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Urging Trump to pursue policy other than weaker dollar
Glenn Hubbard explores how President Trump can address real economic concerns without a counterproductive tariff policy. or all the benefits that accrue to financiers and consumers, a stronger dollar makes it harder for US…
Tackling tariffs’ negative impact
Kyle Pomerleau explores tariffs’ impact on the American economy. Tariffs have become an important economic policy in the United States. Tariffs are a form of excise tax that applies to imported goods. They can be imposed for…
Trump has options for limiting price growth
Michael Strain ponders the president’s options for battling inflation. With prices rising faster than wages, workers are losing ground in the US. The consumer price index for April, released this week, shows an increase of…
Tariffs blunt positive impacts of tax cuts
Phil Gramm and Michael Solon examine the interplay between tariffs and tax cuts. Republicans are counting on voters being pleasantly surprised by larger-than-expected tax refunds this spring thanks to new tax cuts from the…
Trump tariffs have ‘murky’ impact on American agricultural trade
Joseph Glauber offers a one-year progress report on President Trump’s tariffs on agricultural products. One year after Liberation Day, the trade outlook for US agriculture remains murky. By the end of 2025, US agricultural…
Offering one-year assessment of ‘Liberation Day’
Phil Gramm and Donald Boudreaux analyze the impact of one of President Donald Trump’s key economic ideas. A year ago Thursday, President Trump raised the average effective tariff rate to 22.5%, and proclaimed April 2…
Americans not sold on tariffs to boost economy
Terry Jones of Issues and Insights highlights interesting new polling information involving American attitudes about tariffs. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported goods suffered a Supreme Court legal rebuke in late…
National Review ponders jobs ‘miss’
Editors at National Review Online analyze the latest American employment numbers. Investment gurus generally say that it is a mistake to put too much stress on one month’s numbers — not that that stopped stock markets’ taking…
Imagining the end of the federal income tax
Editors at Issues and Insights ponder a potential seismic shift in federal tax policy. The federal income tax is abusive. It is inconsistent with liberty. It has, as Chief Justice John Marshall noted, the power to destroy.…
SCOTUS tariff decision and the rule of law
Philip Wallach assesses the impact of the US Supreme Court’s recent tariff ruling. If Donald Trump had a motto, it might be: Have carrots ready but start with sticks. With Learning Resources v. Trump, in which a 6-3 Supreme…
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