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Report: California's Proposed 'Billionaire Tax' Is Based on Bad Research

The planned wealth tax leads slightly in the polls and is already driving capital flight.

Reason · Sep 18

Justices Don't Buy Tariff Argument

Plus: Outrage at Heritage, air traffic might get throttled, and more...

Reason · Nov 6, 2025

Coming Soon to the Supreme Court: Are Tariffs Taxes?

The correct answer is: Yes, even when they are also regulations. Whether the Court agrees could determine the future of presidential power.

Reason · Oct 20, 2025

Phil Magness: Holding Leftists and Libertarians Accountable

The intellectual watchdog keeps tabs on everyone from The 1619 Project's Nikole Hannah-Jones to Mises Institute's Hans-Hermann Hoppe in the name of serious scholarship.

Reason · Sep 14, 2022

Beyond The 1619 Project: Holding Academics and Journalists Accountable

Intellectual watchdog Phil Magness talks Nikole Hannah-Jones, Nancy MacLean, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, and Kevin Kruse.

Reason · Sep 13, 2022

Facebook, Instagram Posts Flagged as False for Rejecting Biden's Recession Wordplay

"The fact-checking industry has become a partisan arbiter of political disputes," notes Phil Magness.

Reason · Jul 29, 2022