Why America Is Acting This Way on Trade: A Globotics Shock, a Failed Social Policy, and Middle-Class Fury
An attempt to divine the political roots of Trump’s trade and tariff policies.
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Focus on Market Rout from Overvalued Levels Diverting Attention from Real Economy DOGE, Particularly Social Security and Depth of Tariff Damage
The focus on the market rout pervesely distracts attention from Trump’s massive and probably durable real economy destruction.
Read more...Trump Tariffs Run Over Already-Desperate Car Industry; Higher Prices, Job Cuts, and Supplier Closures Baked In
The tariff situation has developed not necessarily to the advantage of the car industry.
Read more...Trade War Just Crashed Crude. Demand Might Be Next
Are the tariffs more likely to change patterns in the global oil market than really kill oil demand?
Read more...As Global Conflicts Rage, Has Neoliberalism Already Won?
If we look at the “Great Game” through the lens of internecine strife of the global neoliberal elite, does it matter who wins?
Read more...Trump’s Tariffs Are Extremely Dumb, Just Not For The Reasons You Might Think
The massive Trump tariffs are a con on a global scale. Trump is not rejecting the corporate trade model. He’s weaponizing it.
Read more...Trump’s Non-Cooperative Game
Game theorists do not take a kind view of how Trump is going about things.
Read more...Another Trump Big Lie: “Reciprocal Tariffs”
Further discussion of the delustions and misrepresentations of the Trump tariffs.
Read more...Trump Deploys His Tariff Wrecking Ball; How Much Will the US Suffer Along with Most of the Rest of the World?
The latest Trump tariffs kick up the destructiveness of his administration up to a whole new level.
Read more...Bracing for the Fallout from Trump Tariff Delusions
Trump is about to drop another big tariff shoe, and pretty much no one but very hard core ideologues is on board.
Read more...Satyajit Das: European Mirages – Why Crises and Decline Lies Ahead
To alleviate its decline, Europe needs to restore good relations with Russia and China, which seems impossible absent regime changes
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Crypto’s Role in Trump’s Economic Masterplan (With Special Emphasis on Stablecoins)
Might there be more method in Trump’s crypto and dollar madness than most assume?
Read more...Fed Not Buying Trump Administration Economic Snake Oil but Stands Largely Pat While Depicting Higher Inflation, Lower Growth Prospects
The Fed has noticed that Trump’s policies are chilling growth while stoking inflation, but is not yet ready to react strongly.
Read more...Business Press Suddenly and Widely Reporting Damage Done by Trump Economic Policies
As the wheels start coming off the Trump economy, the president shows no sign of changing course.
Read more...Trump Tariffs Plunge Local NYC Businesses Into Uncertainty
A look at the damage being done by Trump tariffs, though the eyes of small business operators in New York City.
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