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Tariffs vs. Free Trade: Oren Cass Debates Larry Summers at Harvard Business School

In November, Harvard Business School hosted a debate between Oren Cass and Katherine Tai on one side, and Larry Summers and Robert Lawrence on the other, over the question: Should Read more…

The Finance Industry Is a Grift. Let’s Start Treating It That Way.

It’s bonus season on Wall Street, and a record-setting 2025 is yielding bigger paychecks than ever for America’s investment bankers, thanks to their hard work doing, well, what exactly?

‘I Have Been Dismayed About Warsh’s Tone’: Three Economists Debate Trump’s Pick for the Fed

Matthew Rose, an Opinion editorial director, hosted an online conversation with three contributing Opinion writers (Oren Cass, Natasha Sarin, and Jason Forman) about the Federal Reserve. Matthew Rose: After months of Read more…

A Helper Corresponding to Him

“It is not good for man to be alone.” These words from Genesis 2 have acquired a new urgency and relevance in recent years, as the Western world grapples with Read more…

A Grand Strategy of Reciprocity

How to Build an Economic and Security Order That Works for America

Can Republicans Help Fix Labor Law?

The Faster Labor Contracts Acts presents a new opportunity for labor-curious Republicans.

This Is the Moment We Find Out if Trump Is for Real

It’s the next stage, however, that will define Mr. Trump’s legacy: Can he and his administration move past the demolition, clear the debris and, well, build back better?

Trump’s reversal on AI chips is a historic blunder

A short-term profit grab risks eroding America’s biggest advantage in the AI race.

Trade Agreements Must Put Workers First

Of all the technical flaws in the badly broken international trade system, the one most intuitive to the layman is the race to the bottom on labor. In the global Read more…

The challenge is a lot bigger than they think

The Trump administration’s AI Action Plan will need more depth if it is going to work.

When will critics admit Trump’s trade strategy is working?

Nearly four months after President Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement of higher reciprocal tariff rates on major U.S. trading partners, the dust has settled and the strategy is working. Over the last few Read more…

White collar workers displaced by AI could spark a revolution

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced plans to lay off 9,000 employees, joining the ranks of tech companies cutting headcounts while touting the productivity gains enabled by artificial intelligence. According to CEO Read more…

Trump’s immigration agenda follows the trade template — for good and ill

Long-term frameworks are necessary to lock in the desired effects of the US administration’s most controversial policies.

How true populists should think about Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’

There is a position between the old Republican guard and budget fairyland.

Tariffs are a bet on the free market rather than free trade

Innovation has stalled in a globalised era dominated by state-sponsored national champions.

Why we care about the conclave

The perceived stability of Catholicism is attractive in an exhausting world of upheaval.

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

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