some of us- me- call these people the American szlachta!

Lawlessness is as lawlessness does

“We should have named it what it was: CPI Reduction Act”

Not sure the self proclaimed tariff man recognizes that the dollar's global role has stemmed from the fact that countries voluntarily choose to use it for a whole range of international transactions. It hasn't traditionally been imposed. 1/

To my European friends who like to suggest that Biden's trade policy is no different than Trump's because neither prioritized WTO compliance, I note that only one of the two views tariffs as the solution to pretty much any problem!

Our fetish of "small business owners" belies the political fact that small business owners are far to the right of corporate CEOs. Hate unions more, loathe environmentalism, anti-regulation entirely. Was the same in the New Deal too. lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/09/ask-th…

Listen to Mathias interview Yakov Feygin about Building a Ruin: The Cold War Politics of Soviet Economic Reform (Harvard University Press) newbooksnetwork.com/building-a-ruin Watch a short clip below:

Read my book! hup.harvard.edu/books/97806742…

germans would rather die than spend money its genuinely wild

Join CPE and our friends in the public sector for a discussion of emerging energy development strategies post-IRA. Very excited that we were able to put this panel together. 9/23, 10am, Roosevelt Island

In 2005, there were about 14,000 builders in the U.S. that were closing at least 10 homes a year. That number was down to just 3,100 as of 2023, the lowest level we’ve ever seen in our database.

JD Vance misunderstands wife's bedroom banter: blames immigrants for eating cats.

What is happening?! This is happening!