by Dan Mitchell | Jan 30, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Last November, I shared a one-minute video from Freedom Partners on the economics of trade. Here’s a full-length (but still only four minutes) treatment of the issue that I narrated. The first part of the video is a quick glimpse at some of the academic evidence for...
by CF&P | Jan 29, 2019 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 29, 2019 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org New Video Makes the Economic Case Against Protectionism (Washington, DC, Tuesday, January 29, 2019) A new video narrated by Dan...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 17, 2019 | Economics, Trade
I’m for free trade because I want more jobs and more prosperity for the United States. Indeed, I’ve argued we should copy that incredible economic success of Hong Kong and Singapore by unilaterally eliminating all trade barriers. But some people complain this is akin...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 10, 2019 | Blogs, Free Market, Trade
Time for the final installment in my four-part video series on trade-related topics. Part I focused on the irrelevance of trade balances. Part II looked at specialization and comparative advantage. Part III explained trade and creative destruction. Here’s Part IV,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2019 | Blogs, Trade
I started my end-of-year “best and worst” series back in 2013, but didn’t begin my start-of-year “hopes and fears” series until 2017. In that first year, I got part of what I hoped for (some tax reform and a bit of regulatory easing) and part of what I feared...
