Both Trump and Biden Are Promising More Tariffs
Yes, trade tariffs cause higher prices. Trump never understood that, and now Biden apparently has forgotten it.
Yes, trade tariffs cause higher prices. Trump never understood that, and now Biden apparently has forgotten it.
And you have to admit, he's got a point.
The president wants to raise the rate from 21 percent to 28 percent, despite it being well-established that this is the most economically-destructive method to raise government funds.
Curt Mills, executive director of The American Conservative, talks U.S. foreign policy on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
His speech in Davos challenged the growing worldwide trend of increased government involvement in economic affairs.
"There has been a deliberate attempt to inflame the public against experts," warned one Davos panelist.
That's bad news for Americans.
Are the plausible alternatives to continental governance any better?
Amid initial concerns about the 'Buy American' electric vehicle tax credit, the European Union is now considering further protectionist retaliation.
The Buy American program, used to encourage the buying of American made electric vehicles, not only limits access to EVs but risks a trade war with the E.U.
America can join with more free trade or it can miss out.
The authors of COVID-19: The Great Reset and their most conspiratorial critics share an unfounded faith in the competence of central planners.
In comments to The New York Times Magazine published this week, the new treasury secretary says free trade has been "so negative" for "a large share of the population." That's just wrong.
The scientific and medical knowledge used to develop and distribute the vaccines is not, thankfully, trapped within national borders.
For decades, the U.S. Postal Service has charged some countries less than it charges domestic shippers to move packages within the United States.
Welcome to 21st-century politics (finally) with creation of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Us vs. Them author Ian Bremmer says that worldwide populism is a response from people who are being left behind economically.
The Brink, a documentary about the former Trump adviser, delivers an interesting insight.
The George Mason University economist and Marginal Revolution founder explains why a richer world is a better world.