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The Laffer Curve Returns

The Laffer Curve describes the sweet-spot with the tax rate where the government maximises revenue without creating too much of a disincentive for people to invest...

Are We All Just Circling the Drain?

While I am well aware that the news media is filled with "tragic stories" because that's what sells subscriptions or secures page views, it feels like

Commies cannot explain why everyone doesn't just make the minimum wage.

Commies cannot explain why everyone doesn't just make the minimum wage. They don't understand how increasing market-valued skills leads to greater earnings. If you

How War, AI, and Saylor Impact Crypto Projects

The current landscape for crypto—and, by extension, NFT games—is far from ideal. I’m not sure if you’ve been following the news, but reports of projects shutting

Global Liquidity Crisis Drives All Asset Crash

The financial market always finds a unique way to remind us that at the end of the day global macro liquidity is the absolute king. Entering late june 2026, market

OUR Economy vs. THE Economy

"Publicly published" economic updates abound, telling an unrealistically positive story that mostly seems to be completely disconnected from the reality

AI Is Bad, but It Only Exposed the Cracks: The Hardware Shortage Was Bound to Happen

AI is gobbling up all the hardware AI is gobbling up all the hardware available, literally. Even DDR2, more than 20 years old, is facing price increases. AI servers

Why Good Economic News Doesn’t Always Feel Good

Politicians love to big-up their country's GDP growth - at least if it's increasing - productivity up = good news. But GDP growth doesn't tend to matter to ordinary

The Daily Meme #973!

This is what late stage empire looks like. source IF you want to know more about how and why this is playing out on the flashylight box in your living room for your

Late June Perfect Storm Ready to Shake Global Stock and Crypto Markets

​The global financial market is on the edge of extreme volatility due to a mix of strict regulatory crackdowns and a jam packed macroeconomic data schedule. Two

Nine Years on Hive

Hi Everyone, I’ve made it to nine years on Hive. Every year takes me on a slightly different journey. My ninth year has been my least active on my @spectrumecons

The Architecture of Enough: Why Ceilings Matter More Than Floors

The floor obsession Modern welfare economics is organized around floors. The floor is the minimum: minimum wage, poverty line, basic income proposals, universal

Why Central Banks Are Buying Up Gold and How It Impacts the XAU USD Chart

ately, the macro market has been super exciting to watch. If you pay close attention to global fundamentals, there is a massive move coming from the big players,

The Daily Meme #966!

It's getting pretty easy to see what has been stolen from us by the banksters. source I remember going to the 'day old bread' store and getting 4 loaves for a dollar,

The Great DHF Debate of 2026: Chasing the Code Instead of the Drama

Recently I've been seeing more and more debates about the DHF and the proposed HBD delisting on both Hive and Blurt. At first I was ignoring most of the talk because

Elon Musk, Social Media Rage, & The Death of Nuance

First things first: I am not an Elon Musk fanboy, simp, or cheerleader. I have a lot of doubts and concerns about him, his businesses, and his influence. However,

Economics as a STEM Discipline and Its (Blocked) Contribution to Cuba's Future

The first thing I want to establish in this post is a position in the debate over whether economics belongs within the STEM tradition. After reviewing several analyses

Labour’s Bond Market Nightmare

Liam Halligan’s Sunday Telegraph piece sounds a familiar alarm: you can promise whatever you want in politics, but in the end, the bond markets always have the final

12-06-2026 - Principles of Economics - Business Decisions [EN]-[IT]

~~~ La versione in italiano inizia subito dopo la versione in inglese ~~~ ENGLISH 12-06-2026 - Principles of Economics - Business Decisions [EN]-[IT] With this post,

The End of Capitalism

What happens when the cost of a good reaches 0¢ ? From a economics point of view, we don't know. They assumed there was always a cost, and that there was always