America
Tin Foil Hat at the ready!
It dawned upon the MSM over the last week that the Donald had not been seen in public for a few days. The orgasmic speculation that he had died was nothing less than disgraceful but [more…]
Donald J. Trump
America
An outside chance of peace
Apologies for this week’s rather brief article. I wanted to write more but it is all speculation so far. We stand at the brink of the end of the war in Ukraine but we shouldn’t [more…]
Economics
A Simple Solution to the Tariff Wars
US President Donald Trump has kicked off a tit-for-tat tariff war, claiming that foreign tariffs against American goods harms America and that American tariffs against foreign goods are essential to rebuild America’s manufacturing base. Frankly, [more…]
Economics
International Trade
As regular readers know, I have been compiling the essays in my “Economic Perspectives” series with a view to publishing the collection as a single work, which should come to fruition in a month or [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Six
Monday Good morning my happy readers, it is dry and a bit warmer this morning. The Donald isn’t messing about with the illegals in California. He hasn’t hesitated to send in the National Guard to [more…]
Economics
The Protectionists Have No Theory
President Trump’s tariff blitz has shocked and alienated almost all students of economic science, but he seems to have a loyal following of support among the electorate. Students of economic science have a rich history [more…]
America
Why DOGE Has Failed
After much ballyhoo and euphoria over Elon Musk’s DOGE findings, it now appears that the federal budget will not decrease one penny this fiscal year. What went wrong? As a long-time consultant in the banking [more…]
America
Keith’s negotiating prowess
Keith’s expertise is certainly not in negotiating and especially not with the Donald. Despite shouting from the rooftops how wonderful our new trade deal with the US is (remember only possible because of Brexit) the [more…]
America
They call him the Great Disruptor
It’s been interesting (but entirely predictable) to see the world reaction to Trump’s tariff speech. I suppose that hysteria is warranted, because what Trump has done is indeed unprecedented and likely to have seismic effects, [more…]