JD Vance Proposes Government Fund Stay At Home Mothers
JD Vance’s proposal to subsidize stay-at-home mothers collides with the standard complaints about government meddling in family life. It also collides with the welfare system already in place, which uses tax brackets, benefit cliffs, and poverty-line calculations to shape household structure. The difference lies in the direction of the pressure. Current rules reward single filing […]
On The Late Decline of Nike
Nike’s removal from the S&P 100 later this month lands like a verdict. After eighteen years on the index of America’s largest, most stable companies, the swoosh is out. The stock has surrendered roughly seventy-five percent of its value since the 2021 peak, erasing something like two hundred thirty billion dollars in market capitalization. Shares […]