Essays
I write about power—how economic, political, and cultural systems shape what we see, what we accept, and what we might change.
Trump’s Economic Plan: Low Rates, Broad Tariffs, and Top-Heavy Tax Cuts
The plan combines three main elements. Interest rates are kept low. Tariffs are imposed broadly. Tax cuts are concentrated at the top. These policies interact in predictable ways. They ease federal debt service, raise the price of traded goods, and shift after-tax gains toward higher-income households. Each element reinforces the others. The result is a coherent economic strategy, but one with clear distributional costs.
What Wasn’t Said
That day, we not only destroyed a city but entered a world where mass death drew no mourning—and was instead declared an act of peace.
The Bomb and the Architecture of Permission
In 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, presenting it not as historical rupture but as achievement.
The Retribution Economy: How Presidential Favor Became Corporate Currency
Presidential retaliation against critics like Elon Musk heightens corporate political risk, forcing executives to develop new strategies for government relations, contracts, and compliance where personal loyalty dictates outcomes.