NotableCan Kevin Warsh pass the Jerome Powell test? “If squeezed between the president and the Federal Open Market Committee, finding words that reassure both financial markets and placate Mr. Trump will be tough.” — David Wessel, the director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution Older Americans are hoarding the country’s potential. “Ageism has not ended, but that should not stop those questioning and seeking to rein in American gerontocracy.” — Samuel Moyn, a professor of law and history at Yale Russia is building tomorrow’s war machine. “The United States starts from a far stronger innovation base line than Russia but it lacks the institutional will to make the most of it.” — Kateryna Bondar, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Spotlight
When Your Child Dies of MeasleRebecca Archer’s daughter died of a complication of measles in 2023. She believes that if more people had gotten the vaccine, her daughter might still be here. ICYMIThe economic cost of constant chaos. “Trump’s constant policy swings are offsetting whatever benefits his business-friendly instincts might bring.” — Amit Seru, a finance professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business Listen (or Watch)More in Opinion
In Your WordsRe: “The Town That Reveals All of Trump’s Bad Economic Ideas” The hollowing out of manufacturing towns and cities in Western countries around the world (including my own) was due to the voluntary decisions of governments and corporations. China did not steal the market. We foolishly gave it away. Now countries have both an opportunity, and a necessity, to rebuild what they gave away, and/or to reinvent and renew themselves. As per the article. — A comment by Vagabond Rambler from Australia Read more comments on the story here and check out our Letters to the Editor.
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