Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sarah Williamson covers capital markets and long-term strategies. In a competitive marketplace, businesses need to know their ...

Tariffs are a dead weight on economic growth. Free trade and the concept of comparative advantage maximize a nation’s wealth. Each nation should produce the goods and services where that nation enjoys ...

Any review that calls the book in question “captivating” and “clear-eyed” and that describes its author as the “most consequential U.S. trade representative of the last 30 years” cannot be all bad, ...

Harry Truman once asked for a one-armed economist because he was tired of hearing his economic advisors say, “On the one hand you will have this outcome and on the other hand you will have another.” ...