A Matter of Steel Industry Security
Steel imports are no more a threat to U.S. national security than imported sugar or lumber or tulips.
Globalization
Trump Targets NAFTA, But Will an 'Update' Just Be an Excuse for More Government Meddling?
Trump threatened to withdraw from NAFTA to get Mexico and Canada to the table, but there's no clear goal for negotiations.
Trump's Lumber Tariff Shows He is a Depressing Continuation of the Status Quo
Not a nightmarish departure from it.
No, the Le Pen-Macron French Presidential Match-Up Isn't Just Like Trump-Clinton
For one, Macron is the one with no previous elective office while Le Pen is the one from a political family.
The Only Solution to the Trumps' Conflicts of Interest
The heart of the potential for conflicts of interests is not the Trump business empire. It's the presidential power to steer benefits to particular interests.
Trump's Latest "America First" Executive Order Puts Taxpayers Last
"You better believe it."
Border Adjustable Tax Another Way to Grow Government
It feels like mercantilism, hammering imports while promoting exports.
How Protectionism Shields United Airlines From Competition
Wanna stick it to the unfriendly skies? Let Richard Branson and other foreigners compete inside the U.S.
'I'm Not Willing to Sacrifice Freedom of Expression on the Altar of Cultural Diversity'
Muhammad cartoon publisher Flemming Rose talks about immigration, free speech, and toleration.
Congressional Republicans Introduce a Trump-Pleasing Tax Hike
If you send money to friends and relatives abroad, the GOP wants more of it to go to Washington.
Rep. Thomas Massie: 'We don't really have 218 conservatives here [who] meant what they said when they said they wanted to repeal Obamacare'
Libertarian-leaning congressman unpacks the great Ryancare 'bluff,' explains how Paul Ryan is 'more Machiavellian than even John Boehner,' and why he's 'still hopeful' about Donald Trump despite a military budget proposal that's 'the dream of the neocons'
Snuggies Are Blankets, Not Clothes
Federal trade court rules that lazy coziness will be taxed at a lower rate.
Capitalism and Neoliberalism Have Made the World Better
Cato's Johan Norberg on politics, progress, and why he remains optimistic.
Why Trade Can Still Thrive Under a Protectionist Like Donald Trump
Pietra Rivoli, author of The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy, talks to Reason about the politics of trade.
Trump's Over-Praised State of the Union: The New Fifth Column
Why Paul Ryan was clapping at policies he's long opposed, how POTUS could be a strong de-regulator, and why the media cares 100x more about presidential theatrics than the war in Yemen
Joint Address: On Fair Trade vs. Free Trade, President Trump Sounds Like a College Leftist
Trump has destroyed the GOP's advantage on economics.
Nigel Farage Says 2016 Was Victory Over Globalists
Globalization and its benefits are under threat from globalists and populists like Farage.
Trump's Dangerous Anti-Libertarian Nationalism
Promises to cut domestic regulations or shake up the system do not a tolerable libertarian make. Trump is indeed a major threat to core libertarian values. Ask Ludwig Von Mises.
Mexico Fires Back Against Trump With Plan to Target U.S. Farmers
A Mexican senator will introduce a bill to end all corn imports from the U.S.
John Stossel: The Man. The Myth. The Moustache.
The TV newsman looks back on his career at 20/20 and Fox News, and talks about the future of video.
Trump Abruptly Bans All Refugees, Plus Even Legal Green-Card Holders Who Hail From 7 Majority-Muslim Countries (UPDATED)
Move could affect up to a half-million legal U.S. residents
Sorting Through Trade, Tariffs, Taxes, and Trump on SiriusXM Insight from 12-1 p.m. ET
Trade attorney Scott Lincicome and The Art of Being Free author James Poulos join Matt Welch on The Dean Obeidallah Show
The Folly of 'Buy American and Hire American'
Trump remains completely clueless on trade.
Trump Mulls Suspending the Visa Waiver Program 'Indefinitely' UPDATE: Story Was Wrong; it's the Visa Waiver Interview Program
Hope you enjoyed your visa-free travel to Europe while it lasted!
Protectionism Was Costly in the Past, And The Future Won't Be Any Different
Spending $500,000 per year to save a $50,000 per year factory job might make sense politically, but only if the true cost of saving those jobs is hidden.
White House Site Relaunches with Trump's Populist Policy Proposals
Hints at actual policy plans.
Donald Trump Is Wrong about Manufacturing and Economic Patriotism
Protectionism springs from ignorance of basic facts and economic principles.
9 Reasons Why Libertarians Should Be Worried By Donald Trump
The new president has repeatedly vowed to make America less open, less free, and more burdened by an expansive federal government.
The Perils and Promise of International Food Safety
Food safety-just like food production and sales-is an increasingly global effort.
Trump: 'There will be a major border tax on these companies that are leaving and getting away with murder'
In first press conference, president-elect uses the bully pulpit to make Hillary Clintonesque threats against insufficiently patriotic companies
Worst of Times
The New York Times' political and economic coverage is filled with deceit.
The Neoliberal Era Is Over
Donald Trump's pro-tariff action yesterday underlines a reality long in the making: The post-Cold War neoliberal triumphalism is dead in the West.
5 Things Libertarians Should Be Nervous About in 2017
Say goodbye to 2016. But don't let your guard down.
Trump and Bernie on Trade: Dumb and Dumber
But liberals lambast Trump and love Bernie. Go figure.
Gurgaon: India's Private City
An Indian city's embrace of globalism, trade, and hypergrowth is a living response to the protectionist impulse sweeping America.
Why Do Liberals Hate Trump's Trade Policies? Because Bernie Did Not Propose Them
Behold the liberal hypocrisy
Free Trade Has Worked. Just Look at Texas.
The state has become the leading exporter in the U.S. since the passage of NAFTA in 1993.
Trump Has Little Latitude to Change Trade Policies…So Far
Bush and Obama tried tariffs, and got smacked down. But will a more determined protectionist rally legislators and public opinion to his side?
The 5-Step Process for Playing Defense Against Trump's Bad Ideas
What could President Trump really do to punish American companies for moving abroad? Well, Congress might try to replace global corporate taxation with a 20% VAT-style levy on everything sold inside the U.S.
Globalization and Poverty
The last forty years have seen a massive and historically unprecedented decline in global poverty.
Donald Trump and the End of Free Trade
The 1930 Smoot-Hawley Act was a policy disaster never to be repeated, says Dan Griswold of the Mercatus Center. Until now.
Will Trump Supporters Like What They Get?
Trade wars and debt increases loom on the horizon.
The Bottomless Ignorance of Donald Trump
His poor grasp of policy makes past leaders look brilliant by comparison.
Guitar Globalization
Ex-Rage Against the Machine axman Tom Morello decides to Rock Against the TPP.
Don't Trust Trump on Trade
What you need to know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
7 Issues That Won't Be Treated Seriously at Tonight's Debate in Gary Johnson's Absence
Remove the Libertarian and there goes fiscal sanity, federalism, and free speech.
