Showing posts with label tariffs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tariffs. Show all posts
Friday, February 22, 2013

Has the Decline of the US Steel Industry been about Wages?

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The following has not been meant to be a blog post, but a reply to a dear "mercantilist" friend who stubbornly insists that the U...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

World Economic Trend: Mercantilism or Globalization?

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To paraphrase a recent comment I received from a mercantilist: Because of the US dollar standard, mercantilism have been more prevalent tod...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Bastiat on The Case for Unilateral Free Trade

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The great Frédéric Bastiat makes the case for unilateral free trade. (source Mises Institute ) We have just seen that whatever increase...
Friday, June 22, 2012

Quote of the Day: Ethical Defense of Liberty Knows NO Borders

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an ethical defense of liberty, as well as an economic defense of liberty, applies equally to both sides of any national border. Anyone wh...
Wednesday, June 01, 2011

How Anti-Dumping Leads to Reduced Competitiveness

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For the left, because trade is a zero sum game and an activity done by nations and not by individuals, imbalances are always someone’s fault...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Tariffs on Furniture Trade: Example of Mercantilist Policy Failure

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In the eyes of mercantilists, the world operates in a fixed pie where trade is reduced to a zero sum game—one benefits at the expense of the...
Monday, January 17, 2011

Politics Of International Bailouts

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One major development that has offset such policy mistakes has been globalization. But of course, while policies from fiat currencies tend t...