Substackers Against Nazis
A collective letter to Substack leadership
A collective letter to Substack leadership
Plus some other thoughts on this profoundly myopic moral panic
MEI: Merit, Economics, and Ingenuity as a solution
A reckoning with 21st century progressive excess and the imperative for reform
Young white men should be furious about what has been done to them, but begging for victim status will get them nowhere
It’s rising, not falling, wages and incomes that make full-time homemaking rare.
Debunking the Worst Poverty Analysis I Have Ever Seen
A few hundred dollars isn't going to change how financially strapped the upper middle class feels.
A different way of understanding arguments about single-income mid-century families.
급등하는 금값, 우리에게 중요한 메시지를 전하고 있는가?
We are not Argentina, and Argentina is not us.
A wonkish guide for the confused
Over the course of 2025, the average tariff rate on U.S. imports increased from 2.6 to 13 percent. In this blog post, we ask how much of the tariffs were paid by the U.S., using import data through November 2025. We find that nearly 90 percent of the tariffs’ economic burden fell on U.S. firms and consumers.
We’re a service economy now — and that’s OK
Why does the U.S. run bilateral deficits? Does it matter?
How Hungary foreshadowed dark times for America
Trump has it all wrong. Surprise!