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White Paper: NASCAR’s Legal Vulnerabilities in the Charter System and Revenue Sharing Amid Current Antitrust Turmoil

Posted on December 13, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive summary NASCAR’s modern business model rests on two linked pillars: (1) the charter system, which allocates guaranteed race entry plus an associated revenue stream, and (2) revenue sharing, which determines how broadcast/media, track, sanctioning, licensing, and other revenues are … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Regional Development Strategies to Prevent Rural Depopulation and the Formation of Oversized Primate Cities

Posted on November 23, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Many countries today face a dual crisis: rural depopulation on one hand and the unchecked growth of a single oversized metropolis on the other. These trends reinforce each other: as rural regions lose jobs, services, and social capital, … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Biblicist Political and Social Commentary on the Book of Malachi

Posted on November 8, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The Book of Malachi stands as the final prophetic message of the Old Testament, marking the transition between prophetic revelation and the silence preceding the coming of John the Baptist. It offers not merely a theological rebuke but … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Subnational Debt — Drivers, Risks, and Restructuring Challenges

Posted on October 26, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive summary Subnational governments (states, provinces, regions, municipalities, local governments) often play major roles in public spending — infrastructure, public services, education, healthcare, pensions, local investment. Over time, many accumulate large liabilities (bonds, loans, revenue anticipation operations, pension obligations). While … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Myth of Tax Revenue Windfalls: Examining the Historical Gap Between Tax Hike Expectations and Capital Flight Reality

Posted on October 5, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Policymakers often anticipate significant revenue gains from increasing taxes on high-income earners, assuming static behavior among taxpayers. However, historical evidence reveals a persistent gap between these projections and actual outcomes, largely due to capital flight, migration, and behavioral … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Scottish Independence: An ROI Perspective

Posted on October 3, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive summary Bottom line: On current public accounts and trade patterns, an independent Scotland would begin with a sizable structural fiscal gap (≈11–12% of GDP on a net basis) alongside material border-related trade frictions with rUK (its dominant market), which … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Belt Economy: How Sanctioning Bodies Distort Competition and Enable Corruption in Contemporary Professional Boxing

Posted on September 27, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Professional boxing’s competitive integrity is mediated—often distorted—by private “sanctioning organizations” (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) that certify titles, levy fees, and police rankings. Their economic incentives (fee extraction tied to title activity and marquee names) and structural opacity (control … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and the Social Contract: Aligning Automation with the Interests of Ordinary Citizens

Posted on September 20, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are rapidly transforming the global economy. While these technologies promise efficiency and prosperity, they also risk destabilizing the social contract if automation displaces too many forms of productive labor without providing alternative pathways … Continue reading →

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White paper: The costs borne by USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington in leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten—and why they went anyway

Posted on September 19, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive summary Between June 2022 and August 2023, four flagship Pac-12 members—USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington—accepted invitations to the Big Ten, with competition beginning in the 2024–25 academic year. All four schools incurred tangible new costs (travel, athlete-welfare spending, governance-imposed … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Intrinsic Worth in a Post-Scarcity Creation Economy

Posted on August 31, 2025 by nathanalbright

Introduction Throughout human history, scarcity has been the backdrop against which value is defined. Currency, trade, labor, and the pursuit of wealth arise because human beings cannot simply create what they desire ex nihilo. Yet the biblical image in Ezekiel … Continue reading →

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