Tariffs

Chaos

7th April 2025 well_chuffed 0

Since the Donald was sworn in as the 47th President there has been little but chaos in his administration. Steve Bannon intimated that changes would be coming fast and haphazardly, mainly to keep the Democrats [more…]

Why I Want China to Stop Manipulating Its Economy

11th February 2020 Patrick Barron 0

In his State of the Union Address–February 4, 2020–President Trump outlined his reasons for punishing nations like China that manipulate their economies in order to achieve some internal policy goal. The president claimed that such [more…]

Selective Recollection & Economic Reality

10th February 2020 Emile Woolf 0

Those still shedding tears over our departure from the EU invariably refer to the success of the EU in healing post-WW2 wounds and keeping peace in Europe for 75 years. By the same token they [more…]

Is There an Economic Justification for Tariffs?

23rd September 2019 Patrick Barron 0

A tariff is a tax on imports that is used to satisfy a policy goal. Before the federal income tax became law in 1913, the US federal government was funded almost entirely by tariffs and [more…]