Policy and Government

Steve Forbes says President Obama’s article in “The Economist” gets everything wrong.

At CBS News, Anthony Mirhaydari says the U.S. economy is weaker than it looks; Q1 GDP growth was driven by an “unusual surge” in soybean exports.

In The Hill, Vicki Needham reports protectionist trade policies would cost jobs and harm the economy.

In the NY Sun, Stephen MacLean sees a way for Donald Trump to escape his problematic trade policies.

At FiveThirtyEight, Ben Casselman says immigration keeps America young, and our economy growing.

Monetary

At Forbes.com, Norbert Michel says higher inflation targets are the wrong policy move.

George Selgin explains why one of the Euro’s architects believes the currency is a house of cards.