Macron’s Reforms
Emmanuel Macron is nothing if not ambitious. True to his campaign promises, he has put forward bold proposals to reform France’s stifling regulatory and tax regimes. Since his party has […]
The German Swindle
Trump, for all his rhetorical clumsiness and intellectual limitations, still sometimes makes a valid point. He does when he says that Germany is “very bad on trade.” However much Berlin […]
Trump’s New Look on Trade
Trump in recent weeks has offered reason for many to sigh with relief, at least where foreign trade is concerned. The man came into office in January preaching a strictly […]
Work in the 21st Century
Whatever politicians promise to the contrary, technology and globalization will continue to transform the American workplace. Hand in glove, they will force the economy to abandon simpler, labor-intensive production […]
Book Review: Adaptive Markets by Andrew W. Lu
This book offers a welcome, fresh look at how financial markets work and why they sometimes fail. It is ambitious work to say the least. Lo first sets out to […]
Trump’s Budget
Now that the brouhaha over Trump’s budget has died down, it is probably a good time to reach for perspective on matter. The effort must first realize that not since […]
Reading Keynes Correctly
Had Barack Obama read his Keynes thoroughly, the American economy would look stronger today. He did embrace some of what Keynes said. His turn to public works spending to counter […]
Regulatory Reform
This third discussion of a prospective Trump economic policy agenda takes up the matter of regulatory relief. This issue has two aspects: 1) the rollback of the heavy regulatory agenda […]
Entitlements Reform
This is the second part of a three-part series on how Trump can offer the country a coherent and comprehensive economic policy agenda. The first of these covered tax reform, […]
A Coherent Economic Plan for Trump
Now that Trump’s initial gesture at Obamacare replacement has moved forward, he might want to go beyond gestures and offer the country a more comprehensive and coherent economic policy line. […]
Thirty Tomorrows 