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 Dan Mitchell | Apr 11, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Free trade is a good moral concept for the simple reason that politicians and bureaucrats should not be allowed to interfere with voluntary transactions between consenting adults. It’s also a good economic concept for the simple reason that protectionists can’t...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 20, 2011 | Blogs, Taxation
I’ve written several times about the foolish War on Drugs, which has been about as misguided and ineffective as the government’s War on Poverty. So when I saw a news report about a couple of Swedes getting busted for smuggling 200-plus kilos of contraband into Norway,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Competition
Walter Williams explains why politicians and bureaucrats shouldn’t have the power to tell us what we’re allowed to buy. At first blush, the mercantilists’ call for “free trade but fair trade” sounds reasonable. After all, who can be against fairness? Giving the idea...
