Outside the Beltway

We are about to find out the degree to which trade wars are good and easy to win.

Spoiler alert: This is going to be a disaster

Making the Markets Dive Again.

Just a little comparison of 2017, 2021, and 2025 plus more thoughts on tariffs.

And thoughts about Trump’s economic approach to date.

Who’d of thought that Donald Trump would do what he campaigned on doing?!

A quote from the wit and wisdom of Donald J. Trump.

Trade wars are good and easy to win.

Way to go, pro-business party!

We are in the the dumbest timeline.

And so it begins.

The culture seems to be shifting.

Oligarchy and populism don’t mix.

There are 800 or so of them in the United States alone. Where the hell did they come from?

Trump is like a child with a new toy.

Some comparative data.

Trump’s core policies will drive inflation

It’s not just Red Lobster.

More jobs were added than expected.

A tentative agreement has been reached.

Yet another plot twist in Campaign 2024.

A modest proposal for Civil Service reform.

Yet another service disruption over rights fees calls attention to the issue.

Going electric may require reversing a decades-long trend.

Why the rent is too damn high.

The search giant lost a major court battle. What’s next?

An institution is shuttering thanks to changing societal norms.

Why public attitudes are lagging real world performane.

Our natural instincts in hiring are wrong.

Democratic strategists are complaining that Biden is being too honest.

A weird report might explain a puzzling finding in the polls.

Public perception is not aligned with the top level data.

He’s ratcheted up what Trump started but also shifted focus.

The skies are getting a little friendlier thanks to technology.

Its time has passed.

California is leading the way on a wildly popular initiative.

Novo Nordisk is worth more than home country’s Denmark annual GDP.

Ending one of the big hassles of flying.

A massive change to the business environment — if it survives judicial scrutiny.

As the Silents and Boomers die off, their assets will be redistributed.

Liquefied Natural Gas edition.

Shockingly, most people aren’t economists.

Spying on customers is expensive.

Easy Come, Easy Go.

He’s suddenly a billionaire after all.

The book spawned a cottage industry. But did it change the study of economics?

Anticompetitive practices in one of the most competitive of markets.