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A series of lockup expirations could unleash stock sales dwarfing the IPO, leading index funds to have bigger weights in the volatile stock. Read More

The zeppelin has a leak Read More

Keynes saw centralized economic direction as an improvement on market coordination. This provided cover to later corporatist authoritarians... Read More

Despite the blurring of lines between big business and the Trump administration, investing in broad index funds instead of stocks with... Read More

Washington can win if it works with allies. Read More

The Section 301 tariffs announced on Thursday overstep the powers granted by Congress and likely run afoul of the major questions doctrine. Read More

When I was a teenager, I dreamed of a better life. I grew up in an apartment where mice darted through waist-high piles of trash, thanks to... Read More

“These kids today” is as old as the United States. And that’s bullish. It’s something to keep in mind as Hoover... Read More

This new Russia sanctions bill could impose 500% tariffs and cost Americans half a trillion dollars, targeting 40% of the world's population. Read More

The Rental Ripoff Hearing Report’s recommendations would harm the private rental housing sector New York City needs to thrive. Read More

I spent the first 15 years of my life under communism, the next 15 years in Israel, and since the end of 1976 had an accidental career on the... Read More

Restoring the FCC’s authority to auction spectrum licenses was one of the many fantastic provisions of the OBBBA that went largely... Read More

While the primary objective of most central banks — maintaining price stability — remains unchanged, the post-pandemic economic... Read More

Once technology has proved its usefulness, it is not willingly abandoned.  Throughout history, this lesson has proved itself countless... Read More

I grew up in McCook, Nebraska, where I learned early that working the land is a tough business. A farm’s worth goes up and down with... Read More

One of the most significant Supreme Court decisions issued this term gives President Trump the ability to tell appointees of independent... Read More

San Francisco has a balanced budget deal. And Mayor Daniel Lurie has taken another step toward the recovery of one of America’s greatest... Read More

Here's why.  Read More

Keynes saw centralized economic direction as an improvement on market coordination. This provided cover to later corporatist authoritarians... Read More

A recent federal court decision, Liberty Global v. United States, deserves the attention of policy makers and the public at large.   Read More

A society without rich people would not be a society without elites. Read More

The weekly sentiment survey from the American Association of Individual Investors, or AAII, fell sharply from one of the higher readings of... Read More

From rent control and Medicare for All to tariffs, politicians left and right are embracing policy ideas that have been repeatedly shown to... Read More

The Trump administration continues to overplay its hand and agree to shitty deals. Read More

Europe needs to start treating energy like the defense investment it really is. Read More

LIV Golf’s honchos, the poor suckers, are still out there scrambling around, looking for investors to keep their dipshit tour afloat... Read More

Any time you hear claims about American government, a sanity-inducing response is to ask whether they also are true of state and local... Read More

Mamdani's plan would reduce permits, licensing fees, and regulatory hurdles, even as his broader economic agenda remains contentious. Read More

Valuations are high so what do you do? Read More

President Trump’s still-evolving tariff policies fuel K Street profits while American families pay the price. Read More

It is not often that markets punish companies for making too much money. But that’s been the fate of memory chip manufacturers, whose... Read More

Edward Fishman's Chokepoints thesis explains the dynamic: geopolitical leverage concentrates not in reserves, but in the narrow passages... Read More

A few under the radar things that suggest that maybe things aren't as bad as we've been told. Read More