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Scholar-on-Scholar Debate: When Disagreement Comes from the Right
Academics need to seriously engage arguments from their right, or at least be nicer
21 hrs ago
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Noel Maurer
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There’s an Easy Way to Bring Oil Prices Down
Unfortunately, Texas is part of the United States
Sep 4
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Noel Maurer
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August 2026
Can the Trump-Venezuela Oil Deal Survive Trump?
Why Trump’s Venezuela oil deal may be both more legal and more durable than its critics believe
Aug 31
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Noel Maurer
Enough already with the takes: here’s some real math on Venezuela’s oil deal
The numbers are surprisingly favorable to Caracas but rather harder to square with private investment
Aug 30
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Noel Maurer
The North American Deal Trump Isn’t Making
Canada and Mexico get freer trade; America gets control
Aug 29
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Noel Maurer
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There’s Oil in Them Thar Bolivarian Hills
Just not $17 trillion worth, more like $300 billion
Aug 12
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Noel Maurer
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The strange death of the declaration of war
Is not why Donald Trump was able to start Gulf War III on his own
Aug 8
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Noel Maurer
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Europe is a country
The European Union is just a federal government without an executive
Aug 2
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Noel Maurer
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July 2026
Canada was poorer than Italy and richer than Britain? Yes
What historical GDP per capita misses about living standards
Jul 27
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Noel Maurer
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The World Where China Pays Interest
Keynes’s lost plan for Bretton Woods and the alternate history it might have created
Jul 17
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Noel Maurer
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America, Reviewed as Fiction
In honor of the 250th birthday of the United States
Jul 4
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Noel Maurer
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Unitary, Except at the Fed
The Supreme Court’s logic is defensible, its Fed exception is not, and Congress is the real problem
Jul 2
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Noel Maurer
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