Devaluation
MACROECONOMICS · INFLATION · TRADE
February 2, 2026
What a falling dollar feels
like before it becomes a crisis
The smell comes first — stale
beer edged with lemon cleaner
and winter air slipping through
the door. Tim Krug wipes the…
Carney at Davos
POLITICAL POWER · WAR AND SECURITY · TRADE
January 27, 2026
The speech that quietly changed
the conversation
At Davos last week, Canada’s
prime minister, Mark Carney…
The Bully Who Didn’t Know He’d
Lost
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER · TRADE
January 22, 2026
What the Hell Happened
Yesterday in a Little Swiss Ski
Village
Once a year, in a small Swiss…
Saving Greenland
POLITICAL POWER · WAR AND SECURITY · TRADE
January 17, 2026
What Happens When the Monroe
Doctrine Meets the Global
Supply Chain
Donald Trump’s plan to take…
When Reliability Becomes Risk
WAR AND SECURITY · EUROPE · CANADA
January 15, 2026
How Trump Turned American
Commitments Into a Strategic
Variable
The first time you hear it said…
Closed Until Further Notice
TAXES · PUBLIC FINANCE · WHITE HOUSE
January 12, 2026
Trump’s endowment tax targets
the universities that train
scientists, regulators, and
medical leaders—and slows the…
Best-in-World, On Purpose
HEALTH INSURANCE · PUBLIC HEALTH · HOSPITALS
January 7, 2026
A Blueprint for Replacing
America’s Health Care System
With One That Works
It starts the way so many…
The Neighbor Problem
POLITICAL POWER · WAR AND SECURITY
January 6, 2026
Why Canada can no longer build
its future on American
stability
Maybe it’s presumptuous for an…
The Economy Is Forked
MACROECONOMICS · LABOR · COST OF LIVING
December 23, 2025
An hourglass economy—with all
the sand rushing to the top.
I read everything Paul Krugman
writes. Today he wrote about
our K-shaped economy, and I
knew exactly what he meant.
It’s the moment you flinch at
the total in your grocery cart…