industrial policy
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Only Lobbying and Self-Deception Can Keep Tariffs Alive
Tariffs exploit humans’ self-deception and willful ignorance, making feel-good patriotism into a cover story for rent-seeking, favoritism, and graft.
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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Notches a Slight 0.10% Gain in July 2025
After a third delay of China tariffs, rising prices, delayed policy effects, and a weakening job market make the Fed’s path to rate cuts uncertain.
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Trump’s AI Plan Aims High, But Leaves a Gaping Hole
The President’s order curbs federal overreach, yet its silence on state regulation risks chaos and stagnation.
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No, We Weren’t Ripped Off: Debunking the Myth of Trade Victimhood
The emotional narrative of trade partners “laughing at us” is economically irrational, and acting on it only impoverishes us.
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Let Americans Buy Cars Online!
Bypassing dealerships could increase competition and lower prices. That’s why they lobby against direct-to-consumer sales.
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Reviving Factory Jobs is an Expensive Illusion
Manufacturing jobs and their wages aren’t disproportionately better than other sectors — certainly not enough to justify government favoritism.
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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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Biden Expanded Executive Power to Kill the US Steel-Nippon Merger
In an increasingly interconnected global economy, clinging to outdated protectionist measures is a losing strategy.
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Only Lobbying and Self-Deception Can Keep Tariffs Alive
Tariffs exploit humans’ self-deception and willful ignorance, making feel-good patriotism into a cover story for rent-seeking, favoritism, and graft.
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•
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Notches a Slight 0.10% Gain in July 2025
After a third delay of China tariffs, rising prices, delayed policy effects, and a weakening job market make the Fed’s path to rate cuts uncertain.
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•
Trump’s AI Plan Aims High, But Leaves a Gaping Hole
The President’s order curbs federal overreach, yet its silence on state regulation risks chaos and stagnation.
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•
No, We Weren’t Ripped Off: Debunking the Myth of Trade Victimhood
The emotional narrative of trade partners “laughing at us” is economically irrational, and acting on it only impoverishes us.
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•
Let Americans Buy Cars Online!
Bypassing dealerships could increase competition and lower prices. That’s why they lobby against direct-to-consumer sales.
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•
Reviving Factory Jobs is an Expensive Illusion
Manufacturing jobs and their wages aren’t disproportionately better than other sectors — certainly not enough to justify government favoritism.
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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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•
Biden Expanded Executive Power to Kill the US Steel-Nippon Merger
In an increasingly interconnected global economy, clinging to outdated protectionist measures is a losing strategy.