tariffs

Tariff Foolishness Has Nothing To Do With Tariffs

Yesterday, the reactive two-year-old masquerading as the president of the United States announced a breathtaking array of new tariffs designed to punish America’s friends and reward its enemies. Economists are tying themselves in knots trying to explain how these tariffs work, but they are barking up the wrong tree, according … [continued]

Making America Irrelevant

Paul Krugman writes that America will be irreparably harmed both economically and culturally by the policies of this administration.

Trump’s Tariffs Are An Economic & Environmental Boomerang

The first Trump trade war was a disaster for US cleantech, and it looks like 2025 is setting up to be an encore performance. Between 2018 and 2020, Trump’s tariffs on solar panels cost the US an estimated 10.5 GW of lost solar capacity, delaying the transition to clean energy … [continued]