in a barrel with two wide leather shoulder straps.

Jun 3, 2023

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Civic Skunk Works

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Civic Ventures

A Tale of Two Recoveries

The Pitch: Economic Update for March 30, 2023

Mar 30, 2023

A Tale of Two Recoveries

Mar 30, 2023

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The Straight Dope

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David Wineberg

Shouldn’t the environment incorporate the economy rather than the economy incorporate the…

The Dismal Science, aka economics, is both the most critical to modern society and its weakest, most disorganized science. To read Jon…

Nov 11, 2022

Shouldn’t the environment incorporate the economy rather than the economy incorporate the…

Nov 11, 2022

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Technicity

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Faisal Khan

What’s your percentile in global income distributions?

Although we have seen a dramatic improvement in living standards in the last two centuries, vast income gaps still exist

Nov 26, 2022

What’s your percentile in global income distributions?

Nov 26, 2022

Amanda Claypool

The Most Important Book About Capitalism You Probably Haven’t Read

If you studied economics in college or enjoy reading about capitalism you’re probably familiar with the likes of John Maynard Keynes…

Jan 14, 2023

The Most Important Book About Capitalism You Probably Haven’t Read

Jan 14, 2023

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Predict

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Will Lockett

Solar Power Could Be The Ultimate Energy Source Thanks To A Recent Breakthrough

Long-life perovskite solar cells are here and they will change everything.

Jul 6, 2022

Solar Power Could Be The Ultimate Energy Source Thanks To A Recent Breakthrough

Jul 6, 2022

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The National Discussion

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Lester Golden

How to stop the plutocracy game: index the top 1%’s tax rates to decreasing inequality

Another way to use the tax system to attack inequality and the incentives for wage suppression: index the tax rates on the top 1% of…

Jun 25, 2020

How to stop the plutocracy game: index the top 1%’s tax rates to decreasing inequality

Jun 25, 2020

Lester Golden

Capital Never Signed a Social Contract Unless Forced

The Austrian-British-Jewish social historian E.J. Hobsbawm said it best: “capitalism saws off the tree branch upon which it sits.”

Dec 29, 2020

Capital Never Signed a Social Contract Unless Forced

Dec 29, 2020

Lester Golden

Narcissistic Sociopathy of Wealth

A perfect illustration of the narcissistic sociopathy of wealth that assumes absolutely everything can and should be bought. He ignores a…

Dec 29, 2020

Narcissistic Sociopathy of Wealth

Dec 29, 2020

Lester Golden

Is the Private Sector Always More Efficient?

Economic History Says No

Apr 8, 2021

Is the Private Sector Always More Efficient?

Apr 8, 2021

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