Tag: China
Raucous debate clarified the national defense case for strategic tariffs, but it is very hard to argue for a world-wide tariff war. In a recent blog, I pointed out that President Trump’s policies are undermining retirement security in three ways: disrupting Social Security’s ability to deliver services; reducing 401(k) asset values; and increasing layoffs and…
The rise in opioid addiction has created an epidemic of drug overdose deaths in the United States. But what increases the risk that people develop the disorder in the first place? Automation of the U.S. economy turns out to be a contributing factor, as workers lose good jobs to industrial robots and despair about being…
