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Friday Thread
Room temperature mailbag
Housing deadweight loss, new cities, and Blank Slate Jesus
Thursday Thread
To build an egalitarian society you need taxes
It's difficult, but there's no shortcuts
Wednesday Thread
Why did inflation fall?
Revisiting the argument about how monetary policy works
Tuesday Thread
Europe's "law and order" urbanism
Stricter gun laws and stricter enforcement
Matt's Mailbox
Harvard will never be an engine of social mobility
What the new Ivy+ admissions paper really shows
Sunday Thread
I was wrong about the American Rescue Plan
Three cheers for the Great Rethink of macroconomic policy
Saturday Thread
How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate
New rhetorical tactics are creating a generation of nihilists
Friday Thread