by Dan Mitchell | Feb 20, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
In Part I and Part II of this series, we looked at research showing that Americans are bearing the burden of Trump’s trade taxes. Those findings are a useful antidote to Trump’s silly and illiterate claim that foreign companies are swallowing the...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
In Part I of this series, we reviewed some new research from the New York Federal Reserve. That study showed that Americans bear about 90 percent of the burden of Trump’s Liberation Day trade taxes. Though I added my own two cents because I don’t actually care...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 14, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
This 2019 video explains uses theory and evidence to argue in favor of free trade. Are my arguments still correct? Let’s update our analysis of trade by looking specifically at the impact of Trump’s second-term...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 12, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
At the end of last year, I celebrated two years of libertarian progress in Argentina. Now, thanks to strong results for President Milei’s libertarian party in the October mid-term elections, I’ll hopefully have a column at the end of this year to...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 9, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Based on a CF&P video from back in 2010, as well a video from Johan Norberg I shared in 2016, there’s a lot to learn by looking at Swedish economic history. Here’s a more recent video that also looks at that nation’s economic track record. You’ll notice a similar...
