Trumping Capitalism?
Will Trump change capitalism, and if so, how?
Read more...Will Trump change capitalism, and if so, how?
Read more...Will Trump bumble his way into a trade war?
Read more...Just because Trump gets on with Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage does not mean that a trade pact with the US will be a salvation for the UK.
Read more...As with his campaign, the Trump Presidency is loutish, thin-skinned and thinly staffed, disorderly….and taking ground.
Read more...There is little agreement on how government should respond to the challenge posed by “losers” from globalization.
Read more...How uncertainty over the wisdom of the Fed starting to tighten in 2017 and its reading of Trump policies might impact other economies.
Read more...Why is the EU project in trouble and what might be done to fix it?
Read more...Comparative data on immigration doesn’t support the tidy economists’ story that it good for growth…at least not recently.
Read more...Four Nobel Prize winners agree that rent-seeking is the biggest driver of rising inequality.
Read more...Yves here. This post makes a point at the end in passing about the value of multilateralism, even though the TPP was otherwise a very bad scheme on multiple levels. This serves as a reminder to mention something I’ve neglected to say. Trump’s plan to enter into bi-lateral trade deals (after supposedly tearing up extant […]
Read more...Over the past five years, global trade growth has been stagnant. With protectionist sentiment intensifying. Will this trend continue?
Read more...Looking at why Trump won and the implications for his presidency.
Read more...Forecasts for the US depend heavily on what Trump might actually get done. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard thinks Mr. Market is out over his skis.
Read more...‘Respectable’ news outlets have been feeding their readers ‘fake news’ for years now. 2017 will see changes in the offing, as we downsize.
Read more...Why “Buy American” is going to be a tough sale for Trump.
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