Free Markets
Trump’s tariff mania shows the folly of central planning
After the markets experienced a dramatic rebound last Wednesday, President Donald Trump praised himself for the historic financial upswing. That was the equivalent of setting yourself on fire, jumping in a swimming pool, and…
Uncertainty over Trump’s tariffs is stalling the economy
Last Tuesday, the day before President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs were set to be imposed, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked by a reporter about the possibility of last-minute…
America gained nothing from Trump’s latest tariff stunt
A few hours after President Donald Trump announced an abrupt and partial reversal of his plans to slap huge tariffs on virtually all imports to the United States, a reporter asked him to explain the process that led to that…
It’s not just the stock market that’s in trouble
President Donald Trump's tariffs vaporized $6 trillion in value from the stock market in just two days of trading last week—and the bloodbath continued on Monday morning. Here's the bad news: That's not the end…
Global stock selloff continues as Trump signals no change in his tariff policy
Three-day selloff continues: "The carnage in financial markets worsened on Monday with stressed-out investors abandoning hopes that President Donald Trump would change his tariff policy," reports Bloomberg.…
Trump’s tariff blueprint called for ‘careful planning’
If you want to understand what President Donald Trump is trying to accomplish with his massive tariff hikes, the best place to start is probably a report published not long after Trump won last year's election. That…
Yes, Trump really put higher tariffs on Israel than Iran
A few hours before President Donald Trump slapped huge new tariffs on nearly all imports to the United States, Israel preemptively dropped all its tariffs on American goods. That's what some of Trump's defenders say…
Trump’s new tariffs on these 3 countries look particularly foolish
Many things about the Trump administration's new global tariffs make little sense. Those tariffs are a huge tax increase on American consumers and businesses—one that will raise taxes by $1.8 trillion and lower incomes…
‘Liberation day’ tariffs will liberate people—from their income
We're told that "Liberation Day" tariffs on imports from around the world will raise $6 trillion in federal revenue over the next decade, plus another trillion from automobile tariffs. But the only true…
The Senate just passed Rand Paul’s bill to block Trump’s tariffs on Canada
Just hours after President Donald Trump announced massive new tariffs on nearly all imports to the United States, a bipartisan group of senators made the first push to stop the most nonsensical part of Trump's global…
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