100 Days That Shook
Washington
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS
In the first 100 days of Donald
Trump’s second term, sweeping
actions have reshaped government
operations, economic.
We are two days from a milestone
that may mark a turning point — or a
breaking point.
The warning signs have been there…
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The Quiet War on America’s
Wallet
MACROECONOMICS · TRADE · PUBLIC FINANCE
Foreign governments are reducing
their holdings of U.S. Treasury
bonds and shifting away from the
dollar, challenging.
No bullets. No bombs. Just bonds,
tariffs, and a global shift away
from the dollar. And America might
be losing…
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Smoot-Hawley: The Tariff That
Tanked The Economy
TRADE · MACROECONOMICS · PUBLIC FINANCE
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930,
intended to protect struggling
American farmers, imposed steep
tariffs on over.
In one of the darkest chapters of
American economic history,
politicians reached for a tool as
blunt as it was politically…
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