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Linette Lopez reacts to Peter Navarro’s bizarre and foolish op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal [2].  (Even adjusting for the fact that Navarro is – may the fates save us – the chief trade advisor to the president of the United States, the WSJ‘s decision to publish this piece is surprising, for it is a stew of idiocy.)

Speaking of Navarro’s complete ignorance about trade, here’s a piece from last month by Laurence Kotlikoff [3].

Also on the great dangers posed by Peter Navarro – whose ignorance of both the facts and the theory of international trade cannot be overstated – is Robert Colvile [4].

David Waller argues that today’s Luddites are no more likely to be correct in their predictions of doom than were yesterday’s Luddites [5].

More on Luddite fears: here, Lawrence Summers explains why Bill Gates is way off base to call for taxing robots [6].

Jonah Goldberg ponders conservatives’ reactions to Trump’s recent speech to Congress [7].

Arnold Kling review my colleague Tyler Cowen’s new book, The Complacent Class [8].

Here’s more wisdom from Arnold Kling [9].

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