Essays

I write about power—how economic, political, and cultural systems shape what we see, what we accept, and what we might change.

Economics Werner Mouton Economics Werner Mouton

Trump’s Economic Plan: Low Rates, Broad Tariffs, and Top-Heavy Tax Cuts

The plan combines three main elements. Interest rates are kept low. Tariffs are imposed broadly. Tax cuts are concentrated at the top. These policies interact in predictable ways. They ease federal debt service, raise the price of traded goods, and shift after-tax gains toward higher-income households. Each element reinforces the others. The result is a coherent economic strategy, but one with clear distributional costs.

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Thoughts Werner Mouton Thoughts Werner Mouton

What Wasn’t Said

That day, we not only destroyed a city but entered a world where mass death drew no mourning—and was instead declared an act of peace.

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