Trade, Tariffs, and Soybeans
Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
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Surveillance
(1) Possibly Irrelevant Image: (2) Top Secret America: The series of articles by Dana Priest and William M. Arkin in
Arizona Injunction; Baker on CBO and SS
(1) Possibly Irrelevant Image for today: (2) Judge Blocks Az. Law S.B. 1070. Breaking news--U.S. District Court Judge
Black on Dodd-Frank; USAS Victory; etc.
Various items: (1) New Blog Feature: Possibly Irrelevant Images. With this post I inaugurate a new feature for the D&
G20, Deficits, etc.
A few items about the G20 meetings have been languishing on my desk (or rather as tabs in my browser)
Three Big Headlines: BP, Banking, Goldman
Wow--three big headlines today: (1) BP supposedly manages to cap the Deepwater Horizon well--for now, at least--after 87 days of
The Root of Economic Fragility (Reich)
Interesting piece from Robert Reich's blog. An excerpt: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 Missing from almost all discussion of
Financial Reform Inches More
It now appears that with Scott Brown (our "populist" senator from Massachusetts) has agreed to support the reconciled
History of BP and Transocean
Yestesrday's Times had an article about the alleged misdeeds of Transocean, the company that owned (still owns, I
Dean Baker on David Brooks
Dean Baker posted a great response to that David Brooks column I mentioned yesterday. Here's what he says:
The Bleak Jobs Picture
Friday's jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was bleak. Though the unemployment rate went down to
What Made It In, What Got Watered Down, and What Was Never Even Considered
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The Underpants Gnomes of Wall Street
A review of The End of Wall Street by Roger Lowenstein (New York: Penguin Books, 2010).