…highly recommend subscribing to Greg’s podcast! It was a good if depressing discussion, in part about Trump’s trade “deals” but also about how they are being (mis)reported. The question is…

…other goals and desires. [Same as Amsterdam and Dutch government policies now] Politics offers attractive solutions but economics can offer only trade-offs. For example, when laws are proposed to restrict the…

…trades cross borders, as they do in this book. I will give a number of excerpts below, but let me state my one-handed conclusion now: Traders — even these traders —…

…in 97 years. Trade (retail/wholesale) is 8.4% of Massachusetts total GDP. Even trade has not kept up with Massachusetts GDP growth. Finance is 21% of Massachusetts total GDP. A classification…

…oil tankers have an outsized impact relative to sanctions from other jurisdictions. U.S. Trade policy In 2026, I will be watching the continuing saga of U.S. trade policy, specifically how…

Upcoming reports and meetings from the NYT ECONOMIC REPORTS: Data will include consumer credit for May (Monday); the trade deficit for May and wholesale trade inventories for May (Wednesday); weekly…

…trade is good for you’ to people who know that it is not, we will quickly become irrelevant to the public debate. As Rusty can (and will, at length) tell…

…trade (of course), as modelling is extremely complex and fraught with assumptions. Republican opponents have used the cost figure of $3,100 per household per year based on an MIT study…

…11 must go!—but the idea that a 14-year-old trade agreement should be kept sacrosanct confuses ceteris with paribus in a manner to shame Brad DeLong. But, of course, “free trade”…

Industrial production ‘meh’ in February, but down sharply since last summer; real manufacturing and trade sales forecast to decline in Febuary  – by New Deal democrat Industrial production was unchanged for…