Today on TAP: The president has backed off his latest threats to fire Fed Chair Jay Powell and is now talking of a grand bargain with China.
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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
How the Trump Tariffs Assist Monopoly
Imposing market power on suppliers or seeking special exemptions from the president are not avenues available to small businesses.
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Tariffs, Pundits, and Democrats
Today on TAP: The Democrats are an easier target than Trump.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Will Trump Obey the Supreme Court?
The case of the man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison now urgently poses that question.
Posted inEconomic Policy
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.
Posted inTAP
Could Jay Powell Restrain Trump?
Today on TAP: Trump’s destructive tariff policies could well require emergency Fed intervention that Powell doesn’t want. Will the Fed chair have the nerve to challenge Trump?
Posted inEconomic Policy
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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Sorry, but It’s Not Over
Today on TAP: Trump blinks for now, but he remains a bundle of contradictory impulses and grievances. So the wholly invented economic crisis will continue.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Great Trump Crash?
Emergency warnings are lighting up all over financial markets, solely because of Donald Trump.
