Tariffs
Trump claims his tariffs have ‘brought America back.’ Here are 3 things he got wrong.
President Donald Trump argued in a Saturday Wall Street Journal op-ed that his myriad tariffs have boosted America's economy without causing the harms that many economists predicted. "We have proven, decisively,…
Canadian boycott and retaliatory tariffs are crushing U.S. alcohol makers
In recent weeks, new data has emerged from Canada showing the near-catastrophic consequences to American alcohol manufacturers from President Donald Trump's tariff wars. Yet despite clear signs that his tariff policies…
Free nations don’t have to care about the whims of elected officials
The freer the nation, the less the public needs to care about anything that its leader might say or do. In freer nations, the leader's powers are strictly limited, and the citizens' rights are protected. Yet in…
From Georgia’s film subsidies to Intel’s collapse, industrial policy keeps failing
Industrial policy is failing, and not just in Washington. Across America, officials promise to engineer the right economic outcomes by intervening in the market in just the right ways. Most people know that under Presidents…
Kevin Roberts’ book ‘Dawn’s Early Light’ explains the Heritage Foundation meltdown
On a Thursday night in December, I got a breathless call from a Heritage Foundation senior scholar. John Malcolm and Jessica Reinsch, the director and a deputy director of the think tank's Meese Center for Legal and…
The West's Already-Messy Divorce
Acres of bad op-eds and half of Aaron Sorkin's career notwithstanding, political speeches, even of the highly anticipated variety, almost never matter and are typically forgotten by light of morning. Not so…
Trump backpedals on European tariff threat over acquiring Greenland
Greenland proposal: On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that he had reached a deal with European allies in NATO over his proposed acquisition of Greenland. He also withdrew his threat of increased tariffs, causing…
Mike Johnson says he has ‘no intention’ of letting Congress vote on Trump’s tariffs
Even as one significant hurdle to a congressional vote on President Donald Trump's tariffs is set to expire in the coming days, another major obstacle remains in place: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R–La.). Since…
Is America Really Going to War for Greenland?
This week, editors Peter Suderman and Matt Welch are joined by novelist and Reason contributor Kat Rosenfield and head of media for the Institute of Economic Affairs Reem Ibrahim to assess the mounting confrontation between…
Trump’s Plan to Seize Greenland is Simultaneously Evil, Illegal, and Counterproductive
NA Donald Trump's plan to seize Greenland has the rare distinction of simultaneously combining grave injustice, massive illegality, and extreme counterproductive stupidity. The same is true of his more recent effort to…
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