Economic Growth
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There’s a New Sheriff at the Fed
Michelle Bowman’s remarks offer a clear vision for a more focused, flexible, and transparent regulatory regime. It’s a welcome recalibration.
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Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ Politics Undermine America’s Future
As an erratic ‘first mover,’ Trump’s negotiation style destabilizes the nation. Game theory and public choice explain the global stakes of his individual recklessness.
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Should Economists Rule the World?
Mark Carney, an economist who served as the central banker of two G7 countries, is now the prime minister of Canada.
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Three Goals for Trump’s Trade Negotiations
The President’s priorities should include low prices, international influence, and reduced risk of a global trade war.
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Nostalgianomics, or Economic Amnesia?
Hazy dreams of an economic or social golden age contrast with a diagnosis that something in America has broken. But has it?
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Improving on the One Big Beautiful Reconciliation Bill
Preserving the de minimis tariff exemption for low-cost imports would save low-income households billions.
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Taking Government Out of GDP, An Update
Government spending comes at a cost to our standard of living: it’s time to stop counting weapons systems as citizens’ economic welfare.
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China’s ‘Vanishing’ Data Can’t Hide Its Economic Slowdown
Beijing has stopped providing many statistics to international agencies. But China’s faltering economy and fractured polity can’t be concealed.
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Protectionist Angst Is ‘Made in America’ — So Are Lots of Other Things
Manufacturing jobs are often difficult and dangerous. Thanks to labor-saving tech, fewer Americans need to work them, and our industrial output remains at near all-time highs.
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Socialism, Not the Embargo, Explains Nearly All of Cuba’s Poverty
A synthetic control allows researchers to disentangle causal effects: the primary cause of Cuba’s poverty is its repressive socialist regime, with just 10 percent of the gap resulting from the trade embargo.
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There’s a New Sheriff at the Fed
Michelle Bowman’s remarks offer a clear vision for a more focused, flexible, and transparent regulatory regime. It’s a welcome recalibration.
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Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ Politics Undermine America’s Future
As an erratic ‘first mover,’ Trump’s negotiation style destabilizes the nation. Game theory and public choice explain the global stakes of his individual recklessness.
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•
Should Economists Rule the World?
Mark Carney, an economist who served as the central banker of two G7 countries, is now the prime minister of Canada.
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Three Goals for Trump’s Trade Negotiations
The President’s priorities should include low prices, international influence, and reduced risk of a global trade war.
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•
Nostalgianomics, or Economic Amnesia?
Hazy dreams of an economic or social golden age contrast with a diagnosis that something in America has broken. But has it?
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Improving on the One Big Beautiful Reconciliation Bill
Preserving the de minimis tariff exemption for low-cost imports would save low-income households billions.
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•
Taking Government Out of GDP, An Update
Government spending comes at a cost to our standard of living: it’s time to stop counting weapons systems as citizens’ economic welfare.
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China’s ‘Vanishing’ Data Can’t Hide Its Economic Slowdown
Beijing has stopped providing many statistics to international agencies. But China’s faltering economy and fractured polity can’t be concealed.
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Protectionist Angst Is ‘Made in America’ — So Are Lots of Other Things
Manufacturing jobs are often difficult and dangerous. Thanks to labor-saving tech, fewer Americans need to work them, and our industrial output remains at near all-time highs.
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•
Socialism, Not the Embargo, Explains Nearly All of Cuba’s Poverty
A synthetic control allows researchers to disentangle causal effects: the primary cause of Cuba’s poverty is its repressive socialist regime, with just 10 percent of the gap resulting from the trade embargo.