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I have a new piece in The Free Press how an increase in New York state’s corporate income tax would be hardest on smallish corporations that do most of their business in the state and city. www.thefp.com/p/billionair...
Billionaires Can Flee Mamdani, But Small Business Can’t Hide
New York’s socialist mayor fumes about the ultrarich, but his agenda is likely to pinch mom-and-pops, writes Peter Coy.
www.thefp.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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Chinese electric vehicles are impressive. The economist Cliff Winston says they should be allowed for sale in the United States with safeguards: no spyware, no subsidies, and U.S. production. What do you think?
A Case for Letting Chinese EVs into the U.S.
They would have to be manufactured in America, among other conditions, says economist Clifford Winston
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January 7, 2026 at 8:36 PM
People who read my Substack are inordinately interested in economics. For them, I put together seven things I learned in Philadelphia at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association and related organizations. One is Janet Yellen on “root canal economics.”

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Seven Things I Learned in Philadelphia
Takeaways from the annual meeting of the American Economic Association
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January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Kevin Hassett, who may well be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, told Fox News that inflation is down to 1.6 percent. I explain how he came up with that low number, and how it’s valid in some ways, invalid in others. Please check out my TikTok explainer. www.tiktok.com/@peterhcoy/v...
TikTok video by Peter Coy
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December 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, Bluesky friends! Please read my Substack post today, "Let Us Give Thanks for Nature's Bounty." The turkey photo is gorgeous. substack.com/@petercoy/p-...
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Economist on Donald Trump:
"Today's McKinley in a state of Denali."
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
America has an imperial presidency
And in Donald Trump, an imperialist president for the first time in over a century
www.economist.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How to make artificial intelligence serve humanity was a recurring topic at the annual meeting in San Francisco of the Allied Social Science Associations. I wrote about the thoughts of Erik Brynjolfsson, Daron Acemoglu, Pascual Restrepo and others today. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
Opinion | Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Us or Empower Us? (Gift Article)
People will need a lot more education to be able to harness A.I. rather than be elbowed aside.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM