Free Trade
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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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Tariffs are Compromising Trump’s Economic Agenda
Even if he slashes regulation and lowers taxes, any savings will be buried under needless damage to our economy and our international reputation.
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Trade Does Not Create A National Security Externality
Our choice to trade can’t impose externalities on some other interests’ desire for security. Government doesn’t have goals separate from its citizens’.
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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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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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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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How Tariffs Kill Knowledge and Leave Us in the Dark
Markets aren’t machines for distribution; they’re dynamic processes of entrepreneurial discovery. Tariffs dim the signals that reveal what no planner ever could.
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Tariffs Instead of Taxes? A Back-of-Envelope Estimate
Projected revenue from tariffs ignore the realities of how people and businesses will react. Are we ready to double the cost of everything?
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‘A Man, A Plan, A Monopoly?’ More History of the Panama Canal
From the engineering challenges to pricing logistics, managing the canal requires significant time, expertise, and risk. But what’s the alternative?
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Video Game Industry Reeling From US Trade Crackdown
Per capita disposable income dipped by nine percent during the Biden administration. Consumer spending will take more hits from stiff tariffs.
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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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•
Tariffs are Compromising Trump’s Economic Agenda
Even if he slashes regulation and lowers taxes, any savings will be buried under needless damage to our economy and our international reputation.
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•
Trade Does Not Create A National Security Externality
Our choice to trade can’t impose externalities on some other interests’ desire for security. Government doesn’t have goals separate from its citizens’.
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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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•
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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•
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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•
How Tariffs Kill Knowledge and Leave Us in the Dark
Markets aren’t machines for distribution; they’re dynamic processes of entrepreneurial discovery. Tariffs dim the signals that reveal what no planner ever could.
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•
Tariffs Instead of Taxes? A Back-of-Envelope Estimate
Projected revenue from tariffs ignore the realities of how people and businesses will react. Are we ready to double the cost of everything?
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•
‘A Man, A Plan, A Monopoly?’ More History of the Panama Canal
From the engineering challenges to pricing logistics, managing the canal requires significant time, expertise, and risk. But what’s the alternative?
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Video Game Industry Reeling From US Trade Crackdown
Per capita disposable income dipped by nine percent during the Biden administration. Consumer spending will take more hits from stiff tariffs.