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scottlincicome.bsky.social
@CatoInstitute Vice President (Econ/Trade), @DukeLaw adjunct, @TheDispatch newsletter-er. CH❤️RTS. You didn't read the article, did you?
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"Durham's Wolfspeed to file for bankruptcy" www.bizjournals.com/triangle/new...

"As Tariffs Make Weddings Costlier, David’s Bridal Tries to Adapt" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/b... Big companies can adjust. The little guys... not so much.

Soon: "Eli Lilly’s Obesity Pill Appears to Work as Well as Injected GLP-1s" www.wired.com/story/lilly-...

"Ranked: Countries With the Highest Share of Seniors" www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-count...

"newly released data from Zillow shows that U.S. home prices have decelerated to a year-over-year increase of just 0.4%. Zillow economists now expect U.S. home prices to decline by 0.7% between May 2025 and May 2026." www.fastcompany.com/91355943/hou...

"Chinese factories rush to reduce reliance on Donald Trump’s US" www.ft.com/content/2bd9...

An instant classic in the "this good thing is Actually Bad" genre of modern journalism www.wsj.com/real-estate/...?

That's IT. The eco-warriors have officially gone too far. www.chron.com/culture/arti...

"Visualizing Global Equity Returns So Far in 2025" www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-...

"Infographic: How Asia-Pacific Trades With China & the U.S." www.visualcapitalist.com/infographic-...

"The US budget deficit has been higher than the OECD average every year since at least 2007. Politicians in many countries are fiscally irresponsible, but US politicians appear to be more irresponsible than most." www.cato.org/blog/spendin...

"As Trump blasts Fed to lower rates, it’s the bond market in need of convincing" www.marketwatch.com/story/as-tru...

"How the 2018/19 US tariffs against China boosted exports and employment in Mexico" 😲 cepr.org/voxeu/column...

"Of Course We Should Privatize Some Federal Land (but probably won’t)" marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...? Righteous fury from @ATabarrok: "We should be building entirely new cities–freedom cities!–not whining about fishing and hunting on scraps of scrub." 🤣🔥

"How Tariffs Will Impact U.S. Car Prices, by Brand" 😥 www.visualcapitalist.com/how-tariffs-...

Drip, drip. "Toyota to Raise US Auto Prices by More Than $200 From July" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"When supply shocks to essential inputs spur innovation: Lessons from the global rare earths disruption" cepr.org/voxeu/column... "When China introduced export restrictions on rare earth elements in 2010, a global surge in innovation and exports in downstream sectors outside China swiftly followed"

ECB: 30% of the eurozone’s trade surplus in goods with the US is due to US businesses exporting back to the US, and those same companies accounted for 90% of the eurozone’s services deficit with the US www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

The Trump administration doesn't seem too eager for a wide ranging tariff increase on July 9. Will be interesting to see if every country without a deal gets an extension, or if tariffs actually go up for any of these countries.

"Bridal boutique in Cheshire impacted by tariffs" www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/b... "She said prior to the tariffs being placed earlier this year, the median price of a wedding gown at her shop was around $1,500 to $1,600 but as of recently, it's closer to $2,000 or higher."

"Exposing ObamaCare Subsidy Fraud" www.wsj.com/opinion/obam... "Paragon conservatively estimates the taxpayer cost of this improper enrollment will exceed $27 billion this year."

"Maduro Locks Up Economists Sharing Data on Venezuela’s Decline" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Who needs exports when the US government can just force Americans to stuff even more corn & soy in their gas tanks? "EPA’s Proposed Rule A Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Farmers" www.agweb.com/news/policy/...

"David Sacks says overly strict US export controls may backfire because China's AI models are just 'months behind'" www.businessinsider.com/david-sacks-...

"Foreign Investment Faces Third Year of Decline on Tariff Uncertainty" www.wsj.com/economy/glob... "it’s not clear that any country will see a boost to FDI in 2025 as businesses pause big decisions and wait for the outlook to become less clouded"

"The housing market slump is getting worse" www.axios.com/2025/06/18/t... "Now the sector faces new Trump-era factors, including tariffs and deportations, that are holding back construction and limiting supply."

"the fact that Intel passed over Intel 3 for Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake hardly seems like a vote of confidence in its own manufacturing tech." www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pro...

SURPRISE: "Americans Are Being Hit With Huge Tariff Bills on Their Online Orders" www.businessinsider.com/americans-hu...

My new Capitolism @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social examines the economic & political problems with Trump's US Steel "golden share" arrangement and shows why the company has indeed been nationalized - by the US government's own standards. thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...

For sale. Transit seats. Never used. #EconSky

WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS (lol): "'Tariff engineering' is in vogue as businesses attempt to skirt duties" share.google/kvSFcLstVJcz...

"The Tariff Costs Are Worse Than You Think" www.cfr.org/article/tari... It's not just the new taxes and higher prices; it's the compliance costs and uncertainty, too:

"Keep in mind that consumers are not just random strangers at a Black Friday sale; they are our neighbors, parents, co-workers, business owners (producers), farmers, clerks—regular Americans going about their daily business." www.cato.org/blog/tariff-...

Oh no now the NYT is taking cues from @scottlincicome.bsky.social

My new Capitolism @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social examines the economic & political problems with Trump's US Steel "golden share" arrangement and shows why the company has indeed been nationalized - by the US government's own standards. thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...

"Visualized: How Many New Businesses Survive 10 Years?" www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-h...

Hangover: "Americans could be done with tariff panic-buying" www.businessinsider.com/retail-food-...

"Major US steel company backs away from plan to make green steel" www.canarymedia.com/articles/gre...

"US Bond Markets: The Intimidators" conversableeconomist.com/2025/06/16/u... Useful chart:

Globalization ain't new: "How Free Trade Flowered In Ancient Greece" www.hoover.org/research/how...

"Bureaucratic Sunburn: What the FDA Won’t Let You Prevent" www.cato.org/blog/bureauc... "government regulations limit consumers’ choices to decades-old formulations that offer less comprehensive protection than the options available to people in other countries"

"Tariffs drive some health plans to hike premiums" www.axios.com/2025/06/18/t...

LFG: "Supreme Court Asked to Hear Challenge to Trump’s Global Tariffs" www.bloomberg.com/news/article... (This is not the CIT/CAFC challenge. It's the other one from the DC circuit)

CHIPS 2: "Trump Tax Bill to Boost Biden’s Chip Tax Credit to 30%" www.bloomberg.com/news/article... "The tax credit, which isn’t capped, was already likely to be costlier than those other forms of subsidies"

"Micron’s $200 Billion Plan to Reshore U.S. Production Faces Challenges" share.google/NSuNzDgOZWeP...

"China’s fast-growing high-speed railway network faces reality" asiatimes.com/2025/06/chin...

"A.I. Might Take Your Job. Here Are 22 New Ones It Could Give You." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/m...

"Which Countries Invest in the U.S. the Most?" www.visualcapitalist.com/who-invests-...

"Trump Administration Uses Federal Research Funding to Control Campus Speech" www.aei.org/economics/tr...