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The Hollywood Reporter has a good piece on Trump’s proposed movie tariffs: Even if such a tariff were legal —…
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) recently tweeted that they wanted to bring back apparel manufacturing to the…
Guatemala has a slight edge on GNP per capita, according to World Bank sources $5762 vs. $5391, noting the gap…
The United Arab Emirates will introduce artificial intelligence to the public school curriculum this year, as the Gulf country vies…
In the latest EconTalk, “The Economics of Tariffs and Trade (with Doug Irwin)“, May 5, 2025, Russ Roberts interviews…
David Ricardo. In a recent article in The Financial Times Nat Dyer argues that economists misunderstand tariffs. He points out…
With the far right ascendant in much of the west, it is notable that Latin America is not turning the…
In their influential magnum opus, Why Nations Fail, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson develop the proposition that the wealth…
Instead of re-opening Alcatraz as super-max prison we should build a statute to America. I suggest “Lady Liberty of the…
1. John Arnold on Enron. 2. On architecture for federal buildings (Bloomberg). 3. Chess players rely too much on familiar moves.…