Scarcity and the Machine: Opportunity Cost in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Israeli troops have carried out multiple raids against villages in Daraa and Quneitra Governorates on Wednesday, according to Syrian state media. The raid in Daraa targeted the oft-raided village of al-Maraiyah, and involved the detention of a local for unknown reasons. Locals reported a growing amount of Israeli drones in the area ahead of the […]

In the week leading up to the war on Iran, Israel repeatedly warned Lebanon would be targeted if Hezbollah became involved in that conflict, and once the war was underway the US sought to assure Lebanon that Israel had no intention to escalate the conflict into Lebanon so long as no attacks were launched from […]

Mamdani's Tax Fantasy Is Already Failing Somewhere Else Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Last week I wrote that Zohran Mamdani is a f***ing moron has proposed a new estate tax that is not really aimed at billionaires but at ordinary New Yorkers whose so called wealth is largely tied up in the homes they spent decades paying off. That argument may have sounded abstract to some readers, like a warning about unintended consequences that might or might not materialize. But we do not have to speculate about how these kinds of burdensome taxation policies play out....