Thursday Links – 16 July 2026

“21st-century Democrats have been extraordinarily unwilling to raise taxes on anyone other than the super rich.”

Poorer countries tend to have more occupational licensing.  Denmark, Sweden and France have relatively little.

A large body of research finds that biofuels made with food crops (e.g., corn and soy beans) are just as bad, and perhaps even worse, for the climate than conventional fossil fuels.

“We now have just under one in three working age men who have left the labor force, mainly due to disability, the rates of which have skyrocketed by an additional seven million people since 2021.”

Millionaires are leaving New York.