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Jul 21, 2026ACX

Contra Pritchard On Liberal Happiness

Scott defends liberalism against claims it has failed by explaining that happiness scales logarithmically with income, so our 225x wealth increase since medieval times correctly predicts the 3-point happiness gain we've actually seen, and recent declines are due to COVID rather than systemic failure.

13 min read 1,920 words

Dec 6, 2017SSC

Response To Comments: The Tax Bill Is Still Very Bad

Scott Alexander defends his criticism of the GOP tax bill, arguing that even if taxes should be lowered, there are more effective ways to cut taxes that would directly benefit the poor and middle class.

7 min read 932 words

corporate tax economic growth GDP