Category Economic Policy

How They Satisfied Trump to Lock Down

An everlasting thriller for 3 years is how Donald Trump got here to be the president who shut down American society for what turned out to be a manageable respiratory virus, setting off an unspeakable disaster with waves of damaging…

Small Change: Let’s Put Pennies and Nickels to Relaxation

As extra candidates throw their hats into the 2024 Presidential ring, I’d like to supply a proposal that ought to have quick bipartisan assist: cease minting pennies and nickels. The financial case is a slam dunk. It prices about 1.5-2…

San Francisco Falls Additional into the Abyss as Workplace Values Plunge 75 %

The previous Union Financial institution constructing within the coronary heart of San Francisco’s monetary district, positioned at 350 California Road, was auctioned off final week. The successful bid was $65 million, roughly 75 % much less on a per-square-foot foundation…

The Fallacy of Local weather Change and Macroeconomic Modeling

The macro financial system, like the worldwide local weather, is a fancy system (extremely nonlinear and buffeted by random shocks) that defies makes an attempt to mannequin it and predict its future path. The problem of estimating GDP, employment and…

Reduce Pork from the Farm Invoice

Congressional Republicans are in a wrestle with the White Home to rein in federal spending after the U.S. nationwide debt ballooned previous $32 trillion after the COVID pandemic. The 2023 “Farm Invoice” is a wonderful place to start out. There’s…

Why Corruption So Simply Festers in San Francisco Metropolis Corridor

Ever for the reason that arrest of then-Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru in 2020, San Francisco Metropolis Corridor has remained embroiled in a corruption scandal. Nuru pleaded responsible final 12 months to accepting presents and manipulating profitable authorities contracts for…

When Did Populism Grow to be a Soiled Phrase?

I’m fascinated by the opposing connotations some political phrases have in the US, on the one hand, and Europe and Latin America, on the opposite. One such phrase is “liberal”—which within the U.S. is related to the left and massive…

Chicago, San Francisco Ought to Minimize Actual Property Switch Taxes

In March, Chicago voters will determine whether or not to extend town’s actual property title switch tax, a part of a referendum pushed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. However Chicago ought to contemplate the expertise of San Francisco, now working to…

Sports activities Insanity Reveals Itself Once more Very Quickly

We’re approaching the start of the 2 most vital months in athletics in a sports-crazed nation. Between now, approaching February 11’s Tremendous Bowl—the place even hypothesis concerning the look of one of many participant’s girlfriend is producing enormous consideration—in Las…

Comedy of Errors Has European Farmers Fuming

Farmers in a number of European nations—together with France, Germany, Belgium, Spain and Romania—are livid once more, protesting in opposition to their neighbors, the European Union, the US, Canada, Australia, China, Brazil, and different non-European nations. They’re mad on the…