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To hear Trump tell of it, the U.S. Court of International Tradeโs decision striking down the tariffs he imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) was motivated by personal animus. It was just another case of biased left-wingers afflicted by Trump Derangement Syndrome engaging in judicial activism to stop him. In reality,…
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The premise of Donald Trumpโs trade war is that other countries should face tariff rates commensurate to the extent of their โcheatingโ in global trade. Trump insists that this extends well beyond tariffs, which are already zero or near-zero for most goods traded between the U.S. and its major trading partners. This is not a…
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Fusion asked me to write a reply to Charles Fain Lehmanโs October 1 article, โThe Tangle of Pathology Revisited,โ about the flaws in the Great Society programs that define the U.S. welfare state. Itโs a tough assignment because I basically agree with everything Charles wrote. โThe Great Society is less a testament to the power of…