What I'm Reading This Week
4/13/26
Aluminum protectionism has failed, according to Scott Lincicome at Cato.
The Tax Foundation looked through American Compass’s Tariff Tally and finds some… inconsistencies.
AIER’s Everyday Price Index was released today, finding the second largest monthly increase since January 2020.
Stan Veuger (AEI) et al filed Amicus Briefs regarding President Trump’s usage of Section 122 tariffs. The list of co-signors is impressive.
Oral arguments were made before the Court of International Trade last week regarding the Section 122 tariffs, Bryan Riley (National Taxpayers Union) summarizes them.
And for an academic paper:
Note: I’m linking the 1998 NBER working paper version, but it was published in the American Economic Review and it is fascinating.