Author: Isaac Gardner

Last week, President Trump announced “Liberation Day” and imposed tariffs on nearly every country, with a base 10% tariff and “reciprocal” tariffs for individual countries. The Trump administration is claiming that these will stop other countries from ripping us off and bring back manufacturing to the U.S. In reality, these tariffs are a messy, economically […]

Ann Arbor faces a housing crisis, but rent control is the wrong answer. Earlier this year, Michigan Representative Carrie Rheingans (D-47) of Ann Arbor introduced a bill to allow local governments, such as Ann Arbor, to set rent controls. Michigan is one of thirty-three states that has a ban on rent controls, this bill would […]