Eric Boehm

1 week ago | reason.com | Eric Boehm

Free Trade The Court of International Trade ruled that Trump's emergency economic powers do not include the authority to impose tariffs on nearly all imports.

1 week ago | reason.com | Eric Boehm

Congress Musk's opinion about the bill matters, since he is one of the few people in conservative politics who can get away with defying Trump.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Eric Boehm

Elon Musk says he's "disappointed" to see the House pass a major tax bill that will require the federal government to borrow trillions of additional dollars in the coming years. The bill, which faces an uncertain future in the Senate, "undermines the work that the [Department of Government Efficiency] team is doing," Musk told CBS News on Sunday. He's right.

1 week ago | reason.com | Eric Boehm

Free Markets The federal government will reportedly get a "golden share" in U.S. Steel, potentially allowing it to overrule shareholders on some decisions.

1 week ago | reason.com | Eric Boehm

The direct cost of President Donald Trump's trade war will be borne by American consumers and businesses—of that, there should no longer be much debate. But trade wars also come with indirect costs and unforeseen consequences. Some of those show up on balance sheets in the form of lower profits, losses in the stock market, or stagnating wages.