We must counter anti-urbanist regulations

This is the history of basically all of our anti-urbanist regulation in the US and Canada which makes it exorbitantly expensive to build, while funding the building of highways but making transit building regulations unfunded mandates. As soon as ordinary people realized the promise of cars were fake in San Francisco they built BART, and …

Macron is the de facto leader of NATO

I calculated great power status based on GDP per capita, population, military expenditure, GDP, and surface area. I calculated the percentile of those 5 variables and averaged them out to get a great power score of each country. The top 10 countries are, along with marking the indicators they fall short of 90% on: The …

A history of Republican trifectas

Trifectas are an interesting feature of bicameral Presidential systems. In theory they allow a President to pass a lot of legislation quickly, depending on the power of the President. They are a demonstration of the political skill of both the President and their party, allowing rapid changes of the country with minimal opposition. The Republican …

Great Presidents

Which presidents were the most effective based on pure results? I’m going to empirically measure this based on election results. Categories are based on the following: How many terms? How many congresses with a trifecta? Average percentage of the popular vote? This list does not judge based on the morality of the decisions the president …

Puerto Rico debt crisis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rican_government-debt_crisis Puerto Rico experienced a debt crisis in 2014, and there are some major misunderstandings about its causes. First of all, the triple tax-exempt bonds made the situation better, not worse. By being triple-subsidized Puerto Rico was able to offer a lower interest rate compared to competitors which saved the commonwealth money. The debt crisis …