By Daniel Brodén As is customary after each Trump tweet, the reaction of Donald Trump’s critics following his declaration that “Trade wars are good, and easy to win” contained equal parts bewilderment and amusement. Given the President’s proclivity to ignore facts and to say what serves his immediate purpose, it is understandable that there is a knee jerk reaction from…
By Daniel Brodén The year 2008 proved a humbling year for economists as the global financial crisis hit. Widely held beliefs in economic theory were shattered almost overnight. By the same standard, for the political class eight years later, the events of 2016 could be described as a global political…
By Daniel Brodén As is customary after each Trump tweet, the reaction of Donald Trump’s critics following his declaration that “Trade wars are good, and easy to win” contained equal parts bewilderment and amusement. Given the President’s proclivity to ignore facts and to say what serves his immediate purpose, it…
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By Daniel Brodén The year 2008 proved a humbling year for economists as the global financial crisis hit. Widely held beliefs in economic theory were shattered almost overnight. By the same standard, for the political class eight years later, the events of 2016 could be described as a global political…
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