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The Bankruptcy of Nostalgianomics

Can We Bum a Cig? • INFLATION STRESSING YOU out? Making you wish you had just a touch of nicotine in your system? Unfortunately, that’ll cost a lot. While prices economywide have risen 3.1 percent in the last year, cigarette prices have jumped 8 percent. On top of federal and state taxes that often make up half the price of a pack, tobacco companies tend to raise their prices faster than inflation to make up for declining sales volume. These and the rest of the numbers in the Reason Sindex use data from November 2023.

The Life and Death of a Company Town

COVID Vaccine Injuries Deserve a Day in Court

Ski Jump Snow Job

Big Brother in the Driver’s Seat

Sheriff ‘Floored and Shocked’ by Deputies’ Brutality

Claudine Gay’s Defenders Shoot the Messenger

Feds Make a Pharma Patent Grab

Predictably, No Progress on Global Emissions

The Liquor Board Strikes Back

Q&A Doug Ducey

The Bankruptcy of Bidenomics • BIDEN’S ECONOMIC POLICIES GAVE US THREE YEARS OF EXCESSIVE, WASTEFUL, AND POORLY TARGETED FEDERAL SPENDING.

THE REAL STUDENT LOAN CRISIS • MISLED BY A BAD LAW, GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE DROWNING IN DEBT.

THE LAST LIBERAL • Bill Maher on weed, wokeness, and 30 years of free speech

Indonesia’s Free Market ‘Superblocks’ • YOU DON’T NEED CENTRAL PLANNERS TO GET PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY URBAN DESIGN.

51 REEXAMINING THE REALIGNMENT • CAN FREE MARKETS WIN VOTES IN THE NEW GOP?

All the Sad Young Things • MAYBE THE PROBLEM FOR TEENS ISN’T SCREENS, BUT WHAT THEY ARE REPLACING.

The Revolting Mr. Taxpayer

Creating Our Own Simulations

GODZILLA MINUS ONE

DOWN HOME MUSIC

SQUID GAME: THE CHALLENGE

BIG VAPE

OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

THE AMERICAN BUFFALO

CYBERPUNK 2077: PHANTOM LIBERTY

ARCHIVES • Excerpts from Reason’s vaults

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