Talmon Joseph Smith

2 weeks ago | estadao.com.br | Talmon Joseph Smith

Até que tudo parasse em meados de março, Jon Bird trabalhava em turnos de 12 horas, quatro dias por semana − escavando rochas, lavando lama e operando enormes trituradores de minério de ferro em uma mina no norte de Minnesota. As minas em Iron Range, no Estado, onde Bird nasceu e cresceu − e onde seu pai, avô e bisavô trabalharam nas minas antes dele − ficam no topo de um funil de abastecimento doméstico.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Talmon Joseph Smith

The idea is politically popular, but the tax benefits may not go as far for low-income workers as many may think. Several of the proposals that House Republicans have outlined in their expansive tax bill have drawn concern from the public and within the party itself. But one tax cut provision within the House majority's plan is receiving an unusual level of public, bipartisan approval - a rule to eliminate federal income taxes on tips.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Talmon Joseph Smith |Tim Gruber

With demand for steel down and a trade war underway, miners in the Iron Range of Minnesota are feeling the hit. But they hope better times are ahead. A mine near Mountain Iron, Minn., part of the state's Iron Range. With demand for steel down and a trade war underway, miners in the Iron Range of Minnesota are feeling the hit. But they hope better times are ahead. A mine near Mountain Iron, Minn., part of the state's Iron Range. Credit...

3 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Talmon Joseph Smith

US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies mark more than a skirmish in the global trade war – they signal a bold, controversial push to reshape America’s economic foundations. If kept in place, the import taxes will ignite what some see as a project of defiant nostalgia: an ambitious attempt to restore the United States as a dominant manufacturing force. In the post-war heyday of American industry – a golden age that extended into the 1970s – around 20 million Americans worked in manufacturing.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Talmon Joseph Smith

The first 100 days of the second Trump administration have been a whirlwind. And Stephen Miran, the chair of President Trump's Council of Economic Advisers, has been at the center of what he calls "the volatility." Mr. Trump has raised import taxes to levels not seen since the 1930s. And trade talks to roll them back - or not - are in flux, leaving the trajectory of the U.S. economy, consumer prices and global trade in limbo.