Girl Fight
While the catastrophe of US finances grows closer
Commentary
The Real Cost of Politics: Lessons from El Eternauta
Win-win deals make us richer and better off. But win-lose deals (in which you win by making the other fellow lose) never go away. And occasionally, the win-losers take over.
A Big, Beautiful, Abomination
Since 1999, the US empire has been doing the things that empires do when they get long in the tooth and short in the purse — with unnecessary military spending and unnecessary wars.
Semper Augustus: End of the Golden Age
The Dutch Republic flourished from trade. It bought and sold. Did it get ‘ripped off’ by its trading partners? The question seems absurd.
Emergency Powers
‘Reciprocal’ tariffs have been put on hold by the courts. But they had already been stopped by the markets. The reciprocal tariff plan was called off soon after the markets began to collapse.
It’s Over
In politics, the ‘fat’ is the juiciest part. It’s what the politicians most want. If you take money from taxpayers to conduct a war, for example, and you spend the money efficiently, what do you get?
