by Isaac Cubillos | May 1, 2025 | Journal
Wyze, a small smart-tech company built on affordable gadgets and lean startup hustle, just got walloped by the President’s tariff crusade. They imported $167,000 worth of floodlights. Then came the bill: $255,000 in tariffs. That’s not a typo. That’s a 152%...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 30, 2025 | Journal
The U.S. economy just hit reverse for the first time in years. According to the latest numbers, GDP shrank to -0.3% in the first quarter of 2025—a clear sign that the slowdown is no longer coming. It’s here. Let’s look at the trend: 3.4% growth in Q2 2024. Then 3.1%...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 29, 2025 | Journal
Let’s connect the dots, because clearly nobody in power is doing it. The President says he’s going to cut your taxes — and that tariffs will pick up the slack. Sounds great on paper. But while one hand waves that flag, the other is in quiet talks with China to lower...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 29, 2025 | Journal
You don’t need a Ph.D. in economics to see what’s happening. Just look at the maps. Ports that should be jammed like a rush-hour freeway — Long Beach, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, Charleston — are standing there like ghost towns, cranes hanging limp,...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 28, 2025 | Journal
I spent a few days in New York City this past week — and what hit me wasn’t what I saw.It was what I didn’t. The corner newsstands were shuttered and silent. I didn’t lay hands on a single print newspaper until my last day, when I stumbled across a few battered copies...
