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.
We've posted threeweb-onlyarticles drawing on notes on the financial crisis by Tom Weisskopf, professor of economics at the University of Michigan. He sent out the notes on Oct. 1st, Oct. 5th, and Oct. 15th, but we only just received them. We'll continue to post Tom's notes as he sends them along.
We've also posted the most recent Ask Dr. Dollar column (a preview of our November/December issue), by Arthur MacEwan, professor emeritus of economics at UMass-Boston.