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Our reading
The US-China trade imbalance is driven mainly by capital flows, not tariffs or trade deficits.
Their wordsTariffs and trade deficits are a distraction from the deeper source of the US-China current account imbalance, namely capital flows.
Their wordsThis is why tradeable sectors are generally more productive than non-tradable ones.
Our reading
Payroll taxes fall mostly on workers rather than employers because labor supply is inelastic.
Their wordsEmployer-side payroll taxes superficially raise hiring costs, yet the low elasticity of labor means most of the burden really falls on workers.