To Reduce the Deficit, Tariff the Money
Mihir Torsekar
March 17, 2026
To reduce the deficit in a durable way, the United States must do more than tariff goods. It must tariff the money.
MIHIR
TORSEKAR
SENIOR ECONOMIST
Mihir Torsekar is a Senior Economist at the Coalition for a Prosperous America.
Mihir brings 15 years of experience researching at the intersection of international trade, U.S. industrial competitiveness, and national security. His experience includes 12 years at the U.S. International Trade Commission, where he led multiple statutory investigations examining the effects of foreign trade barriers on U.S. manufacturing, among other topics.
His research on supply chains has been cited by the New York Times, Brookings Institute, and the Financial Times.
Mihir received his B.A. in Economics from Case Western Reserve University and dual Master’s Degrees in Applied Economics and Public Policy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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