industrial policy
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Cowboy Diplomacy: Ranchers Reject Tariff Rhetoric
Cattlemen bristle at being treated as economic pawns. Protectionism is an insult to people who embody the mythos of American self-reliance.
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Trumponomics Is Pushing Young Voters Into Socialism
Trump’s tariffs and Mamdani’s socialism share fatal flaws: putting populist politics above prices. The real casualty? American prosperity.
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How China Remade Global Trade — and Then Broke It
Trade has made us wealthy and resilient, but also vulnerable to coercion. As China’s economic power peaks, its political model may be reaching its limits.
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Sow a Trade War, Harvest a Farm Crisis
Farmers have weathered droughts, floods, and pests — but Trump’s trade policy may be their toughest test yet. As China halts soybean imports, even the most productive growers are facing mounting losses.
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Semiconductor Giants with Tech-Industrial Ambitions
With CHIPS Act subsidies, acquisitions, and now federal ownership shares in Intel, semiconductor makers are accruing a lot of political power. That won’t be good news for technical innovation.
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Tariffs Rest on Distrust of Citizens
Protectionism assumes Americans are foolish, squandering opportunities and mismanaging their finances. Free trade reflects confidence in our ability to adapt, compete, and prosper.
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Is This Even Capitalism Anymore?
Both right and left are lurching toward authoritarianism, including the kind of state-controlled economy America once opposed.
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The High Cost of Free Transit
Paying even a modest fare signals that the service has worth. Without that signal, transit quickly attract vandals and lawless behavior.
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Decentralized Defense: How Ukraine’s Lean Military Outperforms Expectations
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense buys from a competitive market of private firms. The Pentagon could do the same — if it chose innovation over incumbency.
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‘Emergency’ Tariffs (Mostly) Struck Down
A Federal Circuit Court affirmed the Court of International Trade’s ruling: the President has no authority to extend “trade emergencies.”
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Cowboy Diplomacy: Ranchers Reject Tariff Rhetoric
Cattlemen bristle at being treated as economic pawns. Protectionism is an insult to people who embody the mythos of American self-reliance.
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•
Trumponomics Is Pushing Young Voters Into Socialism
Trump’s tariffs and Mamdani’s socialism share fatal flaws: putting populist politics above prices. The real casualty? American prosperity.
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•
How China Remade Global Trade — and Then Broke It
Trade has made us wealthy and resilient, but also vulnerable to coercion. As China’s economic power peaks, its political model may be reaching its limits.
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•
Sow a Trade War, Harvest a Farm Crisis
Farmers have weathered droughts, floods, and pests — but Trump’s trade policy may be their toughest test yet. As China halts soybean imports, even the most productive growers are facing mounting losses.
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•
Semiconductor Giants with Tech-Industrial Ambitions
With CHIPS Act subsidies, acquisitions, and now federal ownership shares in Intel, semiconductor makers are accruing a lot of political power. That won’t be good news for technical innovation.
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Tariffs Rest on Distrust of Citizens
Protectionism assumes Americans are foolish, squandering opportunities and mismanaging their finances. Free trade reflects confidence in our ability to adapt, compete, and prosper.
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•
Is This Even Capitalism Anymore?
Both right and left are lurching toward authoritarianism, including the kind of state-controlled economy America once opposed.
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•
The High Cost of Free Transit
Paying even a modest fare signals that the service has worth. Without that signal, transit quickly attract vandals and lawless behavior.
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•
Decentralized Defense: How Ukraine’s Lean Military Outperforms Expectations
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense buys from a competitive market of private firms. The Pentagon could do the same — if it chose innovation over incumbency.
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•
‘Emergency’ Tariffs (Mostly) Struck Down
A Federal Circuit Court affirmed the Court of International Trade’s ruling: the President has no authority to extend “trade emergencies.”