The Fiscal Reality Check

improving social epistemology, rewarding reasoned discourse

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George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center

Trusted economic insights by Vance Ginn, Ph.D., a Christian and free-market economist, to understand our world, improve it, and set paths for more liberty, peace, and prosperity.

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Economics can make a massive difference - collectively and personally.

Your insider source for honest fiscal facts and actionable insights that drive America’s debt debate.

Economic analysis of current issues, with a free market bent plus thoughts on other issues of liberty.

A podcast series of the Hoover Institution’s Economic Policy Working Group hosted by Jon Hartley. The podcast interviews economists, policy makers and practitioners to learn about their thinking featuring discussions on the wide range of economic topics.

Good regulatory management paves the path to abundance. I examine problems and solutions in the reg process. 1st order effects = intended consequences. 2nd order = predictable unintended consequences. 3rd order = unpredictable unintended consequences.

Essays about Europe, economics, innovation, and growth

The Unseen and The Unsaid is a newsletter about the unseen impacts of government interventions that are frequently left unsaid

how risk drives our world, the macro economy, and markets. and pensions too.

State and local tax (SALT) policy news and analysis from Jared Walczak, President of Walczak Policy Consulting and Senior Fellow at the Tax Foundation.

A space for musings on economic policy and political economy by Hanno Lustig and Romain Wacziarg

Finance, Real Estate, and Urban Economics

News, views, and commentary from a free market point of view. I moved from Blogger to Substack in December 2023. For previous posts back to 2011 see my Blogger page at https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com

Much of what we think is true just isn't. And there's data to prove it. Writing mostly about retirement security, with occasional side-trips.