…disrupted overseas and domestic markets, denied agriculture its reliable labor pool, and defunded critical [agricultural] research and staffing.” The letter goes on to describe Trump’s tariffs as “indiscriminate and haphazard,”…
…the greatest pressure. When judgment is accelerated, personalized, and scaled globally without common rules, the foundations of democratic consent begin to erode. Why Markets Alone Aren’t Enough Markets are excellent…
…last four to five weeks—or go “far longer.” If tensions in the region continue, it could cause major disruptions to global energy markets and trigger widespread inflation. As of Tuesday…
…energy markets. Brent crude was trading above $88 per barrel in early trading, up more than 4% on the day, while U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate climbed to roughly $85.90 per…
…Energy Agency unanimously agreed today to make 400 million barrels of oil from their emergency reserves available to the market to address disruptions in oil markets stemming from the war…
…market that provides their electrotech industries with big advantages even in foreign markets. There’s a widespread, completely erroneous belief among opponents of renewable energy that China produces electrotech equipment but…
…kind of Saturday video, I thought I would talk a little bit about latest economic news, markets — things that I don’t normally weigh in very much because that kind…
…see a short note by the Dallas Fed highlighting the differences between the French and US labor markets (and the 1994 OECD jobs study). The French labor market is quite…
One of the nice things about going to the Kauffman Foundation this year was meeting up again with Peter Klein of Organizations and Markets, who was my first economics professor.*…
If I’m reading this link from my usual news source correctly, Joseph Stiglitz’s new book Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy is being sold in…