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Economics – Fiscal Policy
The American Trade War – Our Bunker Hill Moment
I spent a long time working on a nice, big explainer blog to talk all about tariffs with you. Then, yesterday, we got the much-anticipated Liberation Day announcement, and you’ve seen the market reaction since. I hope you celebrated yesterday!… Read More ›
March 2025 – No One Has Any Clue What’s Going On
Two months into the new administration, and no one has a clue. Let’s make some sense of where we are.
Fiscal Policy Part 2 – A Primer on Tariffs
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past half year or so, you likely saw some variation of this headline on the news: “Trade war heating up with China and/or the EU and/or Canada and/or Mexico!” “Trump… Read More ›
Analysis of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Businesses
Welcome to Part Two of my analysis of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The first post on this new tax law focused on individual changes, and this post will focus of business-side changes. There are way too… Read More ›
Analysis of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Individuals
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 is a sweeping tax overhaul that is set to enact dramatic changes to individuals on every part of the societal scale in the United States. Much has been said about this giant… Read More ›
Fiscal Policy Part 1: Do Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves?
The economic news of the day is centered on the Republicans’ tax reform bills becoming law, and what their effects will be. Rather than debate over political lines about the pros and cons of this particular piece of policy, I… Read More ›
The Millennial Economist 