Trump can learn from Argentina about fudging economic data. It doesn't end well: eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/lying-abou...

From Prohibition through the War on Drugs, governments have tried time and again to stop the consumption of undesirable commodities by forbidding their supply. They have failed. Somebody should tell the folks in the environmental movement. open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...

What environmental activists fail to understand is that cataclysmic though the prospect of climate change may be, most of the world’s people live in countries where the most critical priority is not reducing carbon emissions but accessing cheap energy. eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/why-climat...

The U.S. is the world's most dynamic economy, right? Innovative and productive, it defines the technological frontier. So how come it has so many poor people? My latest in The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

There are holes in the argument that democracy delivers superior growth. One is China's stellar track record over the last few decades. The other is Latin America, which just doesn't grow. My Substack 👇 (apologies for typo 😬. Dunno how to fix it) eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/does-democ...

People, people, people! Beware of the guys building the AI future! eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/the-guys-b...

We should worry that the Silicon Valley technorati driving the Artificial Intelligence revolution are morally guided by some flavor of sci-fi. My new column on Substack. eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/the-guys-b...

Otherwise, the classification is to be expanded to include the now proscribed terms "diversity" "equity" "gender" and "happy holidays" wapo.st/3Mbd9a6

What does it mean to be a loyal American in Trump’s America? Am I American enough? Check out my new Substack 👉🏼https://eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/am-i-american-enough

Trump thought pushing racial hostility was enough to maintain his grip on the electorate. It wasn't. He had to deliver on the economy, and he didn't. My latest in @guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The EU's carbon border tax is a great idea! The first step towards building an enforcement tool to get countries to trim carbon emissions. It must resist pressure by other countries to kill it. eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/lay-off-eu...

Let the A.I. bubble pop! Maybe then we can design a more humane A.I. eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/the-coming...

A reflection from Giuliano da Empoli on American politics: Democrats stopped trying to do the tough stuff. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Gringo, pay attention! Sharp words about the harsh reality that US digital nomads and joy-seekers in Mexico are ignoring, from @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...

Indeed! No better monument to commemorate contemporary America 👉 Dying Shopping Malls Are the Roman Ruins of Our Civilization www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/m...

"Gringo go home!" There is something weird about all the young Americans partying in Mexico City while Mexicans are dying in the United States. eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/gringo-pay...

Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.

Message for all you people who bought carbon offsets to fly to the climate summit in Brazil: your personal carbon footprint is irrelevant. eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/forget-abo...

Who gets hurt when Trump's crazy policymaking bumps the dollar from its perch as global reserve currency? My latest for The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Trump believes he can win by constantly stoking the racial grievances of his predominantly White voting base. He is discovering it is not enough. open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...

Will We All Become Chinese Roadkill? My latest on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...

Liberal democracy is designed to deliver incremental change. Voters want a revolution. Check out my latest on Substack: Is liberal democracy past its sell-by date? open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...

How do we adjust to our new world order? Can we steer it in a less violent, authoritarian direction? I hope to take these themes on in my new Substack, Being There. Please join me there open.substack.com/pub/eduardoe...

President Trump wants us to accept that he can do literally anything he wants simply by invoking a national emergency. The Supreme Court now has a shot at stopping him. My latest 👇 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Canadian retaliation? Trump won't like it if Ottawa removes the 100% tariff on Chinese EVs. www.thewirechina.com/2025/10/26/c...

Take your pick: If the AI bubble bursts we will suffer. If AI is not a bubble and doesn't burst, we will suffer. My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Donald Trump is not Making America Feel Great Again. His base is starting to feel very crummy. My latest for The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Trump's crackdown on immigrants will backfire. History tells us how. My latest for The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202...

My first column for The Guardian: On Trump's attempt to take over the Fed. He's taking a page out of Nixon's playbook: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

My first column for the FT: Trump pushes Mexico back to the future: www.ft.com/content/2f9d...

"China is turning the ‘emerging market energy leapfrog’ from concept to reality." 50% of China's 242 GW of solar exports went to emerging nations in 2024! ~63% of emerging economies had higher solar share than US in 2023. ~25% had higher economy-wide electrification than US in 2023. #energysky

Big finding:the claim that moving families to better neighborhoods improves children’s prospects is wrong.

The Trumpist majority on SCOTUS, like Trump himself, is spending down a trust fund they did not create, apparently believing it refills automatically. But it doesn’t. The whole system depends on other key institutions treating their rulings as legitimate.

It seems like federal district courts are in full revolt against SCOTUS. I've never seen such direct scathing criticism of SCOTUS like this from the bench over their shadow docket rulings quietly overturning precedent without explanation. From the Harvard decision today.

After she caved and voted to confirm Hegseth, RFK, Gabbard, Bondi, the lot of them.

There’s a sucker born every minute… and some of them come highly credentialed.

LA Ports: Imports Up, Exports Down in July www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/08/la-p... This is the 8th consecutive month with exports down YoY.

Seems problematic.

It’s wild that the most unrealistic part of Terminator 2 is now the idea of a tech founder being told their creation will enslave humanity and they decide to destroy their product & company.

Time to re-up this: Trump wants to punish Brazil because Brazil did a better job than the U.S. to protect its democracy. wapo.st/3U5JMXB

Yes, this IS absolute madness.

"this deal is unlikely to end the attacks. The federal government, and this administration, is simply too powerful and too arbitrary to be credibly bargained with." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

With Japan in the 1980s and China today, we keep overreacting — and paying the price, @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/4nRC69f

The rise of China does bring about important new challenges for American policy, @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social writes. "But the popular interpretation of the China shock is guiding the United States down a self-defeating path." wapo.st/4nRC69f

Remember the 1980s, when the big threat came from Japan? Americans have frowned on trade ever since. My column today: wapo.st/4lJ83iA

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

Back in 2017, when Trump failed to dismantle Obamacare, it looked like Americans would finally get what citizens of every other affluent nation have: universal healthcare coverage. But no, the GOP finally succeeded in tearing the promise down. wapo.st/46C37XP

The United States’ massive military capabilities have proven unable to ensure peace or stability. So what’s the case for massive NATO rearmament? wapo.st/3I9xNpe

Trump might convince his MAGA base that he is WINNING! his war against immigrants. But he is a businessman above all — one who has been known to illegally employ immigrant workers. He has no interest in getting them out of the workforce. His immigration raids are a performance. wapo.st/3G4AesC

The Trump administration calls this waste & fraud. But foreign aid has contributed to major successes in alleviating misery around the world. This is what we stand to lose 👇 wapo.st/4naGi3u