Free Trade
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The Case Against Oren Cass
Conservative scholar Oren Cass wants to “redefine the economic orthodoxy that guides the nation’s politics and public policy.” He’s convinced that economists wrongly discount the importance of work while naively giving pride of place to consumption. Consistent with his conviction, Cass proposes that government policies – including trade policy – pay more conscious attention to our…
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Biodiversity and Prosperity Go Together
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is clear: there is a loss of biodiversity globally. The losses are expected to increase as a result of climate change. As a result, there are some researchers who advance the idea that we may be in the Sixth Great Extinction. However, it must be pointed out that…
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The FCC’s Treatment of Huawei Is a Tremendous Embarrassment
It’s said about Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson that he’s a particularly challenging opponent. With Jackson there’s no preparing for the run or pass; rather there’s preparing for the run, pass, along with the horrifying possibility that Jackson himself will run the ball. With only eleven defenders, opposing coaches seem to be implying that they…
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Trade Policy Should Not Be Contingent on the Behavior of Foreign Governments
In the making of trade policy, foreign governments should not be held to ethical standards higher than are the standards to which we hold our own government.
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Suffixing Industrial Policy with “2.0” Doesn’t Make It Credible
When and to the extent that trade and markets are free, Americans benefit from innovation no matter where it occurs.
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Proof That Tariffs Flood the Swamp
Recently talking from the Senate floor, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) candidly acknowledged what most AIER readers have known for a long time: politicians are influenced by special interest groups, and, in many cases, this influence prevents them from doing the right thing. In this particular case, the senator revealed the great pushback he encountered when…
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The Case for Globalism, So-Called
Global per capita income has increased from a little less than $4,000 a year in 1966 to almost $17,500, in inflation-adjusted dollars at the present time. That represents a 372 percent increase in the average income of everyone on this planet in only 50 years.
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Tariffs Tax Your Freedom
Freedom goes down when tariff revenues go up. It’s high time we revisited the Declaration of Independence and renewed our commitment to freedom.
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Trump’s Tariffs Did Nothing to Boost the Steel Industry
At best, the trade war promised to help those people at the expense of everyone else. In reality, we’re all so connected that such a destructive policy is bound to harm everyone.
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Poll: Americans Love Foreign Trade
There is no amount of red tape or nationalist fervor that will, for any appreciable length of time, make Americans eager to forfeit the bounty they and their families realize arising of increasingly and wonderfully borderless commerce.
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The Case Against Oren Cass
Conservative scholar Oren Cass wants to “redefine the economic orthodoxy that guides the nation’s politics and public policy.” He’s convinced that economists wrongly discount the importance of work while naively giving pride of place to consumption. Consistent with his conviction, Cass proposes that government policies – including trade policy – pay more conscious attention to our…
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Biodiversity and Prosperity Go Together
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is clear: there is a loss of biodiversity globally. The losses are expected to increase as a result of climate change. As a result, there are some researchers who advance the idea that we may be in the Sixth Great Extinction. However, it must be pointed out that…
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The FCC’s Treatment of Huawei Is a Tremendous Embarrassment
It’s said about Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson that he’s a particularly challenging opponent. With Jackson there’s no preparing for the run or pass; rather there’s preparing for the run, pass, along with the horrifying possibility that Jackson himself will run the ball. With only eleven defenders, opposing coaches seem to be implying that they…
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Trade Policy Should Not Be Contingent on the Behavior of Foreign Governments
In the making of trade policy, foreign governments should not be held to ethical standards higher than are the standards to which we hold our own government.
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•
Suffixing Industrial Policy with “2.0” Doesn’t Make It Credible
When and to the extent that trade and markets are free, Americans benefit from innovation no matter where it occurs.
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Proof That Tariffs Flood the Swamp
Recently talking from the Senate floor, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) candidly acknowledged what most AIER readers have known for a long time: politicians are influenced by special interest groups, and, in many cases, this influence prevents them from doing the right thing. In this particular case, the senator revealed the great pushback he encountered when…
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The Case for Globalism, So-Called
Global per capita income has increased from a little less than $4,000 a year in 1966 to almost $17,500, in inflation-adjusted dollars at the present time. That represents a 372 percent increase in the average income of everyone on this planet in only 50 years.
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•
Tariffs Tax Your Freedom
Freedom goes down when tariff revenues go up. It’s high time we revisited the Declaration of Independence and renewed our commitment to freedom.
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•
Trump’s Tariffs Did Nothing to Boost the Steel Industry
At best, the trade war promised to help those people at the expense of everyone else. In reality, we’re all so connected that such a destructive policy is bound to harm everyone.
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Poll: Americans Love Foreign Trade
There is no amount of red tape or nationalist fervor that will, for any appreciable length of time, make Americans eager to forfeit the bounty they and their families realize arising of increasingly and wonderfully borderless commerce.