Archive - The Power and the Money

March 2025

The arm of history is long, but not always strong: The effects of labor coercion in colonial and postcolonial Peru

Our project on the effects of forced labor in colonial Peru began years ago, Leticia was still a graduate student.

Published on Broadstreet • Mar 25

Why isn’t New York City the capital of New York State?

Because it wasn’t Dutch enough!

Mar 20 •

Emergency substack 2: The Ontario electricity export tax won’t hurt Americans

Market structures mean that the burden would fall on Ontario

Mar 12 •

Emergency substack: The Mexico-Canada tariffs are still on!

We have never been free-trading

Mar 8 •

How big is China’s manufacturing sector?

Almost certainly equal to the industrial nations formerly known as “advanced”

Mar 4 •

In Trade, the U.S. president really is a dictator

But how it happens matters a lot

Mar 2 •

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