by Dan Mitchell | Jul 16, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
I get offended when I hear people argue that Donald Trump is another Ronald Reagan. I’m not saying that out of animosity to the President. I also got offended when people compared Bush 41 or Bush 43 to Reagan. I realize Reagan was not perfect, but I think he genuinely...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 12, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
A couple of days ago, I shared a segment from a TV interview about trade and warned that retaliatory tariffs were a painful consequence of Trump’s protectionism. I also was asked in that interview about the negative effect on farmers. I speculated that farmers (and...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 9, 2018 | Blogs, Trade
The theoretical case against protectionism is very straightforward. Economic growth suffers when politicians interfere with markets. The empirical case against protectionism also is very straightforward since there’s lots of data showing that it’s a job killer....
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 26, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
I very much suspect Obama partisans and Trump partisans won’t like this column, but the sad reality is that both Obamacare and Trump’s protectionism have a lot in common. In both cases, government is limiting the freedom of buyers and sellers to engage in unfettered...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 20, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
Back in January, I compared Reagan’s pro-trade views with Trump’s cramped protectionism. Well, here’s another video of the Gipper talking about trade. I especially like how he used “destructionism” to describe protectionism. And let’s consider exactly the kind of...
