Protectionism and Free Trade

The prosperous League had no coherent political organization, and there was no clearly defined administrative center or a system for raising taxes.

The WTO’s end seems nearer now, but governments have a few reasons to keep it alive.

Small mom-and-pop shops are overrated — but they're getting better thanks to competition from firms like Amazon.

By manipulating markets for internet service, government agencies could be indirectly distorting markets and ruining innovation by forcing prices down.