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Putting Trump’s Proposed Two Thousand Dollar Rebate in Perspective

18th November 2025 Patrick Barron 0

President Trump has proposed giving “each American” a check for two thousand dollars ($2,000). Well, not “each” American. Top earners will not be included, so instead of each of the three hundred and thirty three [more…]

Economics

A Simple Solution to the Tariff Wars

14th August 2025 Patrick Barron 0

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…]

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International Trade

7th July 2025 Emile Woolf 0

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…]

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The Protectionists Have No Theory

5th June 2025 Patrick Barron 0

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…]

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Making Sense of American Craziness

24th April 2025 Going Postal 0

The idea that England and America are two countries separated by the same language is often attributed to George Bernard Shaw, but there are other attributes that separate us as well.  We in the US [more…]

America

Some Straight Talk to the Anti-Free Traders

23rd April 2025 Patrick Barron 0

Oh, I know. You aren’t REALLY against free trade per se. You just demand a “level playing field”. Those Chinese cheat by raising tariffs against our goods and subsidizing key industries that they want to [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Seventy-Seven

20th April 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning and welcome to another week of the ramblings of your favourite cat reporter. A nice morning today again, but I’m delighted to be able to tell you that Legohead had a grotty [more…]

America

They call him the Great Disruptor

17th April 2025 Going Postal 0

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…]

America

The Art of the Deal

14th April 2025 well_chuffed 0

Creating chaos is part of the Donald’s Art of the Deal. It has been succinctly explained by Andrew Torba. Start with an extreme position to create room for compromise Use attention grabbing statements to control [more…]

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