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Scott Lincicome

@scottlincicome.bsky.social

@CatoInstitute Vice President (Econ/Trade), @DukeLaw adjunct, @TheDispatch newsletter-er.
CH❤️RTS. You didn't read the article, did you?
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My latest at The Dispatch covers lots of new data showing that, yes, supply & demand work in housing too (ie, building market-rate homes = lower prices for ALL) "YIMBYs Are Winning Local Housing Battles, but Can They Win the National Housing War?" thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
YIMBYs Are Winning Local Housing Battles, but Can They Win the National Housing War?thedispatch.com Building more housing—even luxury housing—lowers prices for everyone.
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My latest at The Dispatch is a personal (*very* personal) look at how needless US "cottage food" laws kill the dreams of aspiring foodie entrepreneurs everywhere: "I Make Great Hot Sauce. State Regulations Ensure You’ll Never Taste It." www.aol.com/news/great-h...
I Make Great Hot Sauce. State Regulations Ensure You’ll Never Taste It.www.aol.com ‘Cottage food’ restrictions mean less choice and less entrepreneurship for no good reason.
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My latest at The Dispatch reviews the absurd & troubling trend of US pols trying to regulate insignificant commercial minutiae (Baconator prices, pasta sauce mergers, resort fees, etc.), & rightly asks what 🤬the we're doing. "Trivial Pursuits" www.yahoo.com/news/trivial...
Trivial Pursuitswww.yahoo.com Do we need ‘consumer protection’ policies on burger prices and bags of potato chips?
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My latest at The Dispatch: Despite the headlines, the prevalence of remote work in the US has been remarkably steady for more than a year - and that's a GOOD thing for most workers (esp marginalized ones), companies, cities, & the economy. thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
Remote Work Is Here to Stay, Mostly for the Betterthedispatch.com It’s great for working parents, people with disabilities, and anyone who likes more flexibility at work.
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My latest at The Dispatch covers Tucker Carlson's amazing Moscow grocery adventure, the reality of America's continued grocery abundance, and what it all says about "simple folk wisdom" and the charlatans spewing it. "Unfrozen Caveman Tucker" thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
Unfrozen Caveman Tuckerthedispatch.com Simple folk wisdom can be persuasive, even when pushed by an obvious phony.
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My latest at The Dispatch digs into the messed-up US aluminum market - and what's inarguably one of the most ridiculous & depressing examples of US tariff policy today: "Aluminium Tariff Follies" thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
Aluminum Tariff Folliesthedispatch.com The sordid reality of modern U.S. trade policy.
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My latest at The Dispatch looks at the potential effects of new federal regulations re independent work, and what a new study re California's AB5 says about them (spoiler: nothing good) "Collateral Damage in the War on ‘Gig Work’" thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
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My latest at The Dispatch reviews the economic, geopolitical, & environmental problems w/ pausing US natgas export applications, & how a law giving POTUS too much discretion is (once again) partly to blame: "Blame Bad Law for Biden’s Bad LNG Pause" thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
Blame Bad Law for Biden’s Bad LNG Pausethedispatch.com A notoriously vague delegation of congressional authority lets the president play politics with global energy security.
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We don't yet know if Boeing's new mess is a scandal for it or the FAA, but, as my new one at The Dispatch explains re govt-backed "national champions", it wouldn't be surprising if so: "Industrial Policy’s Corruption Problem Is Hiding in Plane Sight" thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
Industrial Policy’s Corruption Problem Is Hiding in Plane Sightthedispatch.com Boeing’s troubles reveal another risk of government support for ‘national champions’
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My first piece of 2024 at The Dispatch reviews the benign Nippon Steel-US Steel deal and how it predictably gave caterwauling American protectionists just what they wanted… good and hard: "Japanic! at the Steelco" thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
Japanic! at the Steelcothedispatch.com U.S. Steel gives American protectionists just what they wanted … good and hard.
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My first piece of 2024 at The Dispatch reviews the benign Nippon Steel-US Steel deal and how it predictably gave caterwauling American protectionists just what they wanted… good and hard: "Japanic! at the Steelco" thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
Japanic! at the Steelcothedispatch.com U.S. Steel gives American protectionists just what they wanted … good and hard.
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My latest at The Dispatch looks at China's very rough 2023 and asks why so many in DC have, judging by their words & policies, seemingly failed to notice: "Washington Has Lost the (Updated) Script on China" thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
Washington Has Lost the (Updated) Script on Chinathedispatch.com Xi Jinping’s China is not nearly the unstoppable economic powerhouse that many predicted.
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Highly-publicized problems in the highly-subsidized US offshore wind industry have been chalked up to "economic realities." As my new one at The Dispatch explains, however, a lot of *government* realities also deserve blame: "Offshore Headwinds" thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
Offshore Headwindsthedispatch.com Economic realities can hurt. Government realities can make them fatal.
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Number of hours of new British comedy on BBC TV over the last 12 years, per Ofcom’s latest report:
There are two masks on the front of the theatre. You can’t decide not to do one of them and have a functioning culture. www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/7663...
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My latest @ The Dispatch explores food globalization and, in particular, our amazing modern Pineapple Abundance (no, really!): "Eating Better (a Lot Better) Than Kings" thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
Eating Better (a Lot Better) Than Kingsthedispatch.com How we arrived at this delicious state of affairs.
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We made it, ma, we finally made it lol
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Their motto: Don't be a hero.
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#soon
Finally, the federal government will once and for all settle the age-old question of whether a hotdog/hamburger/taco/calzone/pita/etc is a "sandwich".
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Finally, the federal government will once and for all settle the age-old question of whether a hotdog/hamburger/taco/calzone/pita/etc is a "sandwich".
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@mr.joshperry.org this is your moment, and you're missing it
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This is good and correct.
My latest at The Dispatch is a systematic, deep dive analysis of which American holiday is truly, objectively the best American holiday - and it's a landslide victory: "Of Course Thanksgiving Is the Best Holiday"
Of Course Thanksgiving Is the Best Holidaythedispatch.com Rigorous analysis reveals the undeniable superiority of stuffing, football, and gratitude.
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I have been saying this for years
My latest at The Dispatch is a systematic, deep dive analysis of which American holiday is truly, objectively the best American holiday - and it's a landslide victory: "Of Course Thanksgiving Is the Best Holiday"
Of Course Thanksgiving Is the Best Holidaythedispatch.com Rigorous analysis reveals the undeniable superiority of stuffing, football, and gratitude.
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Speaking as a non-American who has nonetheless lived in the US on and off for several years, this is a 100% correct opinion.
My latest at The Dispatch is a systematic, deep dive analysis of which American holiday is truly, objectively the best American holiday - and it's a landslide victory: "Of Course Thanksgiving Is the Best Holiday"
Of Course Thanksgiving Is the Best Holidaythedispatch.com Rigorous analysis reveals the undeniable superiority of stuffing, football, and gratitude.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
My latest at The Dispatch is a systematic, deep dive analysis of which American holiday is truly, objectively the best American holiday - and it's a landslide victory: "Of Course Thanksgiving Is the Best Holiday"
Of Course Thanksgiving Is the Best Holidaythedispatch.com Rigorous analysis reveals the undeniable superiority of stuffing, football, and gratitude.
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My latest at The Dispatch is a systematic, deep dive analysis of which American holiday is truly, objectively the best American holiday - and it's a landslide victory: "Of Course Thanksgiving Is the Best Holiday"
Of Course Thanksgiving Is the Best Holidaythedispatch.com Rigorous analysis reveals the undeniable superiority of stuffing, football, and gratitude.
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Good @crampell.bsky.social: "It doesn’t take a genius to figure out the kinds of solutions needed to address this fiscal problem. The answer is some combination of raising taxes, reducing benefits, and/or increasing the number of working-age people who pay into the system (i.e., immigration)."
Opinion | Why we’re borrowing to fund the elderly while neglecting everyone elsewww.washingtonpost.com Think your taxes cover the government support you’ll receive as a retiree? A new report highlights the gap.
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