Economics

“This reporting has created the false impression that the temporary 15% measure is on firmer legal footing than the tariffs that were just struck down by the Supreme Court. In reality, the new tariffs are […]

Reality doesn’t bend to confidence. It doesn’t care if you give it a grin, a press conference, or a cable segment. The “tariff shelf” is a prop. Trillions are fiction. Promises are illusions. And when […]

After an expected signing by President Biden, retired teachers in California (like me) who had worked under social security as well as under the State Retirement System have had their social security reduced by up […]