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Author Archives: David P. Goldman

Posted inUnited States

Tariffs have a Laffer curve, too

by David P. Goldman March 30, 2025April 1, 2025

Legend has it that the supply-side revolution – Ronald Reagan’s 1981 cut in the US top income tax rate to 40% from 70%– began in a Washington restaurant, when economist Arthur Laffer drew his eponymous curve on a cocktail napkin for then White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dick Cheney. At a tax rate of […]

Posted inOpinion

The neocons lost Ukraine and want to blame it on Trump

by David P. Goldman February 24, 2025February 27, 2025
Posted inAT+

Three reasons why gold’s record run is different

by David P. Goldman February 1, 2025February 3, 2025
Posted inOpinion

If reshoring’s happening, where does the US get the capital goods?

by David P. Goldman January 28, 2025January 29, 2025
Photo: iStock
Posted inChina

China continues to shift exports to Global South

by David P. Goldman January 14, 2025January 16, 2025
Posted inAT+

How the US sanctioned itself in Ukraine

by David P. Goldman January 10, 2025January 13, 2025
Posted inChina

How Trump’s must-do trade deficit fix attempts will affect China

by David P. Goldman January 7, 2025January 10, 2025
Posted inOpinion

Germany’s AfD is the key to European defense

by David P. Goldman December 22, 2024December 24, 2024
Posted inAT+

Will the federal deficit be Trump’s nemesis?

by David P. Goldman December 20, 2024December 22, 2024
Posted inWorld

AfD’s Krah: Without Jews, Europe ‘intellectually uninteresting’

by David P. Goldman December 16, 2024December 22, 2024
Posted inMiddle East

Israel is not an outpost of the West

by David P. Goldman August 30, 2024November 17, 2024
Posted inUnited States

RFK Jr endorses Trump, opens fire on US neocons

by David P. Goldman August 24, 2024November 24, 2024
Posted inUS economy

US unemployment jumps as handout high wears off

by David P. Goldman August 2, 2024August 5, 2024
Posted inIsrael-Hamas

No strategic spillover in the Middle East

by David P. Goldman August 1, 2024August 2, 2024
Posted inGlobal South

China’s Long March through the Global South

by David P. Goldman July 22, 2024July 24, 2024
Posted inTaiwan

Trump didn’t say he wouldn’t defend Taiwan

by David P. Goldman July 18, 2024July 24, 2024
Posted inAnalysis

Trump: Biden NATO plans provoked the Ukraine war

by David P. Goldman June 24, 2024June 27, 2024
Posted inChina

2 words explain China export ‘surge’: Global South

by David P. Goldman May 21, 2024May 23, 2024
Posted inAT+

US auto industry scam: overpriced parts, repairs

by David P. Goldman May 17, 2024May 18, 2024
Posted inAnalysis

When supply creates demand: Yellen’s errors of omission

by David P. Goldman April 13, 2024April 17, 2024
Posted inAT+

Data don’t show China cutting export prices overall

by David P. Goldman April 13, 2024April 15, 2024
Posted inAT+

Hidden inflation tanks Biden re-election campaign

by David P. Goldman April 6, 2024April 7, 2024
Posted inAT+

A novel analysis of gold’s skyrocketing surge

by David P. Goldman April 5, 2024April 8, 2024
Posted inChina-US trade,

Trump invites Chinese to build US auto plants

by David P. Goldman March 20, 2024March 22, 2024
Posted inChina economy

China’s Global South exports surge in first two months

by David P. Goldman March 13, 2024March 15, 2024
Posted inOpinion

Mister Applebaum marches to war

by David P. Goldman March 12, 2024March 16, 2024
Posted inAT+

Shifting deck chairs to the Titanic’s Taiwan side

by David P. Goldman March 2, 2024March 4, 2024
Posted inAT+

Telecom rally signals broader China tech shares surge

by David P. Goldman February 21, 2024February 22, 2024
Posted inAnalysis

Saving America’s future from the Blob

by David P. Goldman February 16, 2024February 20, 2024
Posted inAT+

Donald Trump’s 60% solution

by David P. Goldman February 14, 2024February 15, 2024

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