Archive - The Power and the Money

May 2025

Taiwan Apopyrenistes

Taiwan is struggling to denuclearize, but the real error occured decades ago

May 22 •

It’s not the economy, stupid

But then what are Panamanians so angry about?

May 13 •

April 2025

An Immodest Proposal

The only thing more absurd than U.S. policy in Panama ... no, current U.S. policy couldn’t get more absurd in Panama. Why not just annex the whole…

Apr 27 •

What’s in a trade deficit?

Nothing by itself. Context is everything

Apr 8 •

March 2025

The arm of history is long, but not always strong: The effects of labor coercion in colonial and postcolonial Peru

Our project on the effects of forced labor in colonial Peru began years ago, Leticia was still a graduate student.

Published on Broadstreet • Mar 25

Why isn’t New York City the capital of New York State?

Because it wasn’t Dutch enough!

Mar 20 •

Emergency substack 2: The Ontario electricity export tax won’t hurt Americans

Market structures mean that the burden would fall on Ontario

Mar 12 •

Emergency substack: The Mexico-Canada tariffs are still on!

We have never been free-trading

Mar 8 •

How big is China’s manufacturing sector?

Almost certainly equal to the industrial nations formerly known as “advanced”

Mar 4 •

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