California is chasing wealth that has feet(blog.landeconomics.org)

251 points by idbnstra 1 month ago | 673 comments

A Progress and Poverty Substack post arguing that California should tax its $8.14 trillion in land value rather than pursue a one-time billionaire wealth tax.

Bad News About Inflation(paulromer.net)

60 points by stereoradonc 3 years ago | 63 comments

Technical Deflation(benanderson.work)

71 points by 0x79de 11 months ago | 64 comments

90% of crypto's Illinois primary spending failed to achieve its objective(mollywhite.net)

113 points by speckx 7 months ago | 78 comments

GLP-1 drugs: An economic disruptor? (2024)(wildfirelabs.substack.com)

336 points by herbertl 1 year ago | 451 comments

A Substack essay by Todd Gagne arguing that GLP-1 weight-loss drugs could be a massive economic disruptor affecting jobs, investments, and industries.

San Francisco’s rent prices have never returned to pre-2020 levels(sfchronicle.com)

156 points by apsec112 2 years ago | 194 comments