April 4, 2025
Looking at tariff history, we can see why the benefits of trade and the downside of protection can both be invisible.
February 24, 2025
Looking at an iPhone teardown, we can see how the collaboration and creativity of thousands of people combine productively.
January 6, 2025
With $30, the average price for a t-shirt made in China, everyone (mistakenly) thought that a cheaper American made t-shirt was impossible.
November 27, 2024
As major U.S. trading partners, Mexico and Canada help us produce everyday goods like hamburgers and car seats.
May 31, 2024
With the UK's economy a G7 laggard, some of the pro Brexit vote no longer supports the European Union departure.
March 8, 2024
To really grasp the impact of the trade disruption in the Red Sea, we need to move from the big numbers to tea.
July 10, 2023
While we are eating far more shrimp, Louisiana is producing far less because of the shrimp imports that cost much less.
February 19, 2023
February 6, 2023
While the conventional wisdom says that the world is fragmenting, it is likely that there is much less deglobalization than we think.
October 4, 2022
May 17, 2022
Looking at the past, the present, and the potential for future globalization, we can expect our interconnectedness to change.
March 27, 2022
Shown by neon, shortages of necessities have created an attack on globalization that could result in less manufacturing efficiency.