I tried to order How to Win a Trade War at my local independent bookstore, and my cool teenager interrupted and warned me not to....so the surprise of my Mother's Day or Anniversary gift is spoiled. And, now it is clear that I will be listening to the audio book, not reading it anyway... :-)
Coffee is good. Trade wars are bad, right? I guess I need to wait for the book.
This was very good! So good we watched it on the big TV in the living room, even if the cool teenager said "this looks really boring".
I can't wait for the stories about why everyone was all wrong about the economists being all wrong about the tariffs.
Coffee is full of antioxidants, and lots of other magic. The introduction of coffee in Europe and the start of the renaissance are not a coincidence.
Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:
I'm not sure the world can wait until April 2026.....
lol. This trade lawyer feels your pain.
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Won't you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
The Quintessential Urban Design of ‘Sesame Street’ www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/r...
@toddtucker would love to see more from you on how you think this is going to work. (Or how it should work).
Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social,
Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism.
Looking forward to following you wherever you land,
Your fan, Mar🐫
Forcing the removal of Colbert is not a good sign for the future of industrial policy.
Same.
Happy Canada Day, neighbors! 🇨🇦
This feed is so helpful. Thank you!
What he said @kairyssdal.bsky.social
After a few months off, I am back on #TheEconomicsShow! What better way to restart than to chat to Swati Dhingra, MPC member and trade economist.
We chatted about lots of things, including why she hasn't been voting for *even* larger rate cuts
link.chtbl.com/economicsshow
Stop! Can't we just enjoy the 232s we have? Do we really need more? Maybe 232s are like dolls, two or three is enough, we don't need 30.
Skibidi Tariffs!!!*
*someone needed to say it.
#skibiditariffs #tariffstacking
#stupidesttradewar
This description of 50-yrs of bipartisan human rights diplomacy is bonkers:
The bureau for democracy, human rights and labor, Mr. Rubio said, had become a “platform for left-wing activists to wage vendettas” against conservative foreign leaders, including those in Poland, Hungary and Brazil.
This country needs an unequivocal, full-throated condemnation of pandering protectionism. Let this be the moment that liberates the Democratic Party from the populists tying them to the same mercantilist, regressive, costly command-and-control economic policies that so often drive Trump’s agenda.
Starting to think that we should sort out a general agreement on trade and tariffs, perhaps housed under some sort of world trade organization. Let's keep the region strong with some kind of of north american free trade agreement. Perhaps a trans pacific partnership could soften China's influence.
Careless? I mean, I generally like carless people. :-)
Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
What will the people who are currently employed making iPhones do? What is the point of a policy that reverses the benefit of lifting millions in the developing world out of poverty?
Same Skip. Same!
A bright spot in a crazy week @soumayakeynes.ft.com on @trade--talks.bsky.social! An excellent episode.
