Economists, the Trump Tariffs, and Alternatives
One should not jump from the condemnation of Trump’s tariffs by economists (and others) to an acceptance of free trade as a key to economic progress.
A review of The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America—and Spawned a Global Crisis by Michael W. Hudson. (New York: Times Books, 2010.)
Europeans use the term "universal banks" to describe their all-purpose financial institutions. Germans, for example, have long been