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April 10, 2025
Forebears of Trump’s Reciprocal TariffsOn April 3, President Trump announced his reciprocal tariff proposal. His tariff rates were calculated on a country-by-country basis by dividing half of each country’s trade surplus with the U.S. by that country’s exports...
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April 4, 2025
To cut your tariff, buy American stuffOn Wednesday, President Trump moved to place reciprocal tariffs on many of the countries of the world. The calculation of tariff rates was based principally on the size of the U.S. trade deficit with the country. Countries that ...
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November 7, 2024
Trump’s tariffs will contribute to the US economic boomU.S. stock markets anticipate Trump’s upcoming economic boom, but few economists realize that it will be partly due to his tariff plans. Among those few are Peter Navarro, Trump’s adviser and author of 20 economics books; Art L...
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May 29, 2024
Needed: New weapons that will actually work!War drives innovation. Weapons systems that were cutting edge at the beginning of a great power war often are obsolete by the end because the enemy learns how to counter them. A little-appreciated challenge of the Ukraine war is that it is making man...
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May 19, 2024
Yellen Wrong Yet Again!Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has recommended one foolish policy after another while ignoring their negative long-term effects. Her policies, both as Fed chair and as Treasury secretary, have contributed to inflation and debt. ...
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October 13, 2019
Trump, Ukraine, and JusticeEven if we assume the worst, Trump did nothing wrong in Ukraine, and nothing more than his duty. Applying pressure on Ukraine to investigate whether a past vice president of the United States engaged in a corrupt bargain that would potentially have b...