Protectionism and Free Trade

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Mary Lucia Darst

Thanks to trade with the Chinese, more Africans have access to safe food they would otherwise lack.

Jacob G. Hornberger

The right to trade with foreigners without government interference is a God-given fundamental human right, not morally subject to the whims of those who want trade wars to protect their own interests.

Carmen Elena Dorobăț

Mises’s insight into the importance of Cantillon effects can be further extended to explain not only income and wealth inequalities among individuals but also some rather curious developments in global industrial organization over the last few decades.

Andrew Moran

Trump's high-tax trade policies have been a disaster for agriculture in the United States, marked by rising suicide among farmers, and declining incomes for farming households.

Carmen Elena Dorobăț

The effects of inflationary currency are not limited by government borders.

Carmen Elena Dorobăț

Perhaps the best proof of the current divorce between theory and reality in international economics is the economists who declare themselves in favor of free trade while also opposing the removal of all tariffs and customs.

Ryan McMaken

Citizenship based on a person's current location is a long and well-established principle in the Americas. But this is not the case back in Europe.

Brendan Brown

Japan's Shinzo Abe has turned to Europe in hopes of stabilizing Japan's fiscal and and monetary situation. But Europe is a shaky foundation on which to build anything.

Jacob G. Hornberger

Tariffs and economic sanctions infringe on the fundamental, God-given right of people to trade with whomever they want.

Ryan Griggs

While efforts to mandate "equality of outcome" are rightly derided, "equality of opportunity" is wrongly held up as essential. But even when we face unequal opportunities, the marketplace can still make us all better off.