Speaking on the Icons and Ideas podcast with Peter Mallouk, Siegel, who is also dubbed the “Wizard of Wharton,” argued that forcing businesses to petition the White House for relief creates a centralized system of favoritism rather than an open market.

President Donald Trump’s tariffs have been fast, furious and hard to track. There are the drug-trafficking tariffs. Tariffs to fix trade balances, some pulled back. China tariffs — raised, raised again, lowered some, lowered again. Tariffs on imported ...

When President Donald Trump introduced his “Liberation Day” tariffs in April, many economists predicted Americans would soon experience massive price increases. While inflation has ticked up in the eight months that passed, it’s been nowhere near ...

The holiday season is notoriously tough on the wallet. And this year, the impact may be even more dramatic, thanks to price hikes resulting largely from the slate of tariffs enacted under President Donald Trump. Even though the “impact so far this year ...

In November, all of Randy Richards’ soybeans remained in storage on the land he farms just outside of Hope, North Dakota. In 2024 and 2023 and many years before, that was not the case. Richards would have sold at least half of his soybeans to a local ...

Millions of American consumers have been waiting for President Donald Trump’s tariffs to spark a dramatic rise in consumer prices, pushing the inflation rate into the red zone. They’re still waiting. The annual inflation rate reached 3% in ...

The future of many of Donald Trump’s tariffs are up in the air, with the Supreme Court expected to hand down a ruling on the administration’s global trade barriers any day now. But the question of whether a policy is legal or constitutional – which the justices are entertaining now – isn’t the same as whether it’s wise.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. President Donald Trump displays a signed an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced 25% tariffs on all foreign-made cars. (Photo by Win McNamee ...

President Donald Trump is now following California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s playbook of making things more expensive for people and then trying to give away taxpayer money to make it all better. Trump’s tariffs have led to increased costs for consumers in ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is currently reviewing a case to determine whether President Donald Trump's global tariffs are legal. Until recently, tariffs rarely made headlines. Yet today, they play a major role in U.S. economic policy, affecting the prices of ...

U.S. presidential memorandum “America First Trade Policy” outlines trade priorities of the new Trump administration and directs departments to complete various studies by April 1, 2025. U.S. executive order Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of ...