Policy and Government

At AIER, Donald Boudreaux gives us an elegant parable of The Jets, the Sharks, and a Trade Agreement.

Monetary

At Money Week, John Stepek explains why the dollar is key to global markets.

Jeffrey Sachs at Project Syndicate  predicts that President Trump’s policies will accelerate the world’s move away from using the dollar as its reserve currency.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he will not be surprised if the Chinese yuan takes over the United States dollar as a global trading currency.

In the Washington Times, Richard Rahn says inflation fears are fueling the rush into digital assets.

Jeffrey Tucker at Forbes.com explains why Bitcoin has real value and dispels many fallacies as to the source of that value.

Tax

In the National Pulse, Jon Decker says the President should play his economic “Trump Card” by indexing capital gains to inflation.

Spending

On Real Clear Markets, John Tamny says Trump’s federal pay freeze means a raise for us.