Trumponomics, the Left and the Return of Protectionism
Antipathy for all things Trump, including Trumponomics, is leading some “progressive” economists to change their positions on “free trade”.
Read more...Antipathy for all things Trump, including Trumponomics, is leading some “progressive” economists to change their positions on “free trade”.
Read more...Why the Trump trade threats towards China aren’t likely to be terribly productive.
Read more...Yes, Virginia, US manufacturing is going downhill at the bottom of the food chain as well as from the top.
Read more...Economists do not have much nice to say about the UK’s Brexit transition deal.
Read more...The latest installment in the Brexit soap opera.
Read more...Three years in the making, comprehensive UN report on declining biodiversity identifies this trend as a major threat to continued survival.
Read more...How much of the upset over Trump’s planned China tariffs is warranted?
Read more...Chomsky discusses a wide range of hot topics.
Read more...Another economic fantasy, that the trade liberalization promotes the spread of democracy, takes some hard knocks from China.
Read more...A new reason not to like bottled water.
Read more...Trump’s trade threats against China make steel and aluminum tariffs look like a game.
Read more...Trump’s measure raises four issues for the EU: the effect on European industry; how to deter Trump’s broader protectionist thrust; how to use the WTO Dispute System; and, how to prepare for a post-WTO world.
Read more...One way the UK is already losing out from Brexit….the supposedly sought-after drop in immigration is hitting some important sectors.
Read more...Myths and realities concerning the results of the recent Italian elections: who won, who lost, and who simply got it wrong
Read more...Why Trump’s tariffs hit the wrong target.
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