The New Tariff of Abominations?
Trump's new tariffs just happen to protect certain industries that are big political donors.
Protectionism and Free Trade
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Trade Tariffs Won’t Crash the World Economy, Monetary Policy Will
Many people fail to correctly distinguish between the causes and effects of price inflation and those of monetary inflation.
Trump’s Two Biggest Trade Myths
Government stats on trade deficits tell only a tiny bit of the real story.
On Foreign Trade
Specialization and foreign trade are good things, even if one party to the transaction could produce everything better and cheaper than the other.
The Best Answer to Trump’s Tariffs: Free Trade
Neither the United States nor the European Union are so free of protectionist “sin” to cast retaliatory tariff stones at the other.
The Dangers of Trump’s G7 Trade Gamble
Trump has exposed the hypocrisy of the "free trade" advocates in China and Europe. But by raising tariffs, Trump and other world leaders are inviting disaster.
Drug Companies Want to Use the State to Shut Down the Competition
Some special interest groups don't want customers to even have the option of buying other products.
We Don’t Even Want Your American Goods In Europe — Or Do We?
As a trade war heats up between the US and the EU, both regimes rush to victimize their own populations.
AFL-CIO Demands We Never Use the Self-Serve Checkout
What the labor group is conveying to the world is that it hates progress.
How Neocons Destroyed a Chance for Peace with Iran After 9/11
As Trump considers ending the Iran nuclear deal, a look back at how the Bush administration betrayed one of its first allies in the "War on Terror."
