Over the past year, popular demand to use protectionism to shield workers and companies from cheap foreign products has received more attention. But the focus should be on improving productivity and helping workers transition.
Mark MeltonAugust 19, 2016
If Britain does vote to leave, a driving factor would be a desire to reassert London’s sovereignty, instead of allowing the EU to dictate policies or regulations. Yet there is a risk that the UK would exchange real sovereignty for an imaginary kind.
Mark MeltonJune 17, 2016
It may have been the food, the people, the chance of hiking in Patagonia, or the prospect of mastering my…
Ryan McDowellJune 10, 2016
Obama’s predecessors understood—innately, intuitively, inherently—that the free market is what works. It’s not a preference or an opinion. It’s not something that has to be tested or tried out. History proves it works. Empirical evidence proves it works. And both history and empirical evidence prove that socialism does not work.
Alan DowdApril 27, 2016
Bad stuff will continue to happen around the world in 2016. But there are good reasons to be optimistic.
Gideon StraussJanuary 8, 2016
Gideon Strauss explains how Joe Studwell’s How Asia Works has changed his mind on how developing countries should shape trade policies.
Gideon StraussDecember 29, 2015
At the intersection of Christianity and American foreign policy, trade matters as much as war
Gideon StraussDecember 4, 2015