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California’s Billionaire Tax Will Reduce State Revenues | The Unseen and The Unsaid

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five top things i’ve been reading (sixty-first edition) | the ends don't justify the means

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According to the Law | Humane Pursuits

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Why I'm not a liberal interventionist (anymore) | The Pursuit of Liberalism

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Are Data Centers Affecting Your Energy Bill? | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)

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A hypothesis about Erving Goffman | Seeing like Chicago (Substack)

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Five Charts on America's AI Vibe | Machine Culture

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Multiple Binding Constraints Make Housing Analysis Hard | Erdmann Housing Tracker (Substack)

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Luke Sheahan on online communities | Humane Pursuits

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Three Kinds of Fed-Treasury Accords | Macroeconomic Policy Nexus (Substack)

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March 5, 2026

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No Taxation Without Physical Location | The Unseen and The Unsaid

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March 5, 2026

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Labor Force Trends: Per-Adult vs. Per Capita | Erdmann Housing Tracker

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March 4, 2026

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Naomi Kanakia: How Great Are the Great Books? | The Common Reader

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March 4, 2026

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Studying the Wealth of Nations (Part 7) | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)

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March 3, 2026

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March 3, 2026

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The Paradox of Democracy | Humane Pursuits

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March 3, 2026

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What History Tells Us About Tariffs and Why It Matters Now | The Unseen and The Unsaid

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Model Convo: Carlo Ludovico Cordasco | Machine Culture

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Money, Talent, and the War Test: What WWII’s Female Labor Surge Says About "Feminization" | Labor Market Matters

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March 9, 2026

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five top things i’ve been reading (sixty-first edition) | the ends don't justify the means

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March 7, 2026

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According to the Law | Humane Pursuits

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March 7, 2026

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Are Data Centers Affecting Your Energy Bill? | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)

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March 6, 2026

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A hypothesis about Erving Goffman | Seeing like Chicago (Substack)

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March 6, 2026

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Multiple Binding Constraints Make Housing Analysis Hard | Erdmann Housing Tracker (Substack)

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Three Kinds of Fed-Treasury Accords | Macroeconomic Policy Nexus (Substack)

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March 5, 2026

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No Taxation Without Physical Location | The Unseen and The Unsaid

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March 5, 2026

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Labor Force Trends: Per-Adult vs. Per Capita | Erdmann Housing Tracker

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March 4, 2026

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Naomi Kanakia: How Great Are the Great Books? | The Common Reader

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March 4, 2026

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Studying the Wealth of Nations (Part 7) | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)

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March 3, 2026

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What happens when you drop 120,000 refugees into a city? | Econ Nerds Live (Substack)

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March 3, 2026

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The Paradox of Democracy | Humane Pursuits

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March 3, 2026

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What History Tells Us About Tariffs and Why It Matters Now | The Unseen and The Unsaid

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March 2, 2026

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Naomi Kanakia: How Great Are the Great Books? | The Common Reader

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Sandra Peart and Erik Matson on The Wealth of Nations | Humane Pursuits

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February 19, 2026

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Working Definition episode 8: Rights, with John Tasioulas | Working Definition

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February 18, 2026

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Hermione Lee: Tom Stoppard. “It’s Wanting to Know That Makes Us Matter” | The Common Reader

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February 4, 2026

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Daniel Dreisbach on Covenant and the Constitution | Humane Pursuits

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January 27, 2026

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Daniel Dreisbach on the Separation of Church and State | Humane Pursuits

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January 20, 2026

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Adam Potkay on the Pursuit of Happiness | Humane Pursuits

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January 13, 2026

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Literature, politics, and the future of the humanities | The Common Reader

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January 7, 2026

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How to lose weight (using economics) | Econ Nerds Live

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- Matt Hill
January 6, 2026

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Tony Banout on Academic Freedom | Humane Pursuits

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- Garrett Brown
January 6, 2026

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Working Definition episode 7: Happiness, with Henry Oliver | Working Definition

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- Henry Oliver
December 26, 2025

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Working Definition episode 6: Liberalism, with Michael Ignatieff | Working Definition

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December 12, 2025

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John Mullan. What makes Jane Austen great? | The Common Reader

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December 12, 2025

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Rebecca Lowe: the container theory of time in On the Calculation of Volume | The Common Reader

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November 25, 2025

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Working Definition episode 5: Politics, with Oliver Traldi | Working Definition

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November 12, 2025

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Peter Pan video | The Common Reader

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- Henry Oliver
November 1, 2025

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Shanon Chamberlain: What Is a Novel? | The Common Reader

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October 25, 2025

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Working Definition episode 4: Privacy, with Ignacio Cofone | Working Definition

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- Rebecca Lowe
September 29, 2025

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Lisa Cook's Research and Firing, Intel stake, and Korean Holograms | The Econ Nerds (Substack)

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- Matt Hill
August 29, 2025

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Working Definition episode 3: Freedom, with Tyler Cowen | Working Definition

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- Tyler Cowen
August 29, 2025

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Follow Up to Multiple Binding Constraints Make Housing Analysis Hard | Erdmann Housing Tracker

By
- Kevin Erdmann
March 9, 2026

| Labor Markets Labor Markets
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Money, Talent, and the War Test: What WWII’s Female Labor Surge Says About "Feminization" | Labor Market Matters

By
- Revana Sharfuddin
March 9, 2026

| Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Model Convo: Carlo Ludovico Cordasco | Machine Culture

By
- Ryan Hauser
March 9, 2026

| Government Spending Government Spending
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

California’s Billionaire Tax Will Reduce State Revenues | The Unseen and The Unsaid

By
- Jack Salmon
March 9, 2026

| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

five top things i’ve been reading (sixty-first edition) | the ends don't justify the means

By
- Rebecca Lowe
March 7, 2026

| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Why I'm not a liberal interventionist (anymore) | The Pursuit of Liberalism

By
- Rebecca Lowe
March 7, 2026

| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

According to the Law | Humane Pursuits

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- Garrett Brown
March 7, 2026

| F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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A hypothesis about Erving Goffman | Seeing like Chicago (Substack)

By
- Erwin Dekker
March 6, 2026

| Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Five Charts on America's AI Vibe | Machine Culture

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- Ryan Hauser
March 6, 2026

| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Are Data Centers Affecting Your Energy Bill? | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)

By
- Samson McCune
March 6, 2026

| Housing Housing
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Multiple Binding Constraints Make Housing Analysis Hard | Erdmann Housing Tracker (Substack)

By
- Kevin Erdmann
March 6, 2026

| Government Spending Government Spending
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

No Taxation Without Physical Location | The Unseen and The Unsaid

By
- Jack Salmon
March 5, 2026

| Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Three Kinds of Fed-Treasury Accords | Macroeconomic Policy Nexus (Substack)

By
- David Beckworth
- Peter Conti-Brown
March 5, 2026

| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Luke Sheahan on online communities | Humane Pursuits

By
- Garrett Brown
March 5, 2026

| Housing Housing
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Labor Force Trends: Per-Adult vs. Per Capita | Erdmann Housing Tracker

By
- Kevin Erdmann
March 4, 2026

| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

What happens when you drop 120,000 refugees into a city? | Econ Nerds Live (Substack)

By
- Matt Hill
March 3, 2026

| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

The Paradox of Democracy | Humane Pursuits

By
- Garrett Brown
March 3, 2026

| Government Spending Government Spending
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Studying the Wealth of Nations (Part 7) | The Unseen and The Unsaid (Substack)

By
- Joshua Rowley
March 3, 2026

| Government Spending Government Spending
| Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

What History Tells Us About Tariffs and Why It Matters Now | The Unseen and The Unsaid

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- Jack Salmon
March 2, 2026

| Housing Housing
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Another cool paper and more notes on a bad paper on housing supply | Erdmann Housing Tracker

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- Kevin Erdmann
March 2, 2026