Trade
The Frontier Wire - Weekly Roundup: April 11 - April 18, 2026
Top stories from the past week across 50+ podcasts.
Tariffs Are a Consumption Tax. Read the Receipt.
Tariff revenue is economically equivalent to a consumption tax split between domestic buyers and foreign sellers based on bargaining power. Following the money through the supply chain reveals who actually pays.
🔒 Paid Article (Day 7 - Aug. 30, 2025) : The Bitcoin Chronicles : The First Interplanetary Trade Routes
The dawn of interplanetary commerce begins as Mars miners export metals to Earth, Earth sends biotech back, and the Moon emerges as a free-trade hub. Only Bitcoin, not fiat, can bridge the distrust across worlds.
Why Build Branta?
We must perfect medium of exchange
The Zap Economy
A discussion of the problems and the promise of an economy based upon a deflationary currency, with suggestions for how to restructure payments to accommodate this.
