by Dan Mitchell | Feb 21, 2024 | Blogs
Almost exactly six years ago, I shared a column with this video of a member of the European Parliament explaining the principle of mutual recognition. But that column was mostly about the benefits of jurisdictional competition and I only mentioned mutual recognition...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2023 | Blogs, Free Market, Trade
As I wrote just two days ago, the establishment media often alternates between bias and inaccuracy. An example from earlier this year is when the press referred to Javier Milei, a presidential candidate in Argentina, as a “Mini-Trump.” That was an...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 19, 2023 | Blogs, Trade
I like to think that my four-part video series on trade (here, here, here, and here) has a lot of useful facts and analysis. But I overlooked a very persuasive argument. Here are the world’s more protectionist and most pro-trade jurisdictions, according...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 18, 2023 | Blogs, Trade
I narrated this video in 2019, hoping that it would help people understand why free trade is good and protectionism is bad. Sadly, American politicians don’t appreciate that message. Trump was a protectionist and Biden has followed the same...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 6, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
I’m opposed to globalism (because global governance means bigger government), but I’m in favor of globalization (because free trade makes us richer). So I largely approve of this video from the Economist. This video is basically an...
