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Richard Martin

Richard Martin is the founder and president of Alcera Consulting Inc., a strategic advisory firm specializing in exploiting change. His mission is to empower top-level leaders to exercise strategic foresight, navigate uncertainty, and drive transformative change. Richard is the author of Brilliant Manoeuvres: How to Use Military Wisdom to Win Business Battles and the developer of Worldview Warfare and Strategic Epistemology, methodologies designed to understand strategy, beliefs, and values in a world of conflict, competition, and cooperation.

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Tariffs, Capital Heterogeneity, and the Real Costs of Intervention: The Aluminum Example

04/09/2025 Mises Wire Richard Martin

Tariff supporters claim that implementing tariffs will result in new jobs at home. What they fail to point out is that many people depend upon imports for work. The tariffs on Canadian aluminum imports are a case in point.

The Hidden Cost of Tariffs: A Lesson from Bastiat’s Seen and Unseen

03/08/2025 Mises Wire Richard Martin

We should not look just at the visible and obvious results of tariffs. We must also look at the good things that the tariffs keep from happening.

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