Economy on Huffman Writeshttps://www.huffmanwrites.org/tags/economy/Recent content in Economy on Huffman WritesHugoen-usThu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000The Corruption Tax: What Public Graft Costs an Economyhttps://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/civics/the-corruption-tax/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/civics/the-corruption-tax/Corruption is conventionally treated as a moral failure. It is also an economic one, and the price is measurable: in distorted investment, higher yields, lost tax revenue, and the quiet premium paid for a government that can no longer be trusted to enforce its own rules.The Economic and Geopolitical Position of the United States in Mid-2026https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/essays/economic-and-geopolitical-position-of-the-united-states/Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:42:20 -0500https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/essays/economic-and-geopolitical-position-of-the-united-states/A formal assessment of America's macroeconomic trajectory and geopolitical standing in mid-2026: slowing growth, a mounting fiscal load, and a narrowing margin of advantage against rival powers.