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The Tariff Tightrope: Balancing Trade Policies with Business Realities

By Özlem Elgün Tillman February 7, 2025

Picture this: the U.S. just rolled out a fresh batch of tariffs, and businesses are scrambling to figure out what it means for their bottom line. Sound familiar? Tariffs are nothing new, but their impact is always unpredictable. These new trade barriers, rooted in Optimal Tariff Theory, aim to give the U.S. an economic edge by squeezing foreign suppliers. In theory, this sounds great. In practice? Well, it’s a high-stakes gamble where…

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The Next Disruptive Technology – Distributed Generation

By Tim J. Smith, PhD September 25, 2000

Is Enron coming for lunch? Introduction The past three decades have offered ample evidence of the ability of disruptive technologies to create…

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Industrial Non-Equilibrium Dynamics

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 30, 2000

Economic transactions and industrial reorganizations are akin to the evolution of a complex system punctuated with periods of equilibrium and non-equilibrium dynamics.…

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