Tariffs are bad for business. They harm the international division of labor and drive up consumer prices. Their comeback shows that we are living in an era dominated by politics. A new age of power politics has begun. Donald Trump…
The thing about tariffs is they’re just taxes by another name — and we know who ends up paying them. We do. President Trump’s imposition of new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China are in fact taxes imposed on manufacturing, small businesses…
Volkswagen made headlines recently as its leaders expressed concern about the company’s prospects, suggesting that they may have to close their operations in Germany, the birthplace of the company and its home for almost 90 years. And they should be…
It won’t start. I got in the car and it won’t start. Poof-poof-poof. That’s all this pile of junk on wheels has to say for itself when I put the key in the ignition. It’s eight o’clock in the morning….
The “Big Three” — Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis — have had a tough go of things lately. The recently concluded strikes by their employees were perhaps the most visible indication that all is not roses in U.S. Autoland, but…
In the early days of the last century, the city of New York faced a serious horse-manure crisis. “Experts” were predicting that by 1930, the stuff would be piled three stories high in the streets. But then, just in time,…
The Biden administration recently found itself between a rock and a hard place. This time, though, it’s not because of the Biden family’s illicit business dealings or the president’s rapidly deteriorating mental capacities. Rather, the problem is the competing goals…
Editor’s Note: This column was reprinted from author Steven Greenhut’s new Pacific Research Institute Free Cities Center book, Putting Customers First: Re-Envisioning Our Approach to Transportation Planning. One need only spend a little time on a transit-oriented social-media page or…
The eco-extremist Tyre Extinguishers activist group struck in three cities across the country on July 3 and July 8, and announced on Wednesday that it is looking to expand its reach to “wherever you are.” The group from the United…
