International
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Free Trade: The Consensus Is Growing
What economists have argued for generations is now reflected in public opinion: Americans see free trade as the better alternative to protectionism.
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The McNamara Fallacy Returns: How Inequality Metrics Distract From the Real Causes of Poverty
When policymakers obsess over inequality statistics, they often overlook the institutions and policies that actually keep people poor.
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The Post-Liberals Can’t Have Tocqueville
Tocqueville believed liberty depended on virtue — but he trusted free institutions, not the state, to cultivate it.
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Judges Can Void a Tariff. They Can’t Rebuild Our Reputation.
The trust between America and its allies took generations to build and is being spent at a record pace.
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Reality Sends the Bill: How Ignoring Price Signals Ends in Disaster
Sri Lankan fertilizer bans, Argentinian rents, and European power crises all demonstrate that governments can suppress prices, but they cannot escape reality.
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Trump Uses NATO Summit to Reinforce Mercantilist Policy
NATO members are finally taking more responsibility for their own defense. Using those security commitments to squeeze trading partners threatens markets and undermines diplomacy.
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Keeping Cool: The Air Conditioner That Changed America
The time price of air conditioning has fallen 98.6 percent since 1952. That ordinary luxury saves lives every summer.
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‘Guns Versus Butter’: Tracing the Dark Origins of a Classic Economic Model
The phrase’s apparent origins in Nazi Germany — and its grim use during the 1930s and 1940s — highlight a basic truth: prioritizing guns over butter ultimately imposes the cost of lower living standards on ordinary citizens.
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The American Revolution Redefined Freedom Itself
Since 1776, at least 120 peoples have declared independence, echoing Jefferson’s universal claim about natural rights, self-government, and political legitimacy.
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Revolutions Worlds Apart: Why America Chose Liberty and France Chose Terror
Both the American and French Revolutions promised “power to the people.” One delivered it; the other descended into bloodshed and chaos. Why?
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Free Trade: The Consensus Is Growing
What economists have argued for generations is now reflected in public opinion: Americans see free trade as the better alternative to protectionism.
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The McNamara Fallacy Returns: How Inequality Metrics Distract From the Real Causes of Poverty
When policymakers obsess over inequality statistics, they often overlook the institutions and policies that actually keep people poor.
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•
The Post-Liberals Can’t Have Tocqueville
Tocqueville believed liberty depended on virtue — but he trusted free institutions, not the state, to cultivate it.
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Judges Can Void a Tariff. They Can’t Rebuild Our Reputation.
The trust between America and its allies took generations to build and is being spent at a record pace.
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Reality Sends the Bill: How Ignoring Price Signals Ends in Disaster
Sri Lankan fertilizer bans, Argentinian rents, and European power crises all demonstrate that governments can suppress prices, but they cannot escape reality.
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Trump Uses NATO Summit to Reinforce Mercantilist Policy
NATO members are finally taking more responsibility for their own defense. Using those security commitments to squeeze trading partners threatens markets and undermines diplomacy.
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•
Keeping Cool: The Air Conditioner That Changed America
The time price of air conditioning has fallen 98.6 percent since 1952. That ordinary luxury saves lives every summer.
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‘Guns Versus Butter’: Tracing the Dark Origins of a Classic Economic Model
The phrase’s apparent origins in Nazi Germany — and its grim use during the 1930s and 1940s — highlight a basic truth: prioritizing guns over butter ultimately imposes the cost of lower living standards on ordinary citizens.
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•
The American Revolution Redefined Freedom Itself
Since 1776, at least 120 peoples have declared independence, echoing Jefferson’s universal claim about natural rights, self-government, and political legitimacy.
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•
Revolutions Worlds Apart: Why America Chose Liberty and France Chose Terror
Both the American and French Revolutions promised “power to the people.” One delivered it; the other descended into bloodshed and chaos. Why?