RT @NYMNathan: The Tigers Broadcast Reaction To Nolan McLean K’ing the Side Is Hilarious 🤣 #LGM

RT @MattBruenig: The Simple Math of Poverty. Back into the poverty discourse, playing the hits. @mattyglesias @jdcmedlock @KelseyTuoc (lin….

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“It’s not *ever* acceptable to cut off contact with a friend for their political views” is crazy. What if they’re not a close friend and they rant incessantly about politics? What if their political view is that Hitler wasn’t so bad? You still gotta invite them to laser tag?.

RT @jdcmedlock: Love the implication that if a rich person buys a home with cash upfront they should pay no taxes, while if a poor person g….

RT @JHWeissmann: Finally watching the clips of this, and getting a little teary-eyed too. Leaving aside Torres' robotic responses, Friedlan….

RT @jdcmedlock: Wild how right wingers these days say “white woman” like it’s a slur

(I agree with Tooze that the Fed is problematically undemocratic in its representative structure, affording voice to regional business and financial interests, but not consumers or labor).

The Federal Reserve is undemocratic -- but so is Trump's attack on it (some thoughts inspired by @adam_tooze's recent piece on the Lisa Cook firing; link below)

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RT @MattZeitlin: "These policies may work best in tandem. The largest housing booms in American history have come when the government reduc….

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RT @PEWilliams_: Great piece. Some data to support the need outlined here—the major spike in multifamily units that have been permitted but….

The piece also explores the story behind this chart: Why has American housing production *never* returned to early 2000s levels, even amid the strong economy of 2019 or the post-COVID boom?.

Zoning reform won't solve America's housing crisis. But it's a logical starting point for broader change (full column below)

Leftwing critics of YIMBYism get one thing right: Ending America's housing shortage will almost certainly require more than zoning reform. Unless the government channels more capital towards housing construction, the private sector is likely to under-build (link below)

RT @yuval_abraham: We wrote a long investigation last month about Israel's "double tap" policy, talking to Palestinian paramedics and soldi….

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One caveat: Not clear to me how much of the tax savings reflect payroll taxes, much of which a public insurer wouldn't need to pay - even if it operated under the same rules - because a single government insurer doesn't need to employ as many people as all private insurers do.