Imposing market power on suppliers or seeking special exemptions from the president are not avenues available to small businesses.
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How the Euro Can Replace the Dollar
Europe has a potential golden opportunity to claim the global reserve currency and get a free military rearmament to boot.
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The Manufacturing Boom We Already Had
A Q&A with Biden industrial-policy official Alex Jacquez on the right way to boost domestic production in critical sectors
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The Great Trump Crash?
Emergency warnings are lighting up all over financial markets, solely because of Donald Trump.
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The Economic Consequences of the Tariff War
The economy was already stalling out before Liberation Day. A trade war on the entire world will only make everything worse.
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We Never Had Free Trade
The U.S. trading system since the 1970s has screwed American workers. But the main culprits are the American capitalists who devised the system, not foreigners.
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I Hope MAGA Investors Enjoy the Crisis They Caused
Right-wing financiers thought Trump would unleash prosperity. Instead, his tariffs are nuking the markets.
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They’re Not Tariffs, They’re Sanctions
Stop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money.
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Trump’s Tariff Fantasy
His projection of a U.S. manufacturing boom behind tariff walls leaves out retaliation by other countries and a trade war.
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Trump’s Tariff Charade
Today is billed as ‘Liberation Day,’ as Trump plans to unveil his master tariff program at 4 p.m. The details are still obscure, even to Trump.
