Pluralistic: The case for a Canadian wealth tax (23 Jun 2025)

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The case for a Canadian wealth tax: Lessons learned from previous attempts, applicable all over the world.
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The meritocracy to eugenics pipeline: The search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
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The most remarkable thing about antitrust (that no one talks about): Did the "ecology moment" already arrive?
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David Enrich's "Murder the Truth": Making powerful people look bad isn't a crime – yet.
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Shifting $677m from the banks to the people, every year, forever: The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau is going to let you change banks with a click.
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How America's oligarchs lull us with the be-your-own-boss fairy tale: Temporarily embarrassed millionaires aren't born, they're made.
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An antitrust murder whodunnit: I accuse Judge Bork with the Powell Memo in the smoke-filled room.
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