The president’s lunatic tariffs are jacking up prices all over the place.
automakers
Posted inTAP
A May Day Meditation on the Need for Strikes
Today on TAP: 55,000 L.A. County workers just walked off the job. Striking was their only way to win raises commensurate with the cost of living.
Posted inWorking in America
A World Beyond Tariffs
The United Auto Workers weren’t always in favor of tariffs; they earlier supported cross-border coordination to support better jobs and a peaceful future.
Posted inEconomic Policy
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.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Norway’s State Investment Fund Should Dump Tesla
Its vast sovereign wealth fund owns nearly 36 million Tesla shares. Better get out while the getting is good.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Mad King Trump’s Tariff Disaster
The president’s trade war on Canada is heating up in the dumbest conceivable manner.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Canada Braces for Two-Step Trade War
Michigan and Ontario will be on the front lines of serious economic disruptions if and when the Trump tariffs finally materialize.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Ford and Musk. They Made Cars. They Backed Fascists.
Each age’s premier industrialist has had appalling politics.
Posted inTransportation
Tesla Is Cooked
Unless Donald Trump gives the company lots of government subsidies, that is.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Tesla’s Bid to Pull Up the EV Ladder
The rumored end to the $7,500 federal rebate for electric vehicles sounds like it would hurt the nation’s biggest EV maker. Quite the opposite, actually.