Born of war, normalized by time Before the Civil War, the idea of a federal income tax would have struck most Americans as unnecessary at best, dangerous at worst.The federal […]
Monthly Archives: April 2026
Temporary Measures: From Taxes to Tariffs
How ‘crisis’ policies become permanent—and why history reminds us to notice In moments of crisis, nations rarely believe they are making permanent choices. They speak instead in the language of […]
