Landen Terrell

Landen Terrell is a 2025 Mises Academic Summer Intern and an undergraduate student at Oklahoma State University studying economics. He is also President of OSU’s Free Enterprise Society. He has attended numerous Mises Institute events including Mises University, Rothbard Graduate Seminar, the Libertarian Scholar’s Conference, and the Austrian Economics Research Conference.

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Trump’s Tariff Policies Are Schizophrenic
Mises Wire Landen Terrell

Why is the Trump administration levying tariffs? Are they for tax purposes? Protecting domestic industries? Bargaining chips for international deal making? The administration and its supporters have floated mutually-exclusive reasons for these policies, making the confusion worse.

Fell For It Again?
Mises Wire Landen Terrell

Trump's now-infamous “Big, Beautiful Bill” has become the classic bait-and-switch, in which the president promises fiscal responsibility as a candidate but delivers profligacy when he reaches the White House.

Taxi Tyranny in Paradise
Mises Wire Landen Terrell

Our author went to St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands, expecting a vacation in paradise. Unfortunately, thanks to the USVI government‘s laws “protecting” the taxi industry, he had to spend a tidy sum of money just getting around.

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Trump’s Tariff Policies Are Schizophrenic
Landen Terrell

Why is the Trump administration levying tariffs? Are they for tax purposes? Protecting domestic industries? Bargaining chips for international deal making? The administration and its supporters have floated mutually-exclusive reasons for these policies, making the confusion worse.