The New Yorker

newyorker.com

18 October 2026 06:35

Californians will vote on whether to impose a one-time, five-per-cent wealth tax on billionaires. “If it passes, it will be a revolution,” an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, said. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Jake Grumbach

jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

18 October 2026 06:28

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Carolyn Gallaher

cgallaher.bsky.social

16 October 2026 05:51

this is beautiful

Juuso Koponen

juusokoponen.bsky.social

15 October 2026 16:37

Tätäkö @kokoomus.bsky.social tosiaan haluaa? Maakuntalentojen tukemiseen ja ”maaseudun kehittämiseen” riittää kymmeniä miljoonia, muttei 4 miljoonaa syyttäjälaitokselle. Säästöt kohdentuvat erityisesti Etelä-Suomeen, jossa rikoksesta oikeudenkäyntiin voi jo nyt kestää 5 v. www.hs.fi/suomi/art-20...

SocArXiv

socarxiv.bsky.social

02 October 2026 05:47

SocArXiv now has a limit of two papers per week. If authors submit more than that we assume they are LLM-generated and reject them all. Normal humans who need to upload a batch of papers, which sometimes happens, must make arrangements. Also today, ArXiv set a two papers per month limit.