The Real Cost of a Trade Surplus (and Why No One Will Admit It)

The Real Cost of a Trade Surplus (and Why No One Will Admit It)

Every country wants to be a winner. And in the grand theater of international economics, nothing signals victory quite like a trade surplus. Politicians beam when announcing that their nation sold more to the world than it bought. Newspapers trumpet the numbers. Economists nod approvingly. The message is clear: we won at trade. But what […]

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