Fears about tariffs causing a recession are high right now. Betting markets pretty clearly favor the claim of a forthcoming recession. Businesses
For decades, international development has been synonymous with massive aid programs, billion-dollar projects, and slow-moving bureaucracies. Governments and global institutions have spent
On Capitol Hill, where memories are short, concern about open-ended military conflicts — or as one might call them, war — is
President Donald Trump told reporters that if Iran does not give up its nuclear weapons program, military action led by Israel is
In 1881, a president was assassinated over the future of the civil service. James Garfield, who believed in civil service reform, was
An overwhelming majority of economists agree: protectionist tariffs harm the very nations that impose them. The notion that taxing Americans for buying
As noted in my previous column, foreign holdings of US dollars are classified as foreign holdings of US assets and, thus, contribute
