Jimmy Alfonso Licon

Economics

The Second Information Revolution: How AI Makes Liberal Societies Both Stronger and Weaker

Liberal societies have celebrated their openness. Public records, hearings, and archives are available to anyone who wishes to look, but…

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Economics

How Self-Interest Civilizes Politics

Why do people vote, protest, or boycott, when their individual actions almost never change political outcomes? Economists have long emphasized…

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Economics

Only Lobbying and Self-Deception Can Keep Tariffs Alive

In early 2025, National Review reported that lobbying expenditures on tariffs had jumped an astonishing 277 percent over the prior…

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Economics

What Japan’s Struggling Rice Market Teaches Us About US Tariffs

Japan eats a lot of rice. And it imposes tariffs on foreign rice to protect domestic producers — sometimes as…

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Economics

What Greta and the Pope Don’t Grasp about Degrowth

The Holy Father is head of one of the largest religions on Earth. He also endorses an academic and social…

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