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Tariffs are a ruse to give our economy an excuse to avoid global market competition

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Feb. 7, Michael Davis, economics professor at the Cox School of Business, SMU Dallas, for an op-ed analyzing the tool of tariffs and highlighting some of the negative outcomes. Published in the San Antonio Express-News under the heading Tariffs are a ruse to give our economy an excuse to avoid global market competition: https://tinyurl.com/yw3maw6p ​

 

 America is in pretty good shape despite the negativities left over from the last election.

Our economy is growing faster than economies in Europe, Japan and almost every other developed country. We have significantly lower unemployment rates than China, Canada and the entirety of the European region. Americans have a higher level of disposable income than any other nation.
 
Sure, we could be doing better — that’s always true.

So why do our politicians act like America can’t compete? Of course, they never say that. They flatter us by telling us how we’re all wonderful. But if they really believe American business and American workers are so great, why do they want to put us in a bubble that makes it harder to compete against the rest of the world?

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Why pickups cost so much in the U.S.

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July 5, Michael Davis, economics professor at the Cox School of Business, SMU Dallas, for an op-ed about how tariffs become taxes and can jack up the price of products like pickup trucks. Published in the Houston Chronicle under the heading Why pickups cost so much in the U.S.: https://tinyurl.com/s7uhyvxr 

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It’s OK to talk politics with your family. I know this because my two brothers and I like to talk about pickup trucks, which is really just another way of talking politics.

I should explain. The brothers are both engineers. But not the kind of engineers who sit in front of a computer writing code and collecting stock options. They’re the kind of engineers who go to remote work sites full of heavy equipment and hazardous chemicals. They know about pickup trucks.

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