by Dave Johnson | Nov 16, 2016 | Blog
President-elect Donald Trump made a number of promises to his voters. Here is today's post about a promise that he has already broken. "Today's Broken Trump Promise" is certain to be a regular series. During the campaign Trump promised again and again that he would...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 16, 2016 | Blog
On Friday the White House announced it was dropping its effort to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the "lame duck" session of Congress. It looks like TPP is really dead. Let this be a lesson to us. TPP "Buried By A Wave of Antitrade Political Sentiment" On...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 11, 2016 | Blog
Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) dead or not? The President-elect says he is against TPP. TPP may be the thing that cost Clinton the election. The voters obviously were against it. The head of the Senate says he won't bring it up for a vote. But House Speaker...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 10, 2016 | Blog
In our economy the role of the financial sector is (supposed to be) all about analyzing the potential risks and rewards of investments and loans and setting prices accordingly. There is supposed to be transparency, enforced by regulators, so that the risks are...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 9, 2016 | Blog
It seems that lots of media/political/business people "on the coasts" don't get how big a deal trade played in Tuesday's election. Sold On Free Trade In the late 70s the country was told that "protectionism" is bad for the economy and was sold "free trade" as a way to...
