Bush Battles the Chinese Sock Threat
American textile producers have been coddled by Washington for several decades, writes Grant Nulle, and the new agreement is more of the same.
Corporate Welfare
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Target: Google
Is Google the next target of the government's antitrust police? William Anderson says it is possible.
Talking Butts: A Smoking Documentary
A condensed version of the documentary “Talking Butts,” Directed by Jesse Walker, Patrick McMenamin and Bretigne Shaffer; Produced by J
Protection is Like War
Henry George's 1886 book on trade is a devastating critique of the arguments of protectionists.
All Hail Free Trade (and Henry George)
Protection or Free Trade, published in 1886, is undoubtedly one of the most significant works ever written on the subject, writes Laurence Vance.
A Screed on Need and Greed
For two years, we have been innudated with denunciations of "corporate greed" that has supposedly created scandal and led to prosecutions of CEOs, writes Gary Galles.
Anti-trust is Anti-Competitive
Competition is a productive aspect of the market economy, writes Ninos Malek, but sometimes businesses urge the government to intervene when their competitors pose a threat. This is the driving force behind antitrust legislation.
The Fallacies of Shrimp Protectionism
Consumers are eating shrimp like never before, writes Don Mathews, so why is the industry so unhappy?
Who Made the Fannie and Freddie Threat?
So Greenspan says that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are so big and so out of control that they represent a threat to the whole financial system. Well, asks Frank Shostak, just how does Greenspan think they got to be that way? Might it have something to do with a central bank that guarantees the life of not only these two institutions but every bank in the US?
