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Trying to Take Trump Seriously Dec. 29, 2017
2016 turned out to be a year in which it was wise to take Donald Trump as a political candidate seri... Read More
Keep Calm and Carry On Nov. 03, 2017
Keep calm and carry on. Those words, though not appearing as extensively on posters in wartime Brita... Read More
Trump Economy Fails to Wow Many Investors Oct. 26, 2017
A rich guy I know really, really dislikes Donald Trump. A member of the 1 percent, Jack (not his rea... Read More
Trump Makes Mess of Trade, US Economy Beware Oct. 19, 2017
America's closest neighbors, Mexico and Canada, rank high on Donald Trump's to-do list of allies to ... Read More
NAFTA 2.0 Must Strengthen Intellectual Property Rights Oct. 17, 2017
It now appears that Donald Trump's intention regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement is to... Read More
Time to Remove Trump From the Pilot's Seat on Trade Sep. 07, 2017
Nuclear threats by North Korea frighten us and terrify South Koreans, who could suffer devastating l... Read More
Can the GOP's Shotgun Marriage Be Saved? Aug. 29, 2017
Wednesday morning, Nov. 9, 2016, Republicans awoke to learn they had won the lottery. Donald Trump h... Read More
Trump's Trade Doctrine Aug. 23, 2017
Most shoppers prefer to buy American. But given a choice between an American-made product and a chea... Read More
America's Dumb War Against Trade Jul. 11, 2017
Donald Trump bragged that he would put America in the driver's seat. He would keep us out of trade a... Read More
Let's Stop Acting as if the 2016 Campaign Were Still On Jun. 02, 2017
If you keep up with the news, you might think that the unpleasant and unedifying 2016 presidential c... Read More
Trade Ignorance and Demagoguery May. 03, 2017
When we discuss international trade and balance of payments, there are two types of accounts. There ... Read More
Trump Moves Mexico Left Feb. 24, 2017
The United States has benefited for more than 160 years from having a friendly neighbor to its south... Read More
There's Nothing Free Feb. 22, 2017
It was Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman who made famous the adage, "There's no such thing as... Read More
Free Trade's Effect on 'Earned Success' Feb. 10, 2017
Amid all the hurly-burly of President Donald Trump's first weeks in office, let's try to put the cha... Read More
The Folly of 'Buy American and Hire American' Jan. 26, 2017
Now that the campaign is over, Donald Trump is no longer willing to fake it. Last year, he insisted,... Read More
Hitting Our Heads Against a Border Wall Jan. 26, 2017
Illegal immigration from Mexico is yesterday's problem. Last year, more Mexicans left the United Sta... Read More
International Trade Thuggery Jan. 18, 2017
President-elect Donald Trump's threats against American companies looking to relocate in foreign cou... Read More
Donald Trump Is Just an Old Whig Jan. 12, 2017
WASHINGTON — It has come to my attention that there are still conservatives out there who do n... Read More
Why the Image of the Great Economic Leader Is Dangerous Jan. 11, 2017
On Tuesday, Alibaba CEO Jack Ma, one of the richest men on the planet, met with President-elect Dona... Read More
Please, No More Miracles Dec. 14, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump has warned companies that they are not going to leave the United States... Read More
