The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act deepened the Great Depression. Let's not repeat the mistakes of 1930. History has lessons—if we choose to learn them. #TariffsHurt #TariffsAreTaxes #SmartTrade

The American government should not own a car company, and it should also not own part of a steel production company, either. If congressional Republicans do not object to this arrangement, the GOP position is simple. The U.S. government owning shares in private companies and

My quick take on TCJA extensions in current law vs. House tax bill vs. Senate tax bill. If you spot an error or a nuance I missed, let me know! datawrapper.de/_/V3evF/

Holy crap. The US-UK trade deal is a blank sheet of paper and only Trump signed it. (Genuine screen grab).

Fixed it Justin Wolfers

"The Tariff Act of 1930, also known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, was a protectionist trade measure signed into law in the United States by President Herbert Hoover on June 17, 1930." Happy 95th anniversary/bday! youtu.be/yuOHbyuanbY?si…

"The court wrote a plain vanilla decision to answer a plain vanilla question: Does the president have effectively unlimited power to unilaterally impose tariffs and change them at will? He doesn’t, so the court said so."

too good to check lol cnbc.com/2025/06/17/tru…

👉When we impose "buy American" and similar restrictions, other countries respond by imposing "don't buy American" regulations and taxes. Example number 2,804,921:

Wait, this failed to go viral? I will try harder next time.