Canada's Trudeau: To Save NAFTA, Avoid Trump
Trudeau's ploy to save NAFTA consists of going around Trump. If there ever was a misleadingly titled article, consider this one from Bloomberg on Canadian PM Justin Trudeau seeing a "clear …
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It's About Time: US Admits Weak Dollar Policy
A suitably Lilliputian currency c/o the Munchkin [ sic ] man. OK, OK so it's Steven Mnuchin , not Steven Munchkin. However, this unfortunate naming semblance is rather appropriate for a United St…
How Will China Retaliate Against US Trade Penalties?
Here are the washing machine tariffs just imposed by Trump. Together with the rest of the world, I've long been waiting for the real Donald Trump--as his Twitter handle describes--to show up in t…
Captain Caveman Meets Jetsons? Trump@Davos
Unga bunga...build the wall...it's all the same. A few days ago--before the US government shutdown became inevitable at least--Donald Trump was announced as an attendee at the annual Davos shindi…
Of Sh--holes & Trump-Era USAID
No matter how offensive Trump's opinions of developing countries is, it's probably for the best that the developing world understand the viewpoint held by the leader of the United States. Let…
IMF: From ‘Washington Consensus’ to ‘Soak the Rich’
Even the IMF has moved on from the 80s-vintage "Washington Consensus." Trump, however, still adores it. In many ways, Donald Trump is a throwback to the past. Unfortunately, he wishes to b…
Trump's USA & Norway: What's the 'Sh--hole' Country?
Trump should dress in more appropriate garb...but we can do more sensible things. (UPDATE: A new poll finds Norwegians have the lowest opinion of American leadership of any country surveyed, to no o…
American Decline & Declining Life Expectancy
If "truth in advertising" held, this ditty should be the United States' national anthem. If America is such a great place, then why do so many Americans want to end their lives faster?…
El Gordo: How NAFTA Made Mexico Ameri-Fat
The Trumpian Buddha-esque physique is now achievable in Mexico thanks to NAFTA. While Donald Trump likes to recycle easily refutable arguments about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) be…
Trump's Bigotry & Disappearing US Int’l Students
Make America White Again, university without diversity edition. Commentators often use "nativism" as a euphemism to describe Trump's apparent self-superiority over non-white people. Of…
Mexico, Screw Trump: Only Congress Undoes NAFTA
Mexico should put Trump and his protectionista Lighthizer in their place by getting the US congress to stop this idiocy. I make no bones that I am far more sympathetic to Mexico than Trump's USA…
Deport-o-Mania 3: Houston's (Non-)Rebuilding
Trump voters ain't gonna fix this destruction. There's an insightful op-ed in the Washington Post on why Houston's rebuilding is well off-track. Simply put, there are not enough constru…
Did Xi, Macron & Merkel Make US Stocks Great Again?
It's probably not Trump, or Invader Zim for that matter, making the world economy great again. There are any number of mysteries as to why US-listed stocks are reaching all-time highs early in th…
Deport-o-Mania 2: Houston's Rebuilding Labor Shortage
Is Donald Trump's America so hateful of immigrants that it'd rather slow Houston's reconstruction significantly? Being human after all, we have certain cravings that are personally destru…
Deport-o-Mania: But Who'll Rebuild Houston?
Who'll rebuild Houston? With an immigration crackdown underway, it's a pretty big question. First off, I wish to extend my sympathy to the residents of the great American city of Houston. Whi…
Canada's Plan to Keep NAFTA Alive and Kicking
The Yanqui villain is on the left. The Canadian [C] and Mexican [R] protagonists seek to defuse his worst tendencies. The commencement of the NAFTA renegotiation has been, if nothing else, an opportu…
Linking Depopulation and Debt in Puerto Rico, Illinois
Accumulating debt is the American way...even in a protectorate. The role of demographics in economics is often overlooked. However, there are any number of examples you can bring up that illustrate i…