Peter Jacobsen
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Why Jobs Don’t Justify Government Spending
My colleague, Maggie Anders, recently made an insightful post on X. As Trump begins to shutter government bureaus (or at…
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How Hobbies Can Save Us from Over-Specialization
As we roll through the middle of February, we’re getting to the point of the year where most people start…
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Why DOGE Should Leave the Penny Alone
It’s been reported that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is looking at changing money forever. Musk’s plan? Kill…
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Why Ending USAID Is Huge, Even If It’s a Small Part of the Budget
Elon Musk’s DOGE is signaling the end of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The USAID website is…
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Trump Issues Executive Order on Crypto and Central Bank Digital Currencies
Trump’s first weeks in office have involved a flurry of executive orders. Some have been dramatic, such as the federal…
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New Study Shows Why ‘Taxing the Rich’ Isn’t So Straightforward
A common rallying cry on the left is that we can fund our social programs if we just “tax the…
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Zuckerberg Is Removing Fact-Checkers. Did He Just Have a Change of Heart?
Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, recently made a big announcement: the platforms are going to stop fact-checking user posts.…
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Do Traffic Tickets Make Us Drive More Safely?
For “Ask an Economist” this week, I have an interesting question from Stephen P. about the effect of traffic ticketing…
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Breaking down MMT’s Guaranteed Jobs Scheme for Fighting Inflation
For “Ask an Economist” this week, I have a question from John O. about Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). I’ve purposefully…
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Why Not Deflation?
This week for Ask an Economist, I have a question from Wilson. Wilson rightly notes the Federal Reserve targets an…
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