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Broligarchs Are Wrong About Unrealized Gains

Tech broligarchs’ weird adoration of Donald Trump is problematic for a number of reasons, but their fears about having taxes levied on their unrealized capital gains may explain why they’re so willing to abandon the basic tenets of democracy to support their fellow billionaire. In June, we told you about a coterie of billionaires who, despite publicly disavowing Trump after the January 6th Capitol attack, had come … Continue reading Broligarchs Are Wrong About Unrealized Gains »

The Economist is Wrong About Unrealized Capital Gains 

I have been a subscriber to and reader of The Economist for almost 20 years. I have appreciated their balanced and intelligent coverage of world events, with a perspective of classical economic liberalism (free markets, free trade, deregulation, and globalism). Yet I find myself in the unusual position of taking issue with two of their recent articles: “How to tax billionaires – and how not … Continue reading The Economist is Wrong About Unrealized Capital Gains  »