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The Cheapest Pro-Natalist Policy Nobody Wants, Least of All Nigel Farage
Alarmists & Technocrats agree on two things: birth rates are too low, & workers (who've had it far too good for too long) shouldn't allowed to work from…
 • Dave Deek
You Know What Else Kills Birth Rates? Being in a Region That's Falling Behind
A new study from South Korea suggests the growing distance between places is a demographic problem, not just an economic one.
 • Dave Deek
California (and the Rest of America) Can't Build Like America's Corps of Engineers
The structural reasons states can't replicate their most effective infrastructure institution; and what they can do instead.
 • Dave Deek
NIMBYs Aren’t Just Shutting Down Housing
They want to shut down our right to be heard in the first place.
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Yes, I am a pro-natalist
An Interruption To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
 • Dave Deek

January 2026

Why Singapore & Estonia's EdTech Works, but America's Doesn't?
America has spent billions on school technology. The missing ingredient isn't money; it's good old implementation and state capacity
 • Dave Deek
The Drafts Folder is Out of Control, Help Us Clear it Out!
A quick reintroduction and PLEASE FOR THE LOVE GOD HELP ME DECIDE!
 • Dave Deek
Shiseido’s Fall, Japanese Cosmetics, & Did You Know China Has an Industrial Policy for Lipstick?
Pharmaceutical-grade regulations, domestic champion subsidies, and a ¥52 billion loss. Why does China have an industrial policy for lipstick? Ask…
 • Dave Deek
A Workforce Tool Hiding in Plain Sight: The Community College Bachelor's Degree
New research shows the credential works for nurses but not for programmers. The pattern reveals which programs states should back—and how to make others…
 • Dave Deek
Korean Men Are Falling Out of the Marriage Market Faster Than Women
35% of Korean Adults May Never Marry. Three Decades Ago, It Was 5%. Three decades of data show this isn't delay, and economic shocks is making men…
 • Dave Deek
Half the Fire Truck Fleet Was Sidelined. Gavin Newsom Banned Duplexes. YIMBYs Fight Back.
YIMBY Law's challenge to Executive Order N-32-25 exposes the gap between California's fire safety rhetoric and its policy choices
 • Dave Deek

December 2025

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