52

No, that's not the number of posts thus far (actually, this would be my 74th, but the first in a loooong while). '52' stands for the rate at which the writer Russell Shorto's income is taxed in the Netherlands. This is not a very nice-sounding number to American ears, but Shorto finds himself getting used to it.  Meanwhile, Robert Frank argues that a (slightly) higher tax rate would be fairer than we think.