Free Trade
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US Economic Growth Looks Slow — Until You Compare It to Europe’s
Over the past decade, the United States has outperformed every other G7 nation. Key measures show why the US is not just getting bigger, but also growing richer.
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What Zimbabwe Can Learn From Chile: A Tale of Two Data Series
Economic freedom, like freedom in general, is inherently fragile. National institutions and attitudes can shift the ground quickly.
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The Myth That Foreigners Pay Our Tariffs
The costs of tariffs are always shared — and domestic citizens inevitably bear a significant portion of the burden.
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The Latest Trump Administration Grift: Tariff Checks
Trump’s tariffs haven’t boosted manufacturing; they’ve raised costs and disrupted supply chains. A redistributive dividend check can’t reverse the underlying economic harm.
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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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China’s Rare Earth ‘Monopoly’ — and Why Markets Will Break It
The minerals aren’t rare. China’s marginal advantage is a willingness to accept human and environmental costs other nations eschewed.
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Are Free Traders Materialistic — or Are Protectionists?
The claim that protectionism serves “higher ends” rests on a confusion about both economics and the non-economic goals people actually value.
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The National-Security Exception to Free Trade Is Real. So Are Its Tradeoffs.
Today’s economic interdependence makes it surprisingly difficult to know when trade restrictions actually strengthen security — and when they backfire.
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AIER Holiday Index: Pandemic Policies Still Raising Prices
Five years of interventionist policy, inflationary finance, and trade restrictions have steadily eroded consumers’ purchasing power.
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The Loaded Language of Protectionism
It’s trite but true that language matters and can mislead. Nowhere in economic policy is this more evident than in trade.
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US Economic Growth Looks Slow — Until You Compare It to Europe’s
Over the past decade, the United States has outperformed every other G7 nation. Key measures show why the US is not just getting bigger, but also growing richer.
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•
What Zimbabwe Can Learn From Chile: A Tale of Two Data Series
Economic freedom, like freedom in general, is inherently fragile. National institutions and attitudes can shift the ground quickly.
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•
The Myth That Foreigners Pay Our Tariffs
The costs of tariffs are always shared — and domestic citizens inevitably bear a significant portion of the burden.
-
•
The Latest Trump Administration Grift: Tariff Checks
Trump’s tariffs haven’t boosted manufacturing; they’ve raised costs and disrupted supply chains. A redistributive dividend check can’t reverse the underlying economic harm.
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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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•
China’s Rare Earth ‘Monopoly’ — and Why Markets Will Break It
The minerals aren’t rare. China’s marginal advantage is a willingness to accept human and environmental costs other nations eschewed.
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•
Are Free Traders Materialistic — or Are Protectionists?
The claim that protectionism serves “higher ends” rests on a confusion about both economics and the non-economic goals people actually value.
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•
The National-Security Exception to Free Trade Is Real. So Are Its Tradeoffs.
Today’s economic interdependence makes it surprisingly difficult to know when trade restrictions actually strengthen security — and when they backfire.
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•
AIER Holiday Index: Pandemic Policies Still Raising Prices
Five years of interventionist policy, inflationary finance, and trade restrictions have steadily eroded consumers’ purchasing power.
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•
The Loaded Language of Protectionism
It’s trite but true that language matters and can mislead. Nowhere in economic policy is this more evident than in trade.