Michael Strain
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Sep 26, 2026
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- Jul 10, 2026
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Lies, election lies, and Trump's statisticians (opens the original)
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When US President Donald Trump fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics—claiming falsely that the agency’s economic data “were RIGGED” to make him “look bad”—we could at least take solace in the fact that the agency’s critically important work remained unadulterated. Unfortunately, Trump’s attacks on the integrity of official statistics have continued. Last month, the US Census Bureau published an official brief that claims to have “readily determined with high confidence” that, of th
The myth of the China Shock (opens the original)
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Few issues in the public square are uncontested. But the narrative that the United States’ decision, driven by elite considerations, to open trade with China led to the loss of a large number of manufacturing jobs and deindustrialisation comes close. Democrats and Republicans, the mainstream media, commentators of all stripes, and even economists hold, advance, and defend this version of events. And yet every part of it is off base. Did growing US trade with China following the 2000 decision to
Just say no to remote work (opens the original)
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My advice for the two million young people who graduated with bachelor’s degrees over the last few months and are just starting their careers: Go to work—not just figuratively, but literally. If you have a job that allows hybrid work arrangements, do not use them. Instead, be at your desk five (or six!) days per week. And if your job is fully remote, start looking for a new one. I was giving the same advice back in 2021, when millions of white-collar workers had decided that remote work was one
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