Marble Falls As Trump continues to push globalization into the dustbin of history, it’s worth looking at the intended and unintended impacts of remittances around the world. Some may remember that one of Trump’s proposals in trying to attack immigration and migrant workers is to propose a transaction tax on remittances flowing from …
Category: Economics
Trump and His Tariffs Can’t Win Against Inflation
New Orleans Inflation is starting to edge forward in the United States. For the White House, that will mean finger pointing and bully pulpit time once again, as Trump tries to divert attention away from his on-again-off-again tariff tantrums. In some fever dream, he thinks he can blame it on the head of …
The Informal Shadow Economy
Toronto Many politicians and economists like to pretend when they are measuring labor production, wage rates, and GDP that the numbers tell it all. Others with feet more firmly planted on the ground know better and have argued for a different measure that values ALL work, not just the work that’s easy to count. …


