Clearing the Tabs October 15, 2024

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 October 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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October 3
Kamalafornia Über Alles

October 6
Sweden Proves Khaldun-Laffer Right

October 10
Kamala Harris is hiding the awful truth about her real plan for America
Voters may be about to get a nasty surprise, as progressives conceal their unpopular views to win power

October 13
California’s latest excuse for bungling affordable housing and homelessness: “We don’t know what we’re doing”

October 14

The Dangers of Price Controls

October 15
Western nations cripple their economies with green initiatives while China and others laugh
Despite massive subsidies and world forums, green power still only represents one-fifth of global energy

Clearing the Tabs September 30, 2023

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. 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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September 21
The Fateful Nineties

September 22
Blue-collar workers are our only hope
Automation will turn us all into serfs

September 23
What the billionaires planning a new Bay Area city can teach us about California housing

September 25
Russia and China Dominating the Race for Nuclear Electricity Generation

September 26
The Economic Damage of Subsidized Unemployment

September 30
Catastrophizing every weather event is the new normal of climate alarmists.
The 7 inches of rain that fell in NYC is not evidence of climate change... nor was the 8 inches that fell in 1882 at ~290ppm of atmospheric CO2.

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 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 July 15, 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 July 31. 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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July 5

July 9
The Connection: Housing Affordability and Inequality

July 8

May Transit 59.5% of Pre-Pandemic Levels

July 12
America’s dependency on imports may be stagnating its economy

July 15
Why millennials are dropping out
Rising disaffection has severe implications

Clearing the Tabs 1-4-2019

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

I strongly believe that we should take on, once and for all, the issue of illegal immigration. #SOTU

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 26, 2011

December 29
How to Talk about Public Policy and Why It Matters 

What will come after the era of Trumpism

December 30
A Time for Choosing, Still

January 2
Real Productivity: Getting the Right Things Done

January 3
“I Survived Communism – Are You Ready For Your Turn?”
An important warning for Canada.

January 4
Can High-Speed Rail Make Housing Affordable?

Clearing the Tabs 12-21-2018

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

December 15
The next housing crisis

Texas’ New Hipsters Threaten the Very Environment That Lured Them There
Without the Texas miracle, America will resemble France, where power and wealth are concentrated in the biggest cities—and everyone else is on the outside looking in.

New Research: Even Talking about Tax Increases Can Cause Economic Damage

December 20

Paul Ryan’s Legacy

December 21
Subsidies for Higher Education Are Emptying the Pockets of Students and Lining the Pockets of Bureaucrats

Clearing the Tabs 11-16-2018

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

November 10
California needs a new economic model

November 12
Dan Crenshaw Is a Rising Star. The GOP Almost Killed His Candidacy.

The Dan Crenshaw Moment

November 13

The 'Curse of Smallness' Is the Biggest Threat to Our Wellbeing

Budget Deals Are a Recipe for the Worst Kind of Tax Increases

Alan Alda's weekly podcast is back with its next season. Listen to the first episode with his guest Michael J. Fox:

November 16
Mike Pence is like an interim president

Everything You Need to Know about Tax Competition in One Story

California's Typhus Surge Is Linked to Fleas, Feces, and Bad Economic Policies

Resolving California's Housing and Homeless Crisis