Free Trade
Milton Friedman disproved Trump’s argument for tariffs decades ago
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared before the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday, fielding questions about the current presidential administration's trade strategy. Rep. Madeleine Dean (D–Penn.) pressed…
No, trade with China did not kill the U.S. economy
When Donald Trump first campaigned in 2015, he capitalized on a potent narrative: that China's rise gutted American manufacturing, leaving countless blue collar communities devastated. Known now as the "China…
Morning Consult Poll Indicates Judicial Invalidation of Trump’s Tariffs is Popular
(NA) A recent Morning Consult poll indicates that the recent Court of International Trade decision striking down Donald Trump's "Liberation Day"and other IEEPA tariffs in a case brought by the Liberty Justice…
Correcting Some Media Misconceptions About Libertarianism, Trade, and Immigration
(NA) Since last week's victory in our tariff case before the US Court of International Trade, I have done more media interviews than in any other comparable period in my life. I have spoken to print reporters, TV,…
Michael McConnell on the Tariff Cases and their Significance
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on April 2 instituting tariffs on a wide range of countries. ( Andrew Leyden/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom) Stanford law professor, leading conservative constitutional law scholar, and…
Which industries got exemptions from Trump’s tariffs?
When industries can boost profits more easily by lobbying for tariff exemptions than by competing in the marketplace, they will—and those incentives grow stronger as government intervention in the economy increases. On April…
AI is making everything weird
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is already reshaping jobs, education, politics, and personal identity—sharing examples from scam…
J.D. Vance wants a free market for crypto. What about everything else?
Vice President J.D. Vance is not ignorant about the power of the free market. He's just very selective about when that principle ought to apply. "What you shouldn't have is a dictatorial government that tells…
Democrats are embracing free trade as Trump hikes tariffs
After decades of shouting into the void that free trade is good, those of us in the "eliminate tariffs, embrace comparative advantage, and let me buy my haggis-flavored chips online without an import tax" crowd are…
Hub and UnPopulist Podcasts About the Tariff Case
I recently did two additional podcasts on our win in the tariff case before the US Court of International Trade, and its implications. One was with the Canadian conservative website The Hub:…
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