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...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 31, 2023 | Blogs, Trade
As part of my annual “hopes and fears” column, I expressed optimism at the start of 2021 that Joe Biden would steer the country back toward free trade after the economically debilitating protectionist mistakes of the Trump era. I’ve...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 23, 2023 | Blogs, Taxation, Trade
When President Biden proposed a 10-year tax hike of about $3 trillion in 2021, I was very critical. But my hostility was not because Biden is a Democrat. I’ve also condemned Republicans who support higher taxes...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 13, 2023 | Blogs, Trade
At the risk of understatement, Donald Trump’s trade policy was a miserable failure. But the 2020 election did not lead to any changes. Biden also has been a protectionist. In some ways, he’s been even worse than Trump. A rather...
