by Brian Garst | Jun 12, 2015 | Blogs, Free Market
There’s always been a populist strain on the right that has distrusted free trade, blaming all manner of economic ills on globalization. I think they are fundamentally wrong. Free markets work and have made us increasingly prosperous. Government imposed limits...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jun 12, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on Inside Sources on June 10, 2015. Debate over trade promotion authority (TPA) continues to simmer as the House of Representatives gears up for a vote to decide if it will follow the Senate’s lead and pass fast-track authority. Presidents...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | May 19, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article originally appeared in The Washington Times on May 18, 2015. To supplement profits that have been hamstrung by slowing domestic growth, Western companies are turning to emerging markets with greater frequency. Participation in those markets, however, is...
by Brian Garst | May 22, 2014 | Blogs, Economics
Former CBO Director and now American Action Forum President Douglas Holtz-Eakin is a solid economist and champion of pro-growth tax policy. But no one is perfect, as illustrated in this case by his misguided defense of the Export-Import bank. Though acknowledging...
by Brian Garst | May 30, 2012 | Blogs, Economics
The President has made promotion of “green energy” a central part of his agenda. His efforts have thus far been littered with waste, fraud and abuse, but nevertheless it remains a key plank of the President’s platform. So why then is his administration slapping...
