Balancecraft
@balancecraft.bsky.social
Democracy, antitrust, psychedelics
My views are "a special arrangement sanctioned by history"
Postwar substack series (how did "grandfather of the VC industry" sabotage reconstruction of postwar Germany?) https://open.substack.com/pub/balancecraft/p/b
My views are "a special arrangement sanctioned by history"
Postwar substack series (how did "grandfather of the VC industry" sabotage reconstruction of postwar Germany?) https://open.substack.com/pub/balancecraft/p/b
Why is there a shortage of single family homes?
Many reasons, but one underexplored factor is that financing for homebuilding has changed dramatically
My new paper dives into that history and offer policy solutions
www.economicliberties.us/our-work/cap...
Many reasons, but one underexplored factor is that financing for homebuilding has changed dramatically
My new paper dives into that history and offer policy solutions
www.economicliberties.us/our-work/cap...
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Why is there a shortage of single family homes?
Many reasons, but one underexplored factor is that financing for homebuilding has changed dramatically
My new paper dives into that history and offer policy solutions
www.economicliberties.us/our-work/cap...
Many reasons, but one underexplored factor is that financing for homebuilding has changed dramatically
My new paper dives into that history and offer policy solutions
www.economicliberties.us/our-work/cap...
Big homebuilders basically say so on their earnings calls!
www.economicliberties.us/our-work/cap...
www.economicliberties.us/our-work/cap...
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Big homebuilders basically say so on their earnings calls!
www.economicliberties.us/our-work/cap...
www.economicliberties.us/our-work/cap...
GOP, after yesterday's elections
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
GOP, after yesterday's elections
Obama "asks to be challenged"
Not about the administrative bloat machine called the ACA and its exploding premiums (or any other policy and governing choices that eventually led to voters losing faith in Democrats)
But on whether he hypes up a catchphrase from an airport book enough
Not about the administrative bloat machine called the ACA and its exploding premiums (or any other policy and governing choices that eventually led to voters losing faith in Democrats)
But on whether he hypes up a catchphrase from an airport book enough
November 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Obama "asks to be challenged"
Not about the administrative bloat machine called the ACA and its exploding premiums (or any other policy and governing choices that eventually led to voters losing faith in Democrats)
But on whether he hypes up a catchphrase from an airport book enough
Not about the administrative bloat machine called the ACA and its exploding premiums (or any other policy and governing choices that eventually led to voters losing faith in Democrats)
But on whether he hypes up a catchphrase from an airport book enough
Chapter 14 is out!
How did US trustbusters in Germany propose breaking up German combines? And how did leadership turnover impact their efforts?
#decartelizationdrama
open.substack.com/pub/balancec...
How did US trustbusters in Germany propose breaking up German combines? And how did leadership turnover impact their efforts?
#decartelizationdrama
open.substack.com/pub/balancec...
October 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Chapter 14 is out!
How did US trustbusters in Germany propose breaking up German combines? And how did leadership turnover impact their efforts?
#decartelizationdrama
open.substack.com/pub/balancec...
How did US trustbusters in Germany propose breaking up German combines? And how did leadership turnover impact their efforts?
#decartelizationdrama
open.substack.com/pub/balancec...
October 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Turns out some gamers are grocery store employees.
Biden's FTC challenged the Microsoft/Activision deal, but Judge Corley (whose son works at Microsoft) believed Microsoft's self-serving testimony that it wouldn't hurt gamers.
Since then, MS hiked Gamepass prices, laid off workers, etc
Biden's FTC challenged the Microsoft/Activision deal, but Judge Corley (whose son works at Microsoft) believed Microsoft's self-serving testimony that it wouldn't hurt gamers.
Since then, MS hiked Gamepass prices, laid off workers, etc
October 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Turns out some gamers are grocery store employees.
Biden's FTC challenged the Microsoft/Activision deal, but Judge Corley (whose son works at Microsoft) believed Microsoft's self-serving testimony that it wouldn't hurt gamers.
Since then, MS hiked Gamepass prices, laid off workers, etc
Biden's FTC challenged the Microsoft/Activision deal, but Judge Corley (whose son works at Microsoft) believed Microsoft's self-serving testimony that it wouldn't hurt gamers.
Since then, MS hiked Gamepass prices, laid off workers, etc
The firing of Phil Donahue foreshadowed this moment.
The arc of consolidated media bends towards authoritarianism
We have to undo the bad policy choices that destroyed the democratic guardrails from the New Deal era
The arc of consolidated media bends towards authoritarianism
We have to undo the bad policy choices that destroyed the democratic guardrails from the New Deal era
September 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The firing of Phil Donahue foreshadowed this moment.
The arc of consolidated media bends towards authoritarianism
We have to undo the bad policy choices that destroyed the democratic guardrails from the New Deal era
The arc of consolidated media bends towards authoritarianism
We have to undo the bad policy choices that destroyed the democratic guardrails from the New Deal era
Expert on judicial humility is speaking at Fordham on 9/19; one business day before the adtech remedies hearing starts
www.fordham.edu/school-of-la...
www.fordham.edu/school-of-la...
September 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Expert on judicial humility is speaking at Fordham on 9/19; one business day before the adtech remedies hearing starts
www.fordham.edu/school-of-la...
www.fordham.edu/school-of-la...
Are biglaw capitulations a great excuse for the legal profession to DOGE its own ethics rules?
Incredibly, someone wrote an op-ed arguing that we should relax "or eliminate" ethical restraints on law firm financing to... promote ethics?
Law360 just published my rebuttal 🔗👇
Incredibly, someone wrote an op-ed arguing that we should relax "or eliminate" ethical restraints on law firm financing to... promote ethics?
Law360 just published my rebuttal 🔗👇
August 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Are biglaw capitulations a great excuse for the legal profession to DOGE its own ethics rules?
Incredibly, someone wrote an op-ed arguing that we should relax "or eliminate" ethical restraints on law firm financing to... promote ethics?
Law360 just published my rebuttal 🔗👇
Incredibly, someone wrote an op-ed arguing that we should relax "or eliminate" ethical restraints on law firm financing to... promote ethics?
Law360 just published my rebuttal 🔗👇
August 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Trump's FCC chair is poised to unleash centralized control of local media
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/s...
August 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Trump's FCC chair is poised to unleash centralized control of local media
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/s...
August 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Also just moved...
(Legs on floor were once part of my grandmother's dresser)
(Legs on floor were once part of my grandmother's dresser)
July 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Also just moved...
(Legs on floor were once part of my grandmother's dresser)
(Legs on floor were once part of my grandmother's dresser)
"modern democracy in particular needs, above all things, the continuance of the spirit of youth." - FDR, July 4, 1936
July 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"modern democracy in particular needs, above all things, the continuance of the spirit of youth." - FDR, July 4, 1936
The welcome package for this new apartment is, truly, the least they could do.
Like somehow less than just not giving anything. Amazing.
Like somehow less than just not giving anything. Amazing.
June 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The welcome package for this new apartment is, truly, the least they could do.
Like somehow less than just not giving anything. Amazing.
Like somehow less than just not giving anything. Amazing.
June 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I wonder what year this cartoon is from?
June 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I wonder what year this cartoon is from?
Worthwhile account of what it was like to start questioning our ability to know what's actually going in our own country in the current media landscape.
Not explicitly stated, but I read this as partly about death of local news removing an empirical check on national outlets
Not explicitly stated, but I read this as partly about death of local news removing an empirical check on national outlets
June 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Worthwhile account of what it was like to start questioning our ability to know what's actually going in our own country in the current media landscape.
Not explicitly stated, but I read this as partly about death of local news removing an empirical check on national outlets
Not explicitly stated, but I read this as partly about death of local news removing an empirical check on national outlets
I mean San Francisco (a peninsula) has land scarcity that makes it a unique market.
In any event, what do you think has made even places like Dallas- which is different than blue city housing markets- significantly less affordable?
In any event, what do you think has made even places like Dallas- which is different than blue city housing markets- significantly less affordable?
June 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I mean San Francisco (a peninsula) has land scarcity that makes it a unique market.
In any event, what do you think has made even places like Dallas- which is different than blue city housing markets- significantly less affordable?
In any event, what do you think has made even places like Dallas- which is different than blue city housing markets- significantly less affordable?
btw today is my one-year workiversary!
May 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
btw today is my one-year workiversary!
FYI is Google downranking courtlistener? @michaeljaylissner.com @free.law
May 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
FYI is Google downranking courtlistener? @michaeljaylissner.com @free.law
Or begin at the beginning:
balancecraft.substack.com/p/banker-mag...
balancecraft.substack.com/p/banker-mag...
May 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Or begin at the beginning:
balancecraft.substack.com/p/banker-mag...
balancecraft.substack.com/p/banker-mag...