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Here is an interesting map: In 2025 only four countries had a bigger economy than California. The thumbnail below is click-expandable. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit [1].)
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Economics & Investing Links of Interest
- $1B frozen food giant pulls plug on California manufacturing in shock retreat [3].
- California exit tax explained: what to know before you move [4].
- Up for a vote in November: Proposition 3 would make income taxes on higher earners permanent to fund education and healthcare [5].
- Paramount Sets California Exit Plans Over Antitrust Battle With Blue States & Stymied $111B WBD Merger [6].
- Wikipedia: California exodus [7].
- A Rand report on California: Immigration in a Changing Economy [8].
- California is getting ready to increase a health insurance tax. Will it affect your premium? [9]
- This began in 2024: California’s Firearms, Gun Parts, and Ammunition Excise Tax [10].
- The Party’s Over: After More Than Three Decades, California Will Begin Taxing SaaS [11].
- CNBC: 10-year Treasury yield rockets to 19-year high. Here’s what’s driving the spike [12].
- USPS Quietly Announces Major Price Change Starting October 4 [13].
- The Mormon church is expanding its real-estate empire across the United States [14]. A quote: “Reonomy shows that the Mormon church owns at least 2.4 million acres across the U.S. — an area almost twice the size of Delaware — with an assessed value in excess of $20 billion.”
- In The WSJ: Crypto Blew Its Big Moment—and the Blame Game Has Begun [15].
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