Are Tariffs Trump’s Most Anti-woman policy?
November 1, 2018 – Chelsea Follett …… US tariffs will target and raise the cost of appliances that have been key to women’s empowerment historically. Continue reading →
Libertarian Lessons: Free Trade
October 12, 2018 – Scott McPherson …… Trade is commonly understood to be an economic activity carried on between countries, which is incorrect. Continue reading →
The U.S. Should Be More Like Hong Kong
October 1, 2018 – John Tamny …… The fact that Hong Kong is a duty-free marketplace is a major driver of its immense prosperity. Politicians in other countries can learn an important lesson from Hong Kong’s authorities, who do not make “trade deals.” Continue reading →
Peace, Harmony, and Free Trade: 10 Uplifting Quotes by Richard Cobden, the Shining Knight of Classical Liberalism
September 27, 2018 – Gary Galles …… Cobden recognized free trade as the key to creating material prosperity. Continue reading →
Tariff Walls and Trade Wars Equal Government Planning
August 22, 2018 – Richard Ebeling …… When you get down to it, there’s not much difference, in principle, between trade protectionism and Soviet-style central planning. Continue reading →
The Delusion of a Win-Win Trade War
August 10, 2018 – Robert Higgs …… The only way to win a trade war is not to fight one. Continue reading →
The Best Answer to Trump’s Tariffs: Free Trade
June 18, 2018 – Richard Ebeling …… By not lowering your own trade restricting policies until your trading partners do so at the same time and to the same degree, only harms the citizens of your own country. The best policy is to simply lower your own existing import tariffs regardless of what any of your nation’s trading partners may or may not do. Continue reading →
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Pretends to Support Free Trade
December 8, 2017 – Lee Friday …… The lack of free trade hurts poor people the most. Sadly, Justin Trudeau is merely paying lip service to free trade. Continue reading →
Subsidies in one place don’t justify tariffs in another
October 12, 2017 – Lee Friday …… Tariffs – another form of bailout – are economically counterproductive, without exception. Continue reading →
U.S. imposes duties on imports of Canadian lumber – Canada responds with hypocrisy
June 3, 2017 – Lee Friday …… Just because the Canadian government has adopted a bad economic policy does not mean the Americans must follow suit. But invariably, that is exactly what governments do. They are always eager to pick the winners and losers. Continue reading →