What is Ex-Im? What does it do? Is it, on net, a good deal for the U.S.?
Here is my attempt to answer these questions in five minutes. Many thanks to the multi-talented Charles Blatz for making this possible.
What is Ex-Im? What does it do? Is it, on net, a good deal for the U.S.?
Here is my attempt to answer these questions in five minutes. Many thanks to the multi-talented Charles Blatz for making this possible.
A few weeks ago, Matt Yglesias had this to say on Twitter:
He was referring to this chart, taken from Branko Milanovic’s excellent 2010 book The Haves and the Have-Nots. As informative as the chart is, I—like Matt Y—have always found it a bit inaccessible. So I decided to remake it in video form, enlisting the help of the creative and ever-patient Charles Blatz. Let us know what you think: