"Washington Picked MP Materials Long Before Lutnick’s Export Order Landed" finance.yahoo.com/energy/artic... "Commerce, the DoD, and probably Trump picked their winner well before this order ever got signed." So sketchy:
Scott Lincicome
@scottlincicome.bsky.social
@CatoInstitute Vice President (Econ/Trade), @DukeLaw adjunct, @TheDispatch newsletter-er. CH❤️RTS. You didn't read the article, did you?
"Run the [aluminum] plant at its full rated 230,000 tonnes and the electrolysis alone draws somewhere around 397 megawatts, continuously, every hour of every day, for as long as the plant is alive." www.autonocion.com/us/american-...
More cowbell: "US weighs polysilicon price floor, tariffs to counter China in solar and chips" www.reuters.com/world/china/...
"Arrested at Reflecting Pool, woman details ‘heartbreaking’ toll case has taken" www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202... "'The reality,' she said, 'is that this is a symptom of a much bigger problem, and people need to wake up, and they need to do it fast'"
"Copper price tops $14,000 as US stockpiles swell before tariff call" www.mining.com/web/copper-p...
"Fuel Shipping Waiver Extension ‘Quite Likely,’ Energy Chief Says" www.bloomberg.com/news/article... "These temporary suspensions of the Jones Act have been quite helpful for moving energy around our country.'
Fuel Shipping Waiver Extension ‘Quite Likely,’ Energy Chief Says
Trump administration officials are moving toward granting another temporary extension of a waiver of a century-old shipping law that made it easier to move oil, fuel and fertilizer around the US, the…
bloomberg.com
"Tariff Refunds Have Wiped Out Tariff Revenue Since May" taxfoundation.org/blog/tariff-... "US tariff policy has changed more than 50 times since the start of Trump’s second term.... That uncertainty suppresses investment and hiring and distorts pricing decisions."
"The AI Boom Is Transforming the American Economy Beyond Recognition AI has rapidly become a huge economic factor while affecting everything from capital investment to how much you pay for an iPhone" www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
"Perhaps younger Americans aren’t only struggling to afford what their grandparents had, but a far more elaborate version." www.wsj.com/opinion/not-...
"It’s hard to find a better example of a failed trade law than the Jones Act." nypost.com/2026/08/03/o...
"Trump keeps making threats. Washington and the world have stopped flinching." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
"Manufacturing job security actually became stronger post-China Shock than pre-China Shock. It seems to have moved little after NAFTA." 😲 www.econlib.org/econlog/trad...
Round 3: "Twenty five states sue Trump administration over latest global tariffs" www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/08/...
New @nberpubs: "The Anatomy of Tariff Pass-through into Consumer Prices" 👀 www.nber.org/papers/w3556... "Tariffs raise the prices of goods made at home, not just the imports they tax" 😯
New @nberpubs: "Long-Run Effects of H-1B Immigration on the U.S. Economy" www.nber.org/papers/w3556... "H-1B exposure raised incomes for natives and pre-existing immigrants" 😯
New @nberpubs: "The United States and Its Creditors: Assessing Foreign Demand for U.S. Assets" www.nber.org/papers/w3555...
New @nberpubs: "Winners and Losers: Competition, Creative Destruction, and Labor Income Risk" www.nber.org/papers/w3554...
Imports to the rescue, again: "How Mexico became a surprise cornerstone of America’s AI boom: Factories churning out servers for data centres are pushing exports to record levels" www.ft.com/content/ac32...
"The Trump administration knew the miners needed their permit. In exchange, it asked for the US government to get equity in the company developing the region.... The deal was cut in October" www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
"in some cases, officers were allowed to keep searching Flock’s data after being accused of misuse." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
"Italy’s Giorgia Meloni bets big on nuclear power revival Rural backlash against renewables that ‘spoil the landscape’ fuels support for atomic energy decades after reactor shutdowns" www.ft.com/content/6a98...
"Wall Street’s Favorite Bet Comes Undone as Chips Whipsaw Market" share.google/5QMd6XifhBIP... "Finally, Intel Corp. sank 35% over the month, erasing about $247 billion. Intel’s monthly drop was its biggest since September 2000"
"FedEx moves closer to deploying robots that can load trailers" www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-m...
"the agency expanded the regulated farmland to include 40 percent of my property, covering areas that were not a part of the original agreement." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
China: "With the exception of semiconductor and data-center equipment manufacturers, businesses across a wide range of industries are suffering from weak sales this summer, prompting cuts to overtime, hiring and borrowing." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...
