Clearing the Tabs July 15, 2023

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Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on July 31. Also, just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

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July 2

Kill Off the Old City so New Cities Can Be Born
Urban centers are being hollowed out while their peripheries are booming. This is the emerging shape of the American city.

July 3
Gen Z Moving Out of Cities

This rush to electric cars is a colossal mistake
Only China and the rich will benefit from this hasty transition to an all-electric future.

July 6

Urban sprawl, the environmentally friendly answer to expensive housing
The rise of remote work offers a family friendly way to cut emissions

July 11
Retirement Is Changing Much Faster Than Analysis of It

July 11
Carbon Myopia
On a planet where more than 3 billion people are living in energy poverty, America’s CO2 emissions are fading in importance

July 12

Gavin Newsom: the President nobody needs
Delusional Democrats should spend a week in California

July 13
Localist Living in a Shrinking Age

July 15

The new corporatism that’s killing capitalism
Big business is getting bigger. That’s bad news for all of us

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Clearing the Tabs January 15, 2023

Happy New Year!

Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on January 31 as well. Also, just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

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January 2
Still Wrong! New Year’s Paul Ehrlich Interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes

January 4
The collapse of the progressive economy
The future belongs to blue-collar workers

January 5

How We Learned to Be Lonely
In the early days of the pandemic, many of us got used to solitude. It’s a habit we need to break.

Can Capitalism Save Hollywood?
The gulf between elites and audiences is eroding profits throughout entertainment and news media—but signs of correction are emerging.

North America has an opportunity to lead the world
History is calling on this continent. The future depends on how we respond

January 8

What Exactly Is Conservatism: Russell Kirk Edition

Public Transit Goes Off the Rails With Fewer Riders, Dwindling Cash, Rising Crime
When riders stop taking subways and buses, it’s harder to keep up service. ‘It’s becoming a vicious cycle.’

Vehicle Miles Traveled Tax Gets a Killer Boost
Federal New Car "Kill Switch" Reg Opens Backdoor

America: a nation of giants led by pygmies
However dreadful its political class, the US’s fundamentals are overwhelmingly strong.

January 15
Climate Activism Isn't About the Planet. It's About the Boredom of the Bourgeoisie

Clearing the Tabs August 31, 2022

Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on September 15. And note that just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

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August 16

How Managerial Aesthetics Explain Why Cities Can't Authentically Market Themselves

August 17
If Global Warming Is Real, Capitalism Will Vanquish It

Collapse or Evolution?

August 19
Where Did Wokeness Come From?
Evaluating the theories

August 20
The Unexpected Future
We need to consider ways to reverse or at least slow rapid depopulation

How America is Failing Its Young Men

August 23
America has an Oedipus complex
Trust-fund radicals want to marry Mother Earth

August 24
“Inflation Reduction” Act will hinder EV growth

Rent Forever and Love It
The globalized commodification of housing will destroy democracy.

August 26
The revenge of the analog economy
Digital fantasies have collided with analog reality

August 27
Last WH polar bears ashore even later than 2009 as Hudson Bay finally becomes ice-free

Don’t be fooled by Sunak and the rest and their about face – their pretence that they were with us all along. Covid and lockdown carried them only so far – but they plan to go much further

August 30

The “Energy Transition” Delusion: A Reality Reset

President Newsom?
Conservatives should not dismiss the potential national appeal of California’s governor.

August 31

Energy transition: The land use conundrum

Clearing the Tabs January 15, 2022

Happy New Year! Here are some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on January 31 as well. Also, just because I post something here does not mean I agree with it, it simply means it made me think and I think my readers might enjoy it.

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January 1
Small town is a feeling in the Strip District

January 3
Trouble in Paradise: The Crumbling California Model
California is broken, but it is not doomed.

Welcome to the end of democracy
A rising tide of money and administrative power defines the rising autocracy

January 4
Philly's crime wave could affect the midterm election results in Pennsylvania

The Economics Of How San Francisco’s Drug Policies Are Devastating The City

Is this the end of progressive America?
Multiple fronts of resistance are taking shape

January 5
Class War is Just
Seismic economic and demographic changes will feed division and conflict.

Imagine electric vehicles in bad weather

January 6
Free Markets, Not Slave Markets
On the enmity between human bondage and capitalism

January 9
COVID-19 allowed too many to pervert their power

Is it Time for Intellectuals to Talk about God?
It's a New Dark Age. Evil abounds. Is a postmodern embarrassment about discussing spiritual matters, keeping us stupid and putting us in danger?

January 12
Inflation is eating away at the heart of America’s small businesses

California Is a Bastion of Innovation Marred by Deep Inequality. Is That America's Future?

January 13
How to Succeed at Failure
Sometimes you just can’t win. Make the most of it.

Sasse Blasts Biden’s ‘Senile’ Demagoguery
The Nebraska senator also took aim at the Democratic voting bills in question and made the case for reforming the Electoral Count Act.

Ultimate Agglomeration Diseconomy: The Standard of Living

January 14
Plenty of Waste at the Pentagon, but America’s Big Fiscal Problem Is Domestic Spending

Clearing the Tabs July 31, 2021

Ending July with some things I've read so far in the second half of this month, or will be reading soon. A lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, and will probably keep doing this for a while. Also, just because I share something on here does not mean I agree with it, but I think opposing ideas are good for the mind on occasion.

July 7

Historians Should Be Better Than This

July 13
Transit’s Dead End

California Fleeing

Some deny the Golden State’s demographic decline, but data make it hard to ignore.

July 15
Why California Housing Is So Expensive

July 27
$9 Reading Glasses, $16 Sunscreen, and the Genius of Economic Growth

July 29
To Advance the Climate Agenda: Never Waste Bad Weather

July 30

Gender Ideology Run Amok

Clearing the Tabs May 31, 2021

Happy Memorial Day!

May 20
Inflation Is the Most Miserable Tax of All

May 21

Follow The Money: How Texas Squandered $66 Billion on Unreliable Wind & Solar

May 23

‘Big Tech’ Risks Going Down A Path Of Decline Paved By ‘Big Rail’

May 25
Capitalism Can't Fix An Artificial Labor Shortage

$85 Billion for Empty Buses and Railcars

May 26
What ‘I, Pencil’ Could Teach Joe Biden About Supply Chains

May 27
Joe Biden’s Imaginary America

His policies seem designed for coastal enclaves that do not represent most of the country

Clearing the Tabs September 15, 2020

Some things I've read so far this month or will be reading soon. It appears the month will be a long one, and a lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, expect a post on September 30 as well.

September 1
The Economic Benefits of Spending Restraint

September 2
Five Foundational Ideas About Work Taught in the Bible

Why Was Satan Allowed to Torment Job? (Job 1)

September 3
Is America Approaching the Tipping Point of Too Much Debt?

September 4
Dissecting Black Suburbia

September 5
What Did Jesus Teach about Politics?

September 8
New York City’s Spending Problem

September 9
Let's Stop Shaming the Suburbs
Research shows that Americans are happy living there, and critiques that rely on outdated tropes are polarizing.

Czechs and Others

What Happens When a Noted Female Economist Fights Toxic Culture in the Field?
Claudia Sahm dares to call out systemic bullying and harassment that drives out talent and compromises science. Perpetrators are not happy.

September 10
The Best and Worst Fiscal Policies of Trump’s Presidency

The Clocklike Regularity of Major Life Changes
Transitions feel like an abnormal disruption to life, but in fact they are a predictable and integral part of it.

September 11
Can’t Stand A Coworker? Here’s How to Love Them

Save the Planet: Stop Riding Transit

September 15

Help Reduce Poverty With Capitalism

California’s Disastrous Forest Mismanagement

Clearing the Tabs June 30, 2020

Some things I've read so far in the second half of this month, or will be reading soon. It appears that a lot of people are staying at home looking for things to read, so I've broken this month into two parts again, and will probably keep doing this for a while.

June 16
The disparate impact of California climate policies

June 18
The Green Civil War

June 19
MLB players still owe us one for the disgrace of 1994



June 22
Feudalism and Stagnation in South Africa

Our Politics Will Improve When We Turn Off Our Phones

June 23
The Father of Capitalism and the Abolition of Slavery

June 25
America’s Next Crisis: Unfunded Pensions for State and Local Bureaucrats

CHAZ, Christiania, and the Autonomous Zones We Really Need

June 28
The Adverse Economic Consequences of Higher Tax Rates

June 29
On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare

Encouraging Human Dignity, Creativity & Flourishing

The Downwardly Mobile: How Some People Lose Class Privilege

June 30
Ending Obamacare Won't End Health Care Coverage

Clearing the Tabs 2-1-2019

Some things I've read this week or will be reading over the weekend.

January 26
No, Trump Should Not Be Given Increased Trade Authority

Americans would suffer from an escalating trade war.

January 28
How much revenue would the 70 percent tax rate on millionaires raise? It depends.

January 29
The Evidence-Based Case for Free Trade

Well, of Course the Number of Uninsured Is Rising

January 31
Make the Moral Case for Capitalism

February 1
Trump, Xi, Trade, and the Need for a Second Stage of Pro-Market Economic Reform in China

Clearing the Tabs 12-14-2018

Some things I've read this week or will be reading over the weekend.

December 8
Research on Why Lower-Income People Are Skeptical about a Bigger Welfare State

December 10
How to ‘Seek the Peace and Prosperity’ of Our Cities

December 12
When will we stop ignoring that 21 trillion-pound gorilla sitting in plain sight?

December 13
Piketty Urges Higher Taxes in Response to French Tax Revolt

December 14
How Caring for the Poor Led to the Beginnings of Capitalism

Trade and Creative Destruction

Why Conservatives Shouldn’t Support Federal Paid Parental Leave

Barack Obama Still Getting Economics All Wrong

Barack Obama was off to a good start, in the sense that the answer was right in front of him. He "advocated for an "inclusive" market-based system." He's in luck, capitalism has been around for centuries. Nothing in the world has lifted more people out of poverty and cleaned our air and led to real human flourishing the way free-market capitalism has.

But then, Obama went further, "One, he said, that breaks up monopolies, encourages competition and maintains "some form" of progressive taxation." Oh no. Just when I had hope for him, he is still a redistributionist.

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In a speech on Tuesday, Former President Barack Obama advocated for an "inclusive" market-based system. One, he said, that breaks up monopolies, encourages competition and maintains "some form" of progressive taxation.

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