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The Tax That Built the Modern World — Except Here
Why the value added tax may be the key to funding economic security in a populist era
Feb 16 • Thor Hogan
Book Review: Frozen People by Elly Griffiths
A murder mystery with time travel — what’s not to like? [Beware of minor spoilers]
Feb 12 • Thor Hogan
How Other Democracies Tax Better Than We Do
Why broad bases and low rates work—and why we ignore them
Feb 9 • Thor Hogan
Book Review: Twelve Months by Jim Butcher
On The Dresden Files, loss, and the rebuilding of community
Feb 5 • Thor Hogan
America’s Broken Tax System
Why complexity, unfairness, and low tax effort undermine shared prosperity
Feb 2 • Thor Hogan
Film Review: F1 on Apple
A fast, glossy ride through Formula One
Jan 29 • Thor Hogan
Progressives Can’t Sit Out National Security Anymore
An overview of a smarter national security strategy for a more dangerous world
Jan 26 • Thor Hogan
Movie Review: A House of Dynamite on Netflix
On nuclear war and the vanishing margin for error (beware limited spoilers)
Jan 22 • Thor Hogan
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Exploring Pragmatic Solutions to Repair Our Fractured World—Grounded in Geopolitical Realism, Economic Progressivism, and Radical Cosmopolitanism
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