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Since their founding in the late 2010s, New Right/NatCon/Postliberal blogs such as American Affairs, American Compass, and American Mind have published dozens of posts attacking free market conservatives, classical liberals, and libertarians.
Almost all of these posts were unprovoked. Many openly call for us to be kicked out of the broader movement on the right to make way for tariffs, industrial policy, an expansive "pro family" welfare state, and heavy tones of racial and religious bigotry - all ideas that were supposed to make conservatism "popular" and "populist," but have since been thoroughly rejected by the voters.
These same entities now want us to listen to them as they disingenuously claim they will lead the rebuilding out of the wreckage they caused.
This is why economic conservatives, classical liberals, and libertarians want nothing to do with the New Right. And it's why we're laughing at their ridiculous post mortem efforts to reconstitute their failed movement around the same tired, unpopular, and statist ideas that led to their thrashing at the polls last week.
Almost all of these posts were unprovoked. Many openly call for us to be kicked out of the broader movement on the right to make way for tariffs, industrial policy, an expansive "pro family" welfare state, and heavy tones of racial and religious bigotry - all ideas that were supposed to make conservatism "popular" and "populist," but have since been thoroughly rejected by the voters.
These same entities now want us to listen to them as they disingenuously claim they will lead the rebuilding out of the wreckage they caused.
This is why economic conservatives, classical liberals, and libertarians want nothing to do with the New Right. And it's why we're laughing at their ridiculous post mortem efforts to reconstitute their failed movement around the same tired, unpopular, and statist ideas that led to their thrashing at the polls last week.
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Well played.
After Seeing Election Results, Trump Announces Retaliatory Tariffs On America buff.ly/4wppxgt
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California has passed a new wave of laws restricting how children use social media and AI. @nicole_shekh writes that CA is replacing parental consent and basic safeguards with stricter mandates before even determining if earlier laws worked. @ReasonFdn reason.org/commentary/cal…
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There’s growing concern that retailers will use personal data to jack prices up on individual consumers. This strategy is technically feasible but we don’t see it in the real world. I explain why in my latest @ReasonFdn 🧵 (1/4) reason.org/commentary/per…
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The answer is market competition and well-informed consumers. Charging everyone near their maximum willingness to pay would only be a sustainable strategy for the purest and most protected monopoly. (3/4)
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We need to keep an eye on personalized pricing as AI technology quickly developed. But this reality check should give pause policymakers eager to ban the practice. (4/4)
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Florida has become a national test lab for tech policy. I spoke with @WSJ about what that means for the rest of the country:
wsj.com/tech/ai/how-fl…
wsj.com/tech/ai/how-fl…
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Zucman called this @HooverInst study by Jaros and @joshrauh on California’s billionaire tax “spectacularly misleading.” But his arguments here are wrong on (at least) three counts🧵
This Hoover Institution study, which has fueled the deluge of ads (more than $200 million spent by billionaires so far) to defeat the California billionaire tax, is spectacularly misleading.
Let me explain its crucial flaw. 🧵Community noteZucman argues that the tax will raise his projected revenue because billionaires who leave CA after 1/1/26 will be taxed anyway.
At least $542B of net worth (Page, Brin, Thiel) departed the state by 12/31/25.
The entire thread is a misleading denial of this fact.
ft.com/content/d66976…
nytimes.com/2026/04/27/us/…
forbes.com/sites/forbeswe…
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It’s not at all clear how the New Mexico court reached the $25 billion amount in its judgement against Meta. How did the court do the math? Who did it consider as part of the damages?
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You’re the chief-economist Shahanshah, Phil
As the newly self-appointed Chief Economist of the self-created Chief Economists Association of America, I invite you to appoint yourselves as Associate Chief Economists of the CEAA. You may do so by simply adding it to your handle. That way everybody can be a Chief Economist!
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icymi last week: I've got a new @reason newsletter! It's part digest of Reason content, part new commentary, focused more on culture & pop culture than hard news. Might be fun? That's the idea at least. Please subscribe so they don't send me back to the short-form video mines!
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'The Molly Rose Foundation, an organization supportive of government regulation against online harms... found that 6 months after Australia banned kids under 16 from having social media accounts, 85 percent of kids under 16 continued to use social media.' cato.org/briefing-paper…
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My better half @CadenRosenbaum talks tech policy with @Andrew_Langer - great insights on privacy, age verification, California, and Caden’s sordid past as an accountant. youtu.be/jX4sIFSxOtA?si…
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.@dr_inserra and I have a new paper out today. In it we look at youth online safety policy such as age verfication about the 6 clear potential harms/costs that should be weighed against any purported benefits. You can read the full paper here: cato.org/briefing-paper…
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I'm excited to announce the 2026–2027 job market candidates from our GSU Department of Economics! 👏 🎉
@GSU_Economics @aysps #EconTwitter
👇 Meet our candidates and learn more about their research below!
@GSU_Economics @aysps #EconTwitter
👇 Meet our candidates and learn more about their research below!
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Thanks Liz, but I’m more worried about the political duopoly producing senators who think their constituents are dumb enough to be outraged by the Spicy Mayo Trust.
Hellmann's mayo
McCormick spices
Cholula hot sauce
Frank's RedHot
What do these products have in common? One company could soon control them all.
I have concerns that McCormick and Unilever's $45 billion merger could increase YOUR grocery prices.
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"The company says its fleet of agents has so far wasted 17 years of scammers’ time across 2.5 million conversations"
This is awesome and should be replicated.
via @TechCrunch
This is awesome and should be replicated.
via @TechCrunch
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The market for answers has always evolved. Information has never been more readily & cheaply available. Progress shouldn't stop.
Protecting biz from technological change isn't the same as promoting competition and innovation, says @jack_g_nicastro ⬇️ itif.org/publications/2…
Protecting biz from technological change isn't the same as promoting competition and innovation, says @jack_g_nicastro ⬇️ itif.org/publications/2…
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