Economic Growth
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Regime Uncertainty and Market Uncertainty
When political rhetoric or fiscal policies threaten property rights or increase instability, private investors tend to withdraw.
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Making GDP Great Again: A Complementary Approach
Including government spending in GDP distorts our understanding of value: spending more on tanks and bullets doesn’t mean civilians are getting wealthier during wartime.
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US Trade Policy is a Humanitarian and Geopolitical Disaster
Trump’s tariffs killed the US’s soft power, leaving a geopolitical vacuum into which US rivals like China will expand.
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Busting the NAFTA Myth: US Exports Soared After the Trade Agreement
Free trade has allowed us to purchase low-cost products from overseas, focusing employment in high-paying sectors where we enjoy a comparative advantage.
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The Poor Are Richer Than We Think: Unlocking Dead Capital
Depictions of global wealth don’t account for assets that lack formal ownership rights: the world’s poor own a mountain of capital they can’t fully put to work.
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Three-Dimensional Trade Chess, Explained
The White House claims tariffs can accomplish three concrete things. Even if each were correct, they’re mutually exclusive.
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Klaus Schwab’s Departure Could Herald New (Spontaneous) Global Order
Goodbye to the founder of the World Economic Forum, whose totalitarian impulses gave us a global green agenda and the “Great Reset.”
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Tariff Tension: Will US Shelves Be Empty By Late May?
Trump’s trade war has disrupted shipments, supply chains, and consumer confidence. Shortages and job losses are sure to follow.
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Adam Smith vs. the Tariff State: A Timeless Case for Free Trade
Adam Smith’s principles, far more than Trump’s passions, are attuned to the principles of human flourishing.
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Are Americans Worse Off Since NAFTA? The Data Say No
We Americans have gotten richer as we’ve run trade deficits and since NAFTA took effect as well as since China joined the WTO.
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Regime Uncertainty and Market Uncertainty
When political rhetoric or fiscal policies threaten property rights or increase instability, private investors tend to withdraw.
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•
Making GDP Great Again: A Complementary Approach
Including government spending in GDP distorts our understanding of value: spending more on tanks and bullets doesn’t mean civilians are getting wealthier during wartime.
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•
US Trade Policy is a Humanitarian and Geopolitical Disaster
Trump’s tariffs killed the US’s soft power, leaving a geopolitical vacuum into which US rivals like China will expand.
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•
Busting the NAFTA Myth: US Exports Soared After the Trade Agreement
Free trade has allowed us to purchase low-cost products from overseas, focusing employment in high-paying sectors where we enjoy a comparative advantage.
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•
The Poor Are Richer Than We Think: Unlocking Dead Capital
Depictions of global wealth don’t account for assets that lack formal ownership rights: the world’s poor own a mountain of capital they can’t fully put to work.
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•
Three-Dimensional Trade Chess, Explained
The White House claims tariffs can accomplish three concrete things. Even if each were correct, they’re mutually exclusive.
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•
Klaus Schwab’s Departure Could Herald New (Spontaneous) Global Order
Goodbye to the founder of the World Economic Forum, whose totalitarian impulses gave us a global green agenda and the “Great Reset.”
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•
Tariff Tension: Will US Shelves Be Empty By Late May?
Trump’s trade war has disrupted shipments, supply chains, and consumer confidence. Shortages and job losses are sure to follow.
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•
Adam Smith vs. the Tariff State: A Timeless Case for Free Trade
Adam Smith’s principles, far more than Trump’s passions, are attuned to the principles of human flourishing.
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•
Are Americans Worse Off Since NAFTA? The Data Say No
We Americans have gotten richer as we’ve run trade deficits and since NAFTA took effect as well as since China joined the WTO.