Why Does Janet Yellen Suddenly Sound Like Trump on Trade?
In comments to The New York Times Magazine published this week, the new treasury secretary says free trade has been "so negative" for "a large share of the population." That's just wrong.
Globalization
The Next Pandemic Will Be Caused by the National Debt. It Will Crater the Economy.
Debt held by the public equals about 100 percent of GDP. That's hurting growth and will fuel a major crisis.
Sen. Josh Hawley's Plan To Abolish the World Trade Organization Is Based on Fake Economics and False History
Hawley is charting the next path for the Trump-style anti-trade nationalism that has infected the Republican Party.
There Is No China Crisis
Unless we cause one by overreacting to Asia's changing political and economic landscape
Secondhand
Adam Minter's book reminds us that a lot of "value is created when less affluent people are given the opportunity to parse the goods of the wasteful affluent."
Trump Says Tariffs Are Driving American Businesses Out of China. Actually, 87 Percent Plan To Stay.
Foreign investment in China has not declined since the start of the trade war, either. In fact, it continues to grow.
Biden Says He Supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership, And Also Does Not Support the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Is he trying to find a middle ground as Dems divide on trade? Or is he just talking gibberish?
Elizabeth Warren Hates Your Cheap Foreign-Made Electric Guitar
The Mexican factories Warren loves to attack are putting damn good guitars in the hands of America's young and cash-strapped musicians.
The Nationalist Right Is Wrong: More Immigration Doesn't Reduce Wages
The reason: Immigrants help increase labor demand as well as labor supply.
Understanding the Failure of 'Globalism' Is Key to Understanding Donald Trump's Appeal
Us vs. Them author Ian Bremmer says that worldwide populism is a response from people who are being left behind economically.
Paying Too Much for Natural Gas? Thank the Jones Act.
The federal law protecting the shipping industry from competition strikes again.
The New NAFTA Is Exporting the Same Old Bad Habits
Protectionist policies produce negative results.
Will Today's Global Trade Wars Lead to World War III?
The splintering of international economic interdependence is a worrying sign for peace through trade.
Global Poverty Decline Denialism
An anti-market ideologue tortures the data at The Guardian.
Donald Trump Wants to Choke Chinese Tech Growth. An Import Ban Could Do the Opposite.
Attempts to control how artificial intelligence develops and is used could backfire.
Trump's Trade War Is Harming the Craft Booze Business—and Dragging Down the Rest of the Economy in the Process
Catoctin Creek Distillery's tariff woes show that no one wins a trade war.
Donald Trump's Libertarian Christmas?: Podcast
Reason editors' best and worst moments of 2018, including the president's welcome and long-overdue drawdown from Afghanistan
Trump's War on Trade
The president's protectionist agenda threatens U.S. businesses and consumers.
America's Economic Health Has Improved
The U.S. rose four places in the International Tax Competitiveness Index, and this just the latest bit of good news.
Darts and Laurels for the Late George H.W. Bush: Podcast
Also: How much should we care that Trump & co. lied in 2016 about a Putin-proximate real estate deal in Russia?
When Trump (or Obama) Threatens CEOs, It's the Little Guy Who Loses
Political finger-wags at the boardroom is a good sign that the lowly taxpayer is about to take it in the shorts.
Free Market Principles Missing in Ethanol Rule Changes
Trump's trade policy is leading to bad politics and terrible outcomes.
No More $1 Yoga Pants as Trump Aims Trade War at Global Postal Treaty
Trump's latest trade war maneuver will raise prices, but it's more defensible than his tariffs.
The Winningest Losers in Trump's Trade War
The president's agenda hurts American consumers and businesses.
On NAFTA, Trump Averts the Danger He Created
Letting Trump conduct negotiations with foreign governments is like leaving teenagers unsupervised at home for a weekend.
Casualties of Trump's Trade War
The president's economic agenda is harming American businesses and consumers.
Can the Free Market End Global Poverty? Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz vs. NYU's William Easterly
Watch two leading development economists debate at the Soho Forum.
Trump's War on NAFTA Is a Loser for American Consumers
The president's destructive attack on free trade.
Trump's Lousy Record on Trade
Trump's ideal of "economic independence" is the exact opposite of what economists recommend.
Why Trump Supporters Will Regret His Trade War
Trump's trade policies will slow growth, destroy jobs, and raise consumer prices.
Trump's Trade Wars Have Mobilized Canada's Dairy Cartel
The protectionist impulses of America's northern neighbor are rising to the top.
Larry Kudlow Is Bad. So Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Chartreuse Is Good: Podcast
The Reason Podcast crew covers deficits, tariffs, Russians, gender, and more.
After Slapping Allies With Tariffs, U.S. Drags Allies to WTO to Complain About Tariffs
The United States has accused the victims of its tariffs of engaging in unfair and punitive measures with their retaliatory tariffs.
Travel Shows Were Boring as Fuck. Then Came Anthony Bourdain.
The late travel host changed television—and my life.
Why Are Americans Adopting Fewer Foreign Children?
Global prosperity and government bureaucracy both play a role.
As Evidence of Higher Prices Mounts, Trump Announces Yet More New Tariffs
Prices for steel, washing machines, and lumber spiked after Trump imposed tariffs on them. This time it will be different, right?
Surviving the Death of the West: Podcast
Trump disrupts the status quo on trade, diplomacy, North Korea, and pot.
'National Security' a Lousy Excuse for Lousy Trade and Energy Policies
Extending the justification would allow government intervention into just about anything.
Meet the New Boss: Donald Trump, Who Wants To Tell You What You Can Buy and Sell
Via trade and immigration restrictions, the president is completing the GOP's conversion to the party of economic micro-management.
Reason Totally Called the Masterpiece Cakeshop Case: Podcast
After oral arguments last year, Stephanie Slade correctly observed that "justices might have found a sort of get-out-of-jail-free card." Also on the Reason Podcast: Bill Clinton, Roseanne, Samantha Bee, Kim Kardashian, and maybe the worst celebrity of the week, Larry Kudlow.
Under Trump, Republicans Become the Party of 'You Didn't Build That'
Trump's trade policies are supported by a majority of GOP voters, who used to oppose this sort of corporate welfare under Obama. Partisanship rules all.
How Trump's Tariffs Will Harm National Security
Imports improve the economy and benefit the country.
Trump Wants to Have it Both Ways on Trade. He Can't.
Tariffs and import restrictions are the equivalent of putting sanctions on your own country.
Trump's Ignorant Trade War
The president should stop worrying about the trade deficit and learn to love free trade.
Trump, Reagan, and Why Republicans Flip-Flopped on Free Trade
The Donald is more like The Gipper on trade policy than you think. And not in a good way.