International trade is one of the many areas in which the Trump administration has been egregiously bad. Trump himself seems to lack even the most basic knowledge about the principle of trade -- he seems to think it is always zero-sum with a loser for every winner --...
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Bernie’s Big Criminal Justice Plan, Flores Fix, New Tariffs
Bernie has got A Plan for reform all the criminal justice things, the Trump administration tries to "fix" the Flores agreement, and hold on to your butts because here come the 15% tariffs http://traffic.libsyn.com/jenthelibertarian/episode118.mp3
Episode 263: A Patreon Only ‘Ask Me Anything’ w/ Bob Murphy
60 Minutes Rated PG-13 Pete was thankful to be able to have Robert P Murphy agree to do an Ask Me Anything livestream for his Patreon supporters. Enjoy this informal discussion! The Contra Cruise The Bob Murphy Show Free Ross Petition Pete's Patreon Pete's Bitbacker...
The Antiwar Comic: Some Problems With Trump
Interesting comments with this one. For a long time, I was accused of defending Trump, now that I'm critical of him, those who yelled at me before praise me and vice versa. More comics at the Webcomic Factory.
Protectionism Abroad and Socialism at Home
One of the most insidious ways politicians expand government is by creating new programs to “solve” problems created by politicians. For example, government interference in health care increased health care costs, making it difficult or even impossible for many to...
Shocker! American Steel Prices Spiked in April.
In the days and weeks after President Donald Trump slapped 25 percent tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, it was widely reported that American steel-consuming companies were bracing for higher prices. Some said they were already seeing those higher prices...
Jim Bovard: Why Washington Never Learns
The great Jim Bovard gives a speech to the Mises Institute about America's insane regulatory state including agriculture policy, steel tariffs and the FDA. https://youtu.be/GQeK52P11iQ
TGIF: Economic Nationalism: Elitism in Populist Clothing
My old friend and former American Conservative editor Dan McCarthy gets it all wrong about Donald Trump's "national security" tariffs on aluminum and steel. I won't discuss Dan's strictly economic case for the tariffs -- I've already discussed this -- but I want to...
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Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism
Imagine the Catholic Church (or any person or group of people) doing what the government does every day: Everyone who doesn’t give the Catholic Church 25% of his annual income every year will be put in jail. If he resists the Jesuit officer, the officer has the right...
Diary of a Psychosis: How Public Health Disgraced Itself During COVID Mania
FOREWORD BY JAY BHATTACHARYA, MD, PHD Diary of a Psychosis is different from all other books on Covid: it traces the development of the government response as it happened, bit by bit, and subjects it to relentless scrutiny: did any of it do any good? It thereby...
Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty
Americans today have “freedom” to be fleeced, groped, injected, harassed, surveilled, vilified, disarmed, beaten, detained, and maybe shot by federal agents. From hapless homeowners hit by SWAT raids to pandemic lockdowns pointlessly paralyzing lives, government...