Daniel GriswoldSaving for Retirement — What Every Millennial Should Know[This posting has been slightly revised from a previous version to address any potential issues about copyrighted material.]Mar 28, 2020Mar 28, 2020
Daniel GriswoldHiking in PatagoniaFor 15 days in late November and early December of 2019, I traveled to Patagonia in South America to hike and see the sights in one of the…Jan 8, 2020Jan 8, 2020
Daniel GriswoldLatest trade report signals that, by the president’s own logic, U.S. is losing the trade warPresident Trump’s trade team will find little encouragement in this morning’s U.S. Commerce Department report on trade through July. On…Sep 4, 2019Sep 4, 2019
Daniel GriswoldTrade Report Lays Bare the Futility of Trump Trade WarsA few observations from this morning’s Commerce Department report on the June trade numbers — a report that offers no support for…Aug 2, 20194Aug 2, 20194
Daniel GriswoldTrade and economy expand despite President Trump’s tariff warThis morning’s monthly trade report from the U.S. Commerce Department contained mostly good news for the U.S. economy, but it offered no…Jul 3, 2019Jul 3, 2019
Daniel GriswoldAmerica’s two original sins: slavery and the tariffMy Mercatus colleague Don Boudreaux, at his indispensable blog Café Hayek this week, dismantled the arguments recently made at the website…May 29, 20192May 29, 20192
Daniel GriswoldCommerce trade report confirms that President Trump is the tariff-tax manAs a self-proclaimed “tariff man,” President Trump often points to the billions of extra dollars he’s raised for the U.S. Treasury through…May 9, 20191May 9, 20191
Daniel GriswoldGrowing U.S. energy output and exports are a sign of strength, not “deterioration”Is the boom in U.S. oil production and exports “masking the deterioration of the U.S. trade picture”? Yes it is, according to an article in…Mar 7, 2018Mar 7, 2018
Daniel GriswoldWhat Presidents Trump and Lincoln Have in Common: ProtectionismIn his address to Congress last night, President Trump quoted Abraham Lincoln, not in support of civil rights or a stronger union, but in…Mar 1, 2017Mar 1, 2017
Daniel GriswoldIs the American Middle Class “Disappearing”?The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday published a front-page chart that tells a big story about the great American middle class. In a new…Jun 23, 2016Jun 23, 2016
