Daniel Bunn

There's loads of protectionism out there these days. Keep your eyes open. Stay safe everybody.

@greg_ip What is it after depreciation?

How many times do we have to do this? @theeconomist/video/7371487005114371361?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiktok.com/@theeconomist/…

Somehow, the Orioles returned

European companies are urging California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) not to proceed with a tax measure that could expand the state’s reach over multinational companies operating in the state. news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-repo…

@RichardMorrison Very underappreciated!

Magic fountain grotto on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol (underappreciated).

@DanNeidle This will not age well.

Very proud that Tax Policy Associates is the first to publish research identifying a highly statistically significant correlation between the number of cheeses a country has and the number of taxes (p=0.0000000375). This changes everything.

Has wealth inequality "exploded" in the US and Europe since 2000? Our answer: no. Gini and top 0.1% wealth shares are fairly stable, despite rising wealth and more billionaires. Key reason is broad ownership of homes and mutual funds. Read our new study: t.ly/9KR7S

Carbon tariffs are not the same as carbon border adjustments. A well-designed border-adjusted carbon tax can efficiently incentivize emissions reduction.

So $166bn is owed. $20bn has been paid. Another $65bn approved. So this is potentially an $80-65 billion appeal. A lot at stake

The 10 lowest-ranked, or worst, states in this year’s State Tax Competitiveness Index are: 41. Hawaii 42. Vermont 43. Massachusetts 44. Minnesota 45. Washington 46. Maryland 47. Connecticut 48. California 49. New Jersey 50. New York Explore the interactive tool: hubs.ly/Q04jnKjV0

Finally got round to reading this by @cjsnowdon and it’s absolutely stellar, as expected thecritic.co.uk/on-britain-as-…

@editti22 Has @Jim22Palmer eaten a frog leg before? There's no question in my mind whether @realbenmcdonald has.

FROG LEGS???

Uh oh. TBLC has come to Chile. CC: @GreenPlusAnE

We simulated nine major tax increases—covering income taxes, corporate taxes, payroll taxes, wealth taxes, tariffs, and a VAT—and consistently found that even large tax increases large enough to close the primary deficit in the near term lose ground over time. Explore our analysis: hubs.ly/Q04j1vZH0

1. Do seniors age out of needing government services? 2. Should those who buy with cash never pay property taxes? 3. Do you stop providing roads or services to property after 15 years or 30? 4. Can we go even farther in shifting burdens to younger and lower-income homeowners?

@editti22 "I don't care how hard you throw ball four" right alongside the sequence of Ward's walks.

Do we think the Ben rant starts the World Series dvd?

A proposed data center in Little Rock could pay 5,000 times as much in property taxes as same land currently pays arkansasonline.com/news/2026/may/…

The @mattyglesias take I've been waiting for. "The ability to afford stuff is certainly not meaningless. But when your income is higher, you can afford more stuff; an affordability agenda is just an agenda for more economic growth and higher incomes." slowboring.com/p/im-sick-of-a…

@RichardMorrison I thought for sure this was going to be about the other SEC.

Why Is the SEC Suddenly Getting Sued So Much? A Vanderbilt law professor has a theory: unchainedmarkets.substack.com/p/why-is-the-s…