free trade
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The Price of Greenland — and the Cost of Attacking Sovereignty
If borders become negotiable under tariff pressure, risks rise, investment falls, and fragile global norms further fracture.
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Tariffs Are Missing the Real Enemy: Yesterday’s Products
If protectionist logic is correct, the past is guilty of unfair competition that harms workers in factories making automobiles, batteries, lightbulbs, and other goods that are increasingly imported from the past.
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China’s Elite Are Disillusioned With America—But Can’t Quit It
“Chimerica” is unraveling — but its contradictions remain.
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From Draining the Swamp to Owning Intel: How the Right Became What It Feared
What began as a promise to limit Washington’s power ended with politicians holding seats at corporate boardrooms.
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Why Even Progressive Economists Are Finally Warming to Free Markets
After a bizarre era of anti-theory, new data are nudging economists back toward free markets, beginning with an apology from econ blogger Noah Smith.
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Tariffs Tanked GDP, Not Imports
Spending on imports is not included in GDP. But the impact of tariffs, which reduce imports, can be seen clearly in new GDP data.
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Ontario’s Proposed Special Economic Zones Underscore Regulatory Harm Everywhere Else
Relaxing regulations in just a few places is a kind of favoritism. Why not extend the benefits to the whole province?
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No, We Weren’t Ripped Off: Debunking the Myth of Trade Victimhood
The emotional narrative of trade partners “laughing at us” is economically irrational, and acting on it only impoverishes us.
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Buy Now, Pay Later Is Just Credit, Not a Crisis
Installment plans work like credit cards, with a longer repayment period. Most consumers are choosing flexibility, not taking on new debt.
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Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ Politics Undermine America’s Future
As an erratic ‘first mover,’ Trump’s negotiation style destabilizes the nation. Game theory and public choice explain the global stakes of his individual recklessness.
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The Price of Greenland — and the Cost of Attacking Sovereignty
If borders become negotiable under tariff pressure, risks rise, investment falls, and fragile global norms further fracture.
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•
Tariffs Are Missing the Real Enemy: Yesterday’s Products
If protectionist logic is correct, the past is guilty of unfair competition that harms workers in factories making automobiles, batteries, lightbulbs, and other goods that are increasingly imported from the past.
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•
China’s Elite Are Disillusioned With America—But Can’t Quit It
“Chimerica” is unraveling — but its contradictions remain.
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•
From Draining the Swamp to Owning Intel: How the Right Became What It Feared
What began as a promise to limit Washington’s power ended with politicians holding seats at corporate boardrooms.
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•
Why Even Progressive Economists Are Finally Warming to Free Markets
After a bizarre era of anti-theory, new data are nudging economists back toward free markets, beginning with an apology from econ blogger Noah Smith.
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•
Tariffs Tanked GDP, Not Imports
Spending on imports is not included in GDP. But the impact of tariffs, which reduce imports, can be seen clearly in new GDP data.
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•
Ontario’s Proposed Special Economic Zones Underscore Regulatory Harm Everywhere Else
Relaxing regulations in just a few places is a kind of favoritism. Why not extend the benefits to the whole province?
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•
No, We Weren’t Ripped Off: Debunking the Myth of Trade Victimhood
The emotional narrative of trade partners “laughing at us” is economically irrational, and acting on it only impoverishes us.
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•
Buy Now, Pay Later Is Just Credit, Not a Crisis
Installment plans work like credit cards, with a longer repayment period. Most consumers are choosing flexibility, not taking on new debt.
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•
Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ Politics Undermine America’s Future
As an erratic ‘first mover,’ Trump’s negotiation style destabilizes the nation. Game theory and public choice explain the global stakes of his individual recklessness.