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Europe Must Choose Between America and China
In a multi-polar world, old certainties about the US security guarantee and access to markets no longer hold.
Trade Deals in the Time of Tariffs
The reciprocal levies aimed at allies have been paused for 90 days, now what?
Stop Freaking Out. Trump’s Tariffs Can Still Work.
Last week’s “Liberation Day” marked a kind of D-Day in the effort to reorder the international economic system.
Trump’s tariffs aim to reset global trade — and boost America’s workers
President Trump ushered in a new era of US trade policy Tuesday — a national course correction after decades of unfair trade practices
Tariffs’ Long-Term Benefits Are Worth Short-Term Costs
President Trump’s America First trade agenda is worth it.
Beware America’s fake fiscal conservatives
Republicans are indulging in budgetary chicanery in order to preserve Trump’s tax cuts.
In Search Of The Invisible Hand
Adam Smith’s capitalism demands constraints on markets, not blind faith in them.
Why DOGE Will Fail
There isn’t an ‘easy button’ for everything.
USMCA Was Never Meant to Be Permanent
The first Trump administration’s USMCA deal needs to be just the opening salvo in our new trade dynamic.
The Fringe Cause That Could Derail the Republican Agenda
The Right’s “groups” could destroy the Trump agenda.
Trump’s Tariff Whiplash
Six reactions to the new administration’s aggressive trade diplomacy.
Is Our Children Learning? Apparently Not.
Plus, Sam Altman as ShamWow Guy, and more from this week…
The One Thing You Should Be Reading This Week, and Every Week
A brief departure from our standard Friday format…
Notes from an Inauguration
Or, the Canadian Girlfriend Theory of Executive Power
Optimism But Not Confidence as Trump Takes Control
From infrastructure spending to relations with China, uncertainty reigns.
What Ted Lasso Can Teach Us About Panda Express
And more from this week…
How Trump Can Rebuild America
The Conservative Case for Reindustrialization
How Trump Can Rebuild America
The conservative case for reindustrialization.
Is It Interesting to Say That AI Isn’t That Interesting?
I hope so, because that’s what I wrote about this week.
