Free Markets
Does it matter that Donald Trump is confused by magnets?
In just a few months since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has claimed remarkable powers to reshape global trade and has erected some huge barriers to imports into the United States. Trump has done all of…
Closure of tariff loophole for mail puts millions of transactions at risk
With tariff uncertainty on the rise, illustrator Robyn Kearns broke the bad news to their tens of thousands of followers on Instagram: No more funny cat pictures would be coming to America, at least for a while. "Tariffs…
Why is Europe so poor compared to the U.S.?
It's not hard to see why Europeans often feel a sense of superiority over Americans. No European city has an area as dangerous or decrepit as San Francisco's Tenderloin district. Some Americans obsess about…
Trump’s new trade ‘deal’ with the E.U. leaves out beer, wine, booze
Americans who enjoy German lagers, Belgian saisons, and Czech pilsners will get no relief from the higher tariffs that President Donald Trump has poured on their favorite brews. The framework of a much-anticipated trade deal…
Trump promised ‘reciprocal’ tariffs. The numbers tell a different story.
For months on the campaign trail and after taking office, President Donald Trump promised that his tariff policies would be based on a simple principle: reciprocity. "Whatever they tax us, we will tax them," Trump…
The anti-porn crusade comes for online games
Anti-porn crusaders and squeamish financial companies are coming for kinky gamers. Once upon a time, this unholy collaboration seemed content targeting actual porn (something I wrote a Reason cover story on in 2022, if you…
Ford paid $800 million in tariff costs, despite building most cars in America
If President Donald Trump's tariffs were boosting the prospects of American-based manufacturing, then Ford Motor Co. ought to be one of the biggest winners. After all, Ford builds more vehicles in the United States than…
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