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Colleagues at the Peterson Institute for International Economics have already explained the impracticality of trying to fund the government with the 10 to 60 percent tariffs that former president Donald Trump has proposed.

If anything is clear in this turbulent election season, it is presidential candidate Donald Trump’s intention to levy high tariffs on all US imports.

We feel however that some of the issues require further discussion. This is what we do in this column, often playing devil’s advocate to get the discussion going.

To resolve each of these problems of judicial overreach, domestic and international, resetting standards of judicial deference provides a middle way that would improve the functioning of each of these institutions.

Trump tariffs are a bad policy idea that would have to be paid for by American consumers.

Mass deportations would lower US GDP and reduce employment through 2040, compared with what would happen if the policy were not implemented.

There is no case better than that of Somalia to illustrate the challenges posed by conflict and fragility, and the promise of a better future that can be delivered in part by trade.

Congress wanted the President's hands far from the levers of monetary policy.

How a second Trump term threatens the independence of our central bank.