Oren Cass

1 week ago | ft.com | Marc Filippino |Oren Cass |Edward Luce

This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: ‘Swamp Notes — The conservative view on tariffs now’ Marc Filippino...

1 month ago | wisdomofcrowds.live | Shadi Hamid |Damir Marusic |Oren Cass

It’s been an exceptionally crazy week, even by Trump-era standards. So we decided to experiment with the podcast this week by doing a live-stream recording. and discuss whether there is a method to Trump’s madness about tariffs and everything else — or whether we have to accept that we are ruled by a Mad King, who himself does not know what he will do from one moment to the next.

1 month ago | roundingup.substack.com | Fred Bauer |Oren Cass

Over the next few days, you’re likely to read a number of takes about President Trump’s new tariff schedule. Confidence in prediction will often far exceed the evidence. These tariffs will inaugurate a new golden age. No, they’ll ignite a global depression. We'll be building flying cars to the moon with union labor in Georgia—or we’ll be crawling through the economic wreckage.

2 months ago | ptbwrites.substack.com | Patrick Brown |Richard Hanania |Oren Cass |Richard Reeves

A happy early St. Patrick’s Day to everyone who is Irish, or Irish at heart. If it’s Friday, it’s Family Matters: The Main Event: Rightsizing the Department of Education Doesn’t Mean Shuttering ItIt’s Me, Hi: Family Studies Parting ShotsAfter two years of enjoyable and even affectionate disagreement between co-hosts Ross Douthat, Carlos Lozada, and Michelle Cottle, the New York Times’ podcast “Matter of Opinion” recently closed its virtual doors.

2 months ago | thespectator.com | Oren Cass |Freddy Gray |Roger Kimball |Daniel McCarthy

We already knew that most economists are quite bad at economic policy. Unfortunately, foreign policy appears not to be much of a strength either. Indeed, it appears most financial experts may not even know the difference, based on their criticism of Donald Trump’s tariff threats against Mexico, Canada and China. Of course, a nation can introduce tariffs to generate revenue, promote domestic production, shift international supply chains and “decouple” itself from an undesirable trading partner.