2018

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December 2018

1. 31 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
2. 31 DecSome Links
3. 31 DecIndividual Men, Women, and Children are Not Pawns
4. 31 DecQuotation of the Day…
5. 30 DecSome Links
6. 30 Dec“Low” is Not “High”
7. 30 DecQuotation of the Day…
8. 29 DecSome Links
9. 29 DecQuotation of the Day…
10. 28 DecA Protectionist is Someone Who…
11. 28 DecProtectionists’ Greed is Blinding – and Abominable
12. 28 DecThe Hippos of Christmas Past
13. 28 DecSome Links
14. 28 DecQuotation of the Day…
15. 27 DecOn the Welfare Burden of Tariffs
16. 27 DecQuotation of the Day…
17. 26 DecTalk About Trade
18. 26 DecQuotation of the Day…
19. 25 DecQuotation of the Day…
20. 24 DecMore on Trade and “Losers”
21. 24 DecThere Is Nothing Special About Trade that Causes Losers
22. 24 DecQuotation of the Day…
23. 23 DecQuotation of the Day…
24. 23 DecA Protectionist is Someone Who…
25. 23 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
26. 22 DecSome Links
27. 22 DecQuotation of the Day…
28. 21 DecThe Fetish for Manufacturing is Foolish
29. 21 DecA Notable Inconsistency
30. 21 DecQuotation of the Day…
31. 20 DecSteve Moore’s Disappointing Performance
32. 20 DecFriends of Competition
33. 20 DecBourgeois Capital
34. 20 DecQuotation of the Day…
35. 19 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
36. 19 DecSome Links
37. 19 DecFear of China Is Becoming Hysterical
38. 19 DecQuotation of the Day…
39. 18 DecSome Links
40. 18 DecFear China?
41. 18 DecQuotation of the Day…
42. 17 DecSome Links
43. 17 DecGlorious Manhattan
44. 17 DecQuotation of the Day…
45. 16 DecQuotation of the Day…
46. 15 DecSome Links
47. 15 DecQuotation of the Day…
48. 14 DecA Wall of Disgrace
49. 14 DecQuotation of the Day…
50. 13 DecSlaying More Trade-with-China Myths
51. 13 DecSome Links
52. 13 DecQuotation of the Day…
53. 13 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
54. 12 DecDevastating Review of Nancy MacLean’s Fictional Work “Democracy in Chains”
55. 12 DecGetting Real about Protectionism
56. 12 DecSome Links
57. 12 DecQuotation of the Day…
58. 11 DecProtectionism and Jobs
59. 11 DecSome Links
60. 11 DecFree Traders Endorse a Policy of Unilateral Free Trade
61. 11 DecQuotation of the Day…
62. 10 DecYet More on the Centrality of Consumer Sovereignty
63. 10 DecMore on the Sharing Economy
64. 10 DecQuotation of the Day…
65. 9 DecSome Links
66. 9 DecQuotation of the Day…
67. 8 DecAgain Defending Consumer Sovereignty
68. 8 DecSome Links
69. 8 DecQuotation of the Day…
70. 8 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
71. 7 DecCountries Do NOT Compete Against Each Other Economically
72. 7 DecThe Power to Restrict Immigration Is Not Delegated to the U.S. Government
73. 7 DecQuotation of the Day…
74. 7 DecSome Links
75. 6 DecAn Economy Is an Order, Not an Organization
76. 6 DecQuotation of the Day…
77. 5 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
78. 5 DecSome Links
79. 5 DecThe Democrats Were Once the Party of Free Trade
80. 5 DecQuotation of the Day…
81. 4 DecTariff Man / Piano Man
82. 4 DecBeware Excuses for Protectionism
83. 4 DecNo Credit Due
84. 4 DecSome Links
85. 4 DecQuotation of the Day…
86. 3 DecEconomic Ignorance Is Rampant
87. 3 DecTaking and Sharing
88. 3 DecSome Links
89. 3 DecThe Bizarro World of Trade Wars
90. 3 DecQuotation of the Day…
91. 2 DecQuotation of the Day…
92. 1 DecCapital Is Not Fixed… Capital Is Not Fixed… Capital Is Not Fixed…
93. 1 DecQuotation of the Day…
94. 1 DecHighly Deficient Thinking about Trade

November 2018

1. 30 NovSome Links
2. 30 NovQuotation of the Day…
3. 29 NovQuotation of the Day…
4. 29 NovHumility Schmumility
5. 28 NovSome Links
6. 28 NovQuotation of the Day…
7. 27 NovPromoting Relevant Economic Research, Teaching, and Public Understanding
8. 27 NovWholly Imperfect
9. 27 NovSome Links
10. 27 NovA Brute in a Suit
11. 27 NovQuotation of the Day…
12. 26 NovMalice in Plunderland
13. 26 NovSome Links
14. 26 NovQuotation of the Day…
15. 25 NovQuotation of the Day…
16. 24 NovSome Links
17. 24 NovQuotation of the Day…
18. 23 NovIn Defense of Consumer Sovereignty
19. 23 NovYet Another Open Letter to Trump
20. 23 NovSome Links
21. 23 NovQuotation of the Day…
22. 22 NovQuotation of the Day…
23. 22 NovSome Links
24. 21 NovStop Restricting Americans’ Freedom to Associate at Home with Non-Americans
25. 21 NovNo Subsidies Needed
26. 21 NovQuotation of the Day…
27. 20 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
28. 20 NovEnough Already with the Potted History of America’s Gilded Age and of Antitrust
29. 20 NovQuotation of the Day…
30. 19 NovA Country is Not a Company
31. 19 NovSome Links
32. 19 NovQuotation of the Day…
33. 18 NovQuotation of the Day…
34. 17 NovSome Links
35. 17 NovQuotation of the Day…
36. 16 NovAnd Then There are These Facts…
37. 16 NovQuotation of the Day…
38. 16 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
39. 15 NovTrump is a Cartoonish Protectionist
40. 15 NovThe Weaponization of Milton Friedman
41. 15 NovLow-skilled Immigrants are Productive, Too
42. 15 NovYour Paypez Plees
43. 15 Nov“They Work Too Much!” “They Work Too Little!”
44. 15 NovQuotation of the Day…
45. 15 NovDamn Immigrants! They Produce Too Much and Consume Too Little!
46. 14 NovSome Links
47. 14 NovQuotation of the Day…
48. 14 NovJohn Stossel on Amazon and Minimum Wages
49. 13 NovThere are No Natural Resources…
50. 13 NovNot that Pierre Lemieux Needs Me to Defend Him….
51. 13 NovSome Links
52. 13 NovQuotation of the Day…
53. 12 NovIn Fact I Don’t Complain of Being Wronged When Students Enroll at Universities Other than GMU
54. 12 NovSome Links
55. 12 NovQuotation of the Day…
56. 11 NovBack When Dan Griswold and I were Young(ish) Men…
57. 11 NovA Protectionist is Someone Who…
58. 11 NovAn Open Letter to Warren Platts
59. 11 NovQuotation of the Day…
60. 10 NovPlaying Whack-a-Mole
61. 10 NovQuotation of the Day…
62. 9 NovQuotation of the Day…
63. 9 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
64. 8 NovSome Links
65. 8 NovThe Arrogance of Seekers of Special Privilege
66. 8 NovQuotation of the Day…
67. 8 NovSome Links
68. 7 NovTariffs are Welfare
69. 7 NovQuotation of the Day…
70. 6 NovIt’s Okay Not to Vote
71. 6 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
72. 6 NovSome Links
73. 6 NovQuotation of the Day…
74. 5 NovOn Moral Authorities
75. 5 NovQuotation of the Day…
76. 4 NovWho Owes Compensation?
77. 4 NovBohemian Rhapsody
78. 4 NovQuotation of the Day…
79. 3 NovSome Links
80. 3 NovQuotation of the Day…
81. 2 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
82. 2 NovImmigration and Trade Restrictions are Restrictions on Us
83. 2 NovSome Links
84. 2 NovQuotation of the Day…
85. 1 NovQuotation of the Day…
86. 1 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…

October 2018

1. 31 OctA Patently False Excuse
2. 31 OctAwful Fateful Irony
3. 31 OctQuotation of the Day…
4. 31 OctThe Essence of Protectionism Is Here Unwittingly Revealed by a Trump Administration Official
5. 30 OctThe Right to Vote Isn’t Remotely Sufficient to Guarantee Freedom or Even ‘Voice’
6. 30 OctQuotation of the Day…
7. 29 OctSome Links
8. 29 OctMacro Musings Podcast with David Beckworth
9. 29 OctIt’s Actually Unfortunate that this Guy Can Stop Worrying
10. 29 OctQuotation of the Day…
11. 28 OctThe Importance of Local Knowledge
12. 28 OctSome Links
13. 28 OctQuotation of the Day…
14. 27 OctWhat True Free Traders Understand
15. 27 OctQuotation of the Day…
16. 26 OctHe’s a Protectionist
17. 26 OctSome Links
18. 26 OctQuotation of the Day…
19. 25 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
20. 25 OctA Protectionist is Someone Who…
21. 25 OctQuotation of the Day…
22. 24 OctAdam Smith, Free Trader
23. 24 OctTariffs are Taxes
24. 24 OctSome Links
25. 24 OctQuotation of the Day…
26. 23 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
27. 23 OctQuotation of the Day…
28. 22 OctNYU Event on Immigration
29. 22 OctSome Links
30. 22 OctQuotation of the Day…
31. 21 OctPity Protectionists for Having Nothing to Work with but Misinterpretation and Illogic
32. 21 OctQuotation of the Day…
33. 20 OctAbundance Does Not Impoverish
34. 20 OctWages Reflect Underlying Economic Realities
35. 20 OctQuotation of the Day…
36. 19 OctSome Links
37. 19 OctQuotation of the Day…
38. 18 OctTwo Wrongs Really Don’t Make a Right
39. 18 OctFree Trade, Unconditional and Unilateral
40. 18 OctQuotation of the Day…
41. 17 OctMore on the Long-Run
42. 17 OctQuotation of the Day…
43. 16 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
44. 16 OctSome Links
45. 16 OctQuotation of the Day…
46. 15 OctAgain, What a Bargain!
47. 15 OctTariffs are Coercive
48. 15 OctQuotation of the Day…
49. 14 OctTrump is No Smithian
50. 14 OctQuotation of the Day…
51. 13 OctSome Links
52. 13 OctQuotation of the Day…
53. 12 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
54. 12 OctReality is Far More Complex than Protectionists Realize
55. 12 OctCan You Outsmart an Economist?
56. 12 OctQuotation of the Day…
57. 11 OctAmericans’ Wages are High Because Americans’ Productivity is High
58. 11 OctSome Links
59. 11 OctIf Trump is a Free Trader, then I’m a Protectionist
60. 11 OctQuotation of the Day…
61. 10 OctSome Links
62. 10 OctQuotation of the Day…
63. 9 OctThat’s One Heckuva Rate of Return for ‘the People’!
64. 9 OctSome Control
65. 9 OctQuotation of the Day…
66. 8 OctOn Formally Amending Constitutions
67. 8 OctA Protectionist is Someone Who…
68. 8 OctThere IS Overcapacity in the Rent-Seeking Sector
69. 8 OctSome Links
70. 8 OctManufacturing Myths
71. 8 OctQuotation of the Day…
72. 7 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
73. 7 OctQuotation of the Day…
74. 6 OctNational Income Accounting Gives a Mistaken Impression
75. 6 OctQuotation of the Day…
76. 5 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
77. 5 OctSome Links
78. 5 OctQuotation of the Day…
79. 4 OctOn Industrial Overcapacity and “Retaliatory” Tariffs
80. 4 OctA Protectionist is Someone Who…
81. 4 OctA Protectionist is Someone Who…
82. 4 OctQuotation of the Day…
83. 3 OctA Protectionist is Someone Who…
84. 3 OctGoing Bananas for Protectionism
85. 3 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
86. 3 OctQuotation of the Day…
87. 2 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
88. 2 OctMissing the Point
89. 2 OctIf You’re Blind to the Costs, All You See are the Benefits
90. 2 OctQuotation of the Day…
91. 1 OctMore Trade, More Cooperation
92. 1 OctSome Links
93. 1 OctQuotation of the Day…

September 2018

1. 30 SepQuotation of the Day…
2. 28 SepQuestions
3. 28 SepQuotation of the Day…
4. 27 SepFree Trade and How It Enriches Us…
5. 27 SepQuotation of the Day…
6. 26 SepThe Death of Reason and the Slaying of Civility
7. 26 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
8. 26 SepBusting ‘Trade-Deficit’ Myths
9. 26 SepQuotation of the Day…
10. 25 SepContinuing With My Open Letters to the Scarcityist-in-Chief
11. 25 SepQuotation of the Day…
12. 24 SepSome Links
13. 24 SepIt’s Impossible to have a Comparative Advantage at Everything
14. 24 SepQuotation of the Day…
15. 23 SepQuotation of the Day…
16. 22 SepSome Links
17. 22 SepA Protectionist is Someone Who…
18. 22 SepQuotation of the Day…
19. 21 SepAn Open Letter to U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND)
20. 21 SepSome Links
21. 21 SepQuotation of the Day…
22. 20 SepFree Trade Is About Much More than Dollars and Cents
23. 20 SepSome Links
24. 20 SepQuotation of the Day…
25. 20 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
26. 19 SepSome Links
27. 19 SepYet Another in My Long Series of Open Letters to Wilbur Ross
28. 19 SepSub-optimal Optimality
29. 19 SepQuotation of the Day…
30. 18 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
31. 18 SepSome Links
32. 18 SepRival Gang Violence Against Peaceful Traders
33. 18 SepQuotation of the Day…
34. 17 SepBusting Popular Economic Myths
35. 17 SepMutual Self-Impoverishment is Foolish
36. 17 SepQuotation of the Day…
37. 16 SepSome Links
38. 16 SepQuotation of the Day…
39. 15 SepQuotation of the Day…
40. 14 SepSome Links
41. 14 SepA Cyclone of Confusion Is About to Strike
42. 14 SepQuotation of the Day…
43. 13 SepTariffs are Man-made Disasters
44. 13 SepSome Links
45. 13 SepQuotation of the Day…
46. 13 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
47. 12 SepIronic
48. 12 SepSome Links
49. 12 SepA Protectionist is Someone Who…
50. 12 SepQuotation of the Day…
51. 11 SepSome Links
52. 11 SepAn Open Letter to Andy Puzder
53. 11 SepManaging to Get a Better Understanding of Trade
54. 11 SepQuotation of the Day…
55. 10 SepSome Links
56. 10 SepGetting to the Root of a Protectionist Fallacy
57. 10 SepQuotation of the Day…
58. 9 SepQuotation of the Day…
59. 8 SepSome Links
60. 8 SepQuotation of the Day…
61. 8 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
62. 7 SepQuotation of the Day…
63. 6 SepSome Links
64. 6 SepQuotation of the Day…
65. 5 SepIf I Were a More Successful Investor I’d Be a More Successful Investor
66. 5 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
67. 5 SepA Gap in Understanding
68. 5 SepQuotation of the Day…
69. 4 SepJust Asking
70. 4 SepTrump’s Dangerous Detachment from Reality
71. 4 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
72. 4 SepGet Real About the Motivation for Minimum Wages
73. 4 SepSome Links
74. 4 SepQuotation of the Day…
75. 3 SepProtectionism is Gang Violence…
76. 3 SepEconomic Exercises
77. 3 SepQuotation of the Day…
78. 2 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
79. 2 SepSen. Warren’s Tragedy of the Commons
80. 2 SepA Protectionist is Someone Who…
81. 2 SepQuotation of the Day…
82. 2 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
83. 1 SepSome Links
84. 1 SepQuotation of the Day…

August 2018

1. 31 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
2. 31 AugMany Conservatives DO Support the Welfare State
3. 31 AugAn Open Letter to Tucker Carlson
4. 31 AugUnconditional, Unilateral Free Trade
5. 31 AugQuotation of the Day…
6. 30 AugSome Links
7. 30 AugA Euphemism for Cronyism
8. 30 AugQuotation of the Day…
9. 29 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
10. 29 AugAn Open Letter to Alan Tonelson
11. 29 AugSome Links
12. 29 AugThe Quality of Talk Reflects the Quality of the Thinking Behind the Talk
13. 29 AugQuotation of the Day…
14. 28 AugYou Can’t Be Both For and Against Big Government
15. 28 AugSome Links
16. 28 AugQuotation of the Day…
17. 27 AugProtectionism is Predation, Pure and Simple
18. 27 AugThe Pitifully Low Wages of Economic Illiteracy
19. 27 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
20. 27 AugBlack Privilege? Female Domination?
21. 27 AugSome Links
22. 27 AugQuotation of the Day…
23. 26 AugOn Stiglitz’s Review of Giridharadas
24. 26 AugQuotation of the Day…
25. 26 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
26. 25 AugQuotation of the Day…
27. 24 AugGetting Adam Smith Right
28. 24 AugYet Another Open Letter to Bernie Sanders
29. 24 AugSome Links
30. 24 AugQuotation of the Day…
31. 23 AugAn Extremely Bad Argument Against Free Trade
32. 23 AugAnd What About Those of Us Who Embrace Freedom?
33. 23 AugQuotation of the Day…
34. 23 AugSome Links
35. 22 AugShameless Self-Promotion
36. 22 AugQuotation of the Day…
37. 21 AugResources Are Not Free
38. 21 AugQuotation of the Day…
39. 20 AugI Publicly Challenge Peter Morici to a Debate
40. 20 AugTrump Puts America Last
41. 20 AugSome Links
42. 20 AugQuotation of the Day…
43. 19 AugNo, Tariffs In Practice Cannot Be Useful (Except to Rent-Seekers)
44. 19 AugQuotation of the Day…
45. 18 AugCosts are Costs Whether or Not they Appear in a Government’s Budget
46. 18 AugQuotation of the Day…
47. 17 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
48. 16 AugSome Links
49. 16 AugQuotation of the Day…
50. 16 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
51. 16 AugBoudreaux and Palagashvili on Worker Productivity and Pay
52. 15 AugScary. Deeply, Truly Scary
53. 15 AugThere are Lots of Ways to Be Wrong about Trade – and Protectionists Seize them All
54. 15 AugQuotation of the Day…
55. 14 AugFrom the “You Can’t Make this Stuff Up” Department…
56. 14 AugQuotation of the Day…
57. 14 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
58. 13 AugSome Links
59. 13 AugClear Evidence of Fuzzy Thinking about Trade Deficits
60. 13 AugAbundance is a Blessing, Not a Curse
61. 13 AugQuotation of the Day…
62. 12 AugPolitical Borders are Economically Irrelevant
63. 12 AugQuotation of the Day…
64. 11 AugA Note on Americans’ Intellectual Property and the Chinese
65. 11 AugQuotation of the Day…
66. 10 Aug20/20 Vision of Trade
67. 10 AugSome Links
68. 10 AugBeware All Who Invoke ‘the Will of the People’
69. 10 AugQuotation of the Day…
70. 9 AugSome Links
71. 9 AugFollow the Logic Through to Its Conclusion
72. 9 AugQuotation of the Day…
73. 9 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
74. 8 AugUltimately, the Problem is Indeed the Government
75. 8 AugProducers have No Right to Consumer Patronage
76. 8 AugQuotation of the Day…
77. 7 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
78. 7 AugTrump is a Mercantilist
79. 7 AugQuotation of the Day…
80. 6 AugOn Empirical Studies of the Effects of Minimum-Wage Legislation
81. 6 AugSome Links
82. 6 AugQuotation of the Day…
83. 5 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
84. 5 AugEye-Opening
85. 5 AugQuotation of the Day…
86. 5 AugA Question for Protectionists 2
87. 4 AugQuotation of the Day…
88. 4 AugA Protectionist is Someone Who…
89. 3 AugTrade Books
90. 3 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
91. 3 AugQuotation of the Day…
92. 3 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
93. 2 AugEnough with Hackneyed Assurances and Misleading Metaphors
94. 2 AugI Too Often Tilt at these Windmills
95. 2 AugUber-Excellent Economist Liya Palagashvili Gives Ride-Hailing a Lyft
96. 2 AugSome Links
97. 2 AugQuotation of the Day…
98. 1 AugAndrea Rich, One Helluva Gal
99. 1 AugSome Links
100. 1 AugQuotation of the Day…

July 2018

1. 31 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
2. 31 JulWhat’s the Optimal Number of Cargo-Ship Sinkings?
3. 31 JulA Question for Protectionists 1
4. 31 JulQuotation of the Day…
5. 30 JulMorici is Simply Mistaken
6. 30 JulSome Links
7. 30 JulQuotation of the Day…
8. 29 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
9. 29 JulA Protectionist is Someone Who…
10. 29 JulComplaining about ‘Excess Capacity,’ the Trump Administration Makes that Capacity Even More Excessive
11. 29 JulQuotation of the Day…
12. 28 JulSome Links
13. 28 JulQuotation of the Day…
14. 28 JulIntentions are Not Results (Again)
15. 27 JulTo Be Worthwhile, Labor-Saving Technology Must Cost Less than the Labor that It Saves
16. 27 JulSome Links
17. 27 JulWhy Not Take Trump at His (Many) Word(s)?
18. 27 JulQuotation of the Day…
19. 27 JulBehold the Makers of U.S. Trade Policy
20. 26 JulSome Links
21. 26 JulAn E-mail to Pierre Lemieux on the Ethics of Protectionism
22. 26 JulQuotation of the Day…
23. 26 JulA Protectionist is Someone Who…
24. 25 JulProducers have No Ethical Right to a Minimum Volume of Sales
25. 25 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
26. 25 JulThe Blobs vs. the Blibs and the Blubs
27. 25 JulQuotation of the Day…
28. 25 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
29. 24 JulSome Links
30. 24 JulPres. Trump’s Policies Will Give Americans a ‘Lower’
31. 24 JulQuotation of the Day…
32. 24 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
33. 23 JulProtectionists Seem Unable to See Anything that Isn’t Immediately in Front of their Noses
34. 23 JulQuotation of the Day…
35. 23 JulA Protectionist is Someone Who…
36. 22 JulA Letter to My Son, Thomas, on Economic Nationalism
37. 22 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
38. 22 JulSome Links
39. 22 JulProtectionists Never Level With You
40. 22 JulBad Analogy
41. 22 JulQuotation of the Day…
42. 21 JulSome Links
43. 21 JulQuotation of the Day…
44. 20 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
45. 20 JulQuotation of the Day…
46. 20 JulA Protectionist is Someone Who…
47. 19 JulThe Playing Field that Needs Leveling is the One on the Potomac
48. 19 JulSome Links
49. 19 JulQuotation of the Day…
50. 19 JulYet One More Reason to Question the National-Defense Exception to the Case for a Policy of Free Trade
51. 18 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
52. 18 JulPredation Never Justifies Predation
53. 18 JulQuotation of the Day…
54. 17 JulCosts are Not Benefits
55. 17 JulQuotation of the Day…
56. 17 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
57. 16 JulOn the “National-Security Exception” to a Policy of Free Trade
58. 16 JulQuotation of the Day…
59. 15 JulSuboptimal Understanding
60. 15 JulSome Links
61. 15 JulQuotation of the Day…
62. 14 JulThere IS an Excess Capacity of Excuse-Making for Protectionism
63. 14 JulA Protectionist is Someone Who…
64. 14 JulGifts from China
65. 14 JulSome Links
66. 14 JulQuotation of the Day…
67. 14 JulA Q. o. t. D. from Exactly Two Years Ago…
68. 14 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
69. 13 JulJudges in the U.S. are Supposed to Enforce the Constitution
70. 13 JulQuotation of the Day…
71. 12 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
72. 12 JulA Protectionist is Someone Who…
73. 12 JulA Protectionist is Someone Who…
74. 12 JulIt’s Not Trump’s Bargaining Skills that I Protest; It’s His Bargaining Goals
75. 12 JulQuotation of the Day…
76. 11 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
77. 11 JulSome Links
78. 11 JulTariffs on Both Sides of the Atlantic are Too High
79. 11 JulQuotation of the Day…
80. 11 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
81. 10 JulQuotation of the Day…
82. 9 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
83. 9 JulA Note on Comparative Advantage: It Changes Frequently
84. 9 JulA Variation on a Theme from Henry George
85. 9 JulQuotation of the Day…
86. 8 JulInconsistent?
87. 8 JulSome Links
88. 8 JulAnd Making Predatory Pricing Even More Unlikely…
89. 8 JulQuotation of the Day…
90. 7 JulA Protectionist is Someone Who…
91. 7 JulA Protectionist is Someone Who…
92. 7 JulQuotation of the Day…
93. 7 JulAnd Yet Another Open Letter to Trump
94. 6 JulQuotation of the Day…
95. 5 JulHe has an Absolute and Comparative Disadvantage at Understanding Economics
96. 5 JulSome Links
97. 5 JulQuotation of the Day…
98. 4 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
99. 4 JulA Protectionist is Someone Who…
100. 4 JulSome Links
101. 4 JulQuotation of the Day…
102. 3 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
103. 3 JulWalter Williams Interviews Jim Buchanan
104. 3 JulQuotation of the Day…
105. 2 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
106. 2 JulA Protectionist is Someone Who…
107. 2 JulYet Another Open Letter to Donald Trump
108. 2 JulOn the (Un)Ethics of Trade “Retaliation”
109. 2 JulQuotation of the Day…
110. 1 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
111. 1 JulQuotation of the Day…

June 2018

1. 30 JunJ.E. Cairnes Anticipated Behavioral Economics – L. v. Mises Responded
2. 30 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
3. 30 JunSome Links
4. 30 JunQuotation of the Day…
5. 30 JunA Protectionist is Someone Who…
6. 29 JunQuotation of the Day…
7. 29 JunLet’s Lose this Trade War
8. 28 JunOn the So-called “China Shock”
9. 28 JunQuotation of the Day…
10. 27 JunSome Links
11. 27 JunTrump’s Asinine Protectionism
12. 27 JunManna from Congress
13. 27 JunQuotation of the Day…
14. 26 JunSome Links
15. 26 JunQuotation of the Day…
16. 25 JunSome Links
17. 25 JunQuotation of the Day…
18. 24 JunEconomists as Storytellers
19. 24 JunMore on the Non-uniqueness of International Trade
20. 24 JunQuotation of the Day…
21. 24 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
22. 23 JunSome Links
23. 23 JunOne Thing is Certain: Defenders of Free Trade Will Never Be Unemployed!
24. 23 JunQuotation of the Day…
25. 23 JunA Protectionist is Someone Who…
26. 23 JunA Protectionist is Someone Who…
27. 22 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
28. 22 JunPoor Excuse
29. 22 JunSome Links
30. 22 JunQuotation of the Day…
31. 21 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
32. 21 JunA Thief Is a Wrongdoer. A Competitor Is a Benefactor.
33. 21 JunQuotation of the Day…
34. 20 JunA Losing Perspective
35. 20 JunThe Case for Unilateral Free Trade
36. 20 JunQuotation of the Day…
37. 20 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
38. 19 JunSome Links
39. 19 JunQuotation of the Day…
40. 18 JunLaw, Legislation, and the Trump Administration’s Cruelty
41. 18 JunQuotation of the Day…
42. 17 JunSome Links
43. 17 JunA Protectionist is Someone Who…
44. 17 JunQuotation of the Day…
45. 16 JunA Protectionist is Someone Who…
46. 16 JunQuotation of the Day…
47. 16 JunAn Open Letter to AEI’s James Pethokoukis
48. 16 JunSome Links
49. 16 JunQuotation of the Day…
50. 14 JunTrue Grime, Not Grit
51. 14 JunQuotation of the Day…
52. 13 JunSome Links
53. 13 JunQuotation of the Day…
54. 13 JunSome Links
55. 12 JunThe Summit
56. 12 JunQuotation of the Day…
57. 12 JunSome Links
58. 11 JunQuotation of the Day…
59. 10 JunThe State Has No Business Drumming Up Business
60. 10 JunDan Ikenson Busting Some Myths About the ‘Trade Deficit’
61. 10 JunQuotation of the Day…
62. 9 JunQuotation of the Day…
63. 9 JunRegulation Essay: “Turning Back the Antitrust Clock: Nonprice Predation in Theory and Practice”
64. 9 JunTruly Medieval
65. 8 JunSome Links
66. 8 JunQuotation of the Day…
67. 8 JunAn Open Letter to Brett Decker on the U.S. Trade Deficit
68. 7 JunThe Best Trade Deals are the Millions of Such that Occur When Trade is Free
69. 7 JunQuotation of the Day…
70. 6 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
71. 6 JunSome Links
72. 6 JunJohan Norberg Helps to Bust the Myth that Tariffs Fueled U.S. Economic Growth
73. 6 JunQuotation of the Day…
74. 5 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
75. 5 JunSome Links
76. 5 JunQuotation of the Day…
77. 4 JunQuotation of the Day…
78. 3 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
79. 3 JunAnother Open Letter to Trump
80. 3 JunA Protectionist is Someone Who…
81. 3 JunSome Links
82. 3 JunQuotation of the Day…
83. 2 JunExcuses are Not Reasons
84. 2 JunQuotation of the Day…
85. 2 JunA Protectionist is Someone Who…
86. 1 JunPlaying Whack-a-Mole
87. 1 JunSome Links
88. 1 JunQuotation of the Day…

May 2018

1. 31 MayWealth Destruction “Done Well” Is Still Destructive
2. 31 MayTrumpian Flat-Earthism Trade ‘Policy’
3. 31 MayQuotation of the Day…
4. 30 MaySome Links
5. 30 MayQuotation of the Day…
6. 29 MayQuotation of the Day…
7. 29 MayNon-Wage Job Attributes
8. 28 MayCompetition is Neither Criminal nor Tortious
9. 28 MayDoes the U.S. Dollar’s Role as Major International Currency Explain Persistent U.S. Current-Account Deficits?
10. 28 MayQuotation of the Day…
11. 28 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
12. 27 MayA Protectionist is Someone Who…
13. 27 MayWhat if….
14. 27 MayQuotation of the Day…
15. 27 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
16. 26 MayRoss Is Wrong Yet Again on Trade
17. 26 MayQuotation of the Day…
18. 26 MaySome Links
19. 26 May“Deregulation,” As It Is Popularly Called, Is Really Increased Regulation
20. 25 MayQuotation of the Day…
21. 25 MayMy 2006 Review of James Buchanan’s Final Book
22. 24 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
23. 24 MaySome Links
24. 24 MayMercantilism Weakens the Economies of Countries Whose Governments Practice It
25. 24 MayQuotation of the Day…
26. 23 MayA Protectionist is Someone Who…
27. 23 MayQuotation of the Day…
28. 22 MayR i
29. 22 MayOn Private Funding for GMU Econ and Mercatus
30. 22 MayYet Another Open Letter to the Scarcityist-in-Chief
31. 22 MayQuotation of the Day…
32. 21 MayBob Higgs on the Senselessness of the “Balance of Payments”
33. 21 MayQuotation of the Day…
34. 20 MayProtect Us from Such ‘Victories’
35. 20 MayECON 101 > ECON 999
36. 20 MayQuotation of the Day…
37. 19 MaySome Links
38. 19 MayQuotation of the Day…
39. 18 MayA Protectionist is Someone Who…
40. 18 MayZero-Tolerance Economics (of Ignorance of Trade)
41. 18 MaySome Links
42. 18 MayQuotation of the Day…
43. 17 MayWhy Trust Politicians to ‘Make Law’?
44. 17 MayChristian Science Monitor Op-ed: “The way to better, cheaper healthcare: Don’t make it a human right”
45. 17 MayQuotation of the Day…
46. 16 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
47. 16 MaySome Links
48. 16 MayChristian Science Monitor Op-ed: “‘Your call is very important to us…'”
49. 16 MayQuotation of the Day…
50. 15 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
51. 15 MayQuotation of the Day…
52. 15 MaySome Links
53. 14 MayTariffs are B-A-D
54. 14 MayQuotation of the Day…
55. 14 MayNo. No. No. That’s Simply – and Plainly – Incorrect
56. 13 MayDoing Bad By Pretending to Do Good
57. 13 MayQuotation of the Day…
58. 12 MayMore on GMU Economics
59. 12 MayQuotation of the Day…
60. 12 MayCan Greater Abundance Explain a General Fall in Real Wages?
61. 12 MaySome Links
62. 12 MayAn E-mail from Bob Higgs
63. 11 MayMaking American Menial
64. 11 MayQuotation of the Day…
65. 10 MayOn the Rubin Report, Part 2
66. 10 MaySome Links
67. 10 MayQuotation of the Day…
68. 10 MayFine Tuna Markets
69. 10 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
70. 9 MayThe State of Irresponsibility
71. 9 MayOn the Rubin Report
72. 9 MayMore on the (Un)Ethics of Protectionism
73. 9 MayQuotation of the Day…
74. 9 MayA McCloskey Interview
75. 8 MayChristian Science Monitor Op-ed: “Why restrict immigration at all?”
76. 8 MayQuotation of the Day…
77. 7 MaySome Links
78. 7 MayThe Wages of Protectionism
79. 7 MayQuotation of the Day…
80. 7 MayA Protectionist is Someone Who…
81. 7 MayDavid Henderson on Leland Yeager
82. 6 MayQuotation of the Day…
83. 5 MayA Decreased Need to Produce Is a Blessing, Not a Curse
84. 5 MayGMU Fund-Raising
85. 5 MaySome Links
86. 5 MayQuotation of the Day…
87. 3 MayQuotation of the Day…
88. 2 MayAnother Immortal Myth
89. 2 MayWhoa, Dead Horsey, Whoa!
90. 2 MaySome Links
91. 2 MayQuotation of the Day…
92. 1 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
93. 1 MayNew York Times Letter on Environmental Apocalypsism
94. 1 MaySome Links
95. 1 MayQuotation of the Day…

April 2018

1. 30 AprA Taxing Distinction
2. 30 AprKen Elzinga on Leland Yeager
3. 30 AprQuotation of the Day…
4. 30 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
5. 29 AprSome Links
6. 29 AprTechnology Will Not Impoverish Us By Doing More For Us
7. 29 AprWashington Times Letter on the Irrationality of Fears of ‘Outsourcing’
8. 29 AprQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 AprGeorge Selgin vs. Bob Murphy on Fractional-Reserve Banking
10. 28 AprWashington Times Letter on the Stability of Democracies
11. 28 AprQuotation of the Day…
12. 27 AprWashington Times Letter on Slavery and the Dismal Science
13. 27 AprChristian Science Monitor Letter on Greedy Oil Companies
14. 27 AprJust How Much Intellectual-Property Theft Occurs in China?
15. 27 AprQuotation of the Day…
16. 26 AprWashington Times Letter on Deficient Thinking about Trade
17. 26 AprSome Leland Yeager Links
18. 26 Apr“Wants” Unmoored from Willingness to Pay are Mere Fancies
19. 26 AprQuotation of the Day…
20. 25 AprSome Links
21. 25 AprChristian Science Monitor Letter on Misleading Language about Trade
22. 25 AprQuotation of the Day…
23. 24 AprLeland Yeager on Free Trade
24. 24 AprLeland Yeager (1924-2018)
25. 24 AprIncessantly Repeating ‘The Earth Is Flat’ Doesn’t Make the Earth Flat
26. 24 AprWashington Times Letter: A U.S. Trade Deficit Means that Capital is Flowing INTO the U.S.
27. 24 AprQuotation of the Day…
28. 23 AprDave Rubin Interviews Thomas Sowell
29. 23 AprAbsorbing Mistaken Notions Through Inappropriate Words
30. 23 AprA Protectionist is Someone Who…
31. 23 AprThe Seen Beneficiaries and Unseen Many Victims of Protectionism
32. 23 AprWashington Times Letter: Refuting a Protectionist Assertion about Comparative Advantage
33. 23 AprSome Links
34. 23 AprQuotation of the Day…
35. 22 AprA Country Is Not a Purposeful Economic Entity
36. 22 AprReprising a Post, on Mercantilism, Featuring Insights from Jane Jacobs
37. 22 AprQuotation of the Day…
38. 22 AprLet’s Call It Instead “Cleaned by Capitalism Day”
39. 21 AprRepetitive, I Know, But…
40. 21 AprDeficient Language Is Dangerous
41. 21 AprWashington Times Letter: A Response to Paul Craig Roberts
42. 21 AprSome Links
43. 21 AprQuotation of the Day…
44. 20 AprGreg Ip’s Understanding of Trade Deficits is Fundamentally Flawed
45. 20 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
46. 20 AprNew York Times Letter on Recycling
47. 20 AprQuotation of the Day…
48. 19 AprChristian Science Monitor Op-ed: “Middle-class woes? A letter to Lou Dobbs.”
49. 19 AprQuotation of the Day…
50. 19 AprLittle Pink House
51. 18 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
52. 18 AprThe Wages of Recycling
53. 18 AprChristian Science Monitor Op-ed: “Want world peace? Support free trade.”
54. 18 AprSome Links
55. 18 AprQuotation of the Day…
56. 17 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
57. 17 AprTrump’s West Wing Is Clogged with Ignorance about Trade
58. 17 AprThe Dangerous Militarization of Policing
59. 17 AprWashington Times Op-ed: “What they’re teaching in college about Mr. Reagan”
60. 17 AprQuotation of the Day…
61. 16 AprWashington Times Op-ed: “Microsoft’s great business secret”
62. 16 AprSome Links
63. 16 AprIt’s Globalization, Not Bilateralization
64. 16 AprQuotation of the Day…
65. 15 AprI Still Oppose the Temporary Enslavement of Young Men and Women
66. 15 AprA Protectionist is Someone Who…
67. 15 AprSome Links
68. 15 AprFreeman Essay #144: “Klinging to Reality”
69. 15 AprQuotation of the Day…
70. 14 AprShould Those Who Gain from Women Entering the Workforce Compensate the ‘Losers’?
71. 14 AprLetter to the New York Times on Globe-trotting Opponents of Globalization
72. 14 AprFreeman Essay #143: A Review of Mark Pennington’s ‘Robust Political Economy’
73. 14 AprQuotation of the Day…
74. 13 AprAnother Open Letter to Warren Platts
75. 13 AprLetter to the New York Times on a Proposal to Reinstate the Temporary Enslavement of Young Americans
76. 13 AprSome Links
77. 13 AprFreeman Essay #142: “Inconceivable Complexity”
78. 13 AprQuotation of the Day…
79. 13 AprA Protectionist is Someone Who…
80. 12 AprWall Street Journal Op-ed #1: “Microsoft is a Competitor, Not a ‘Predator'”
81. 12 AprLetter to the New York Times on Americans’ Energy Consumption
82. 12 AprFreeman Essay #141: “Imagine That”
83. 12 AprQuotation of the Day…
84. 12 AprOn Education, Adam Smith, and James Buchanan
85. 11 AprSome Links
86. 11 AprRevisiting Monopsony Power
87. 11 AprFreeman Essay #141: A Review of Cass Sunstein’s ‘Laws of Fear’
88. 11 AprQuotation of the Day…
89. 11 AprA Protectionist is Someone Who…
90. 10 AprMore on Trade, Competition, and the Baseless Argument for Compensation
91. 10 AprA Podcast on Trade and Trade Wars
92. 10 AprFreeman Essay #140: “Ludwig Lachmann: A Belated Appreciation”
93. 10 AprQuotation of the Day…
94. 9 AprA Protectionist is Someone Who…
95. 9 AprEconomic Inequality is Falling
96. 9 AprSome Trade Links
97. 9 AprFreeman Essay #139: “Some Sins of Textbook Economics”
98. 9 AprQuotation of the Day…
99. 8 AprA Protectionist is Someone Who…
100. 8 AprProtectionism Is Immoral
101. 8 AprLetter to New York Times on the So-called “War on Drugs”
102. 8 AprFreeman Essay #138: “Dangerous Political Naifs”
103. 8 AprQuotation of the Day…
104. 7 AprSome Links
105. 7 AprAgainst the Superstition that National Borders are Economically Relevant
106. 7 AprNew York Times Letter on Occupational Licensing
107. 7 AprFreeman Essay #137: “Talk About a Revolution”
108. 7 AprQuotation of the Day…
109. 6 AprKosher Ham Sandwiches for Everyone!
110. 6 AprReposting On the Postal Service
111. 6 AprDan Griswold on Trade Wars and Pots Filled with Stuff Quite the Opposite of Gold
112. 6 AprFreeman Essay #136: “A Review of Roger Farmer’s ‘How the Economy Works'”
113. 6 AprSome Gun Control I Heartily Support!
114. 6 AprQuotation of the Day…
115. 5 AprSome Links
116. 5 AprWho’d a-Thunk It?
117. 5 AprFreeman Essay #135: “Stop the Bad Guys”
118. 5 AprQuotation of the Day…
119. 4 AprBumpersticker Protectionism
120. 4 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
121. 4 AprGetting Straight on the So-called “Trade Deficit”
122. 4 AprMore on Why Milton Friedman Was Not Naive about Trade
123. 4 AprWe Take for Granted…
124. 4 AprFreeman Essay #134: “Naive Keynesianism: A Failure of Imagination”
125. 4 AprQuotation of the Day…
126. 4 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
127. 3 AprMore on the Unethical Foundation of Protectionism
128. 3 AprMilton Friedman Was Well Aware
129. 3 AprSome Links
130. 3 AprFreeman Essay #133: “Tariffs and Freedom”
131. 3 AprQuotation of the Day…
132. 2 AprI Stand By My Point That International Trade Is No Net Destroyer of Jobs
133. 2 AprFreeman Essay #132: “The Power of Freedom”
134. 2 AprQuotation of the Day…
135. 1 AprFreeman Essay #131: “Secure in Freedom”
136. 1 AprQuotation of the Day…

March 2018

1. 31 MarFreeman Essay #130: “Exporting America: A Review of Lou Dobbs’s Book”
2. 31 MarQuotation of the Day…
3. 30 MarQuotation of the Day…
4. 29 MarSome Links
5. 29 MarFreeman Essay #129: “The Private Provision of Public Goods”
6. 29 MarQuotation of the Day…
7. 29 MarTrade Destroys Only a Tiny Fraction of All Jobs that are Routinely Destroyed
8. 28 MarPlus ça change
9. 28 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
10. 28 MarLet’s Abandon the Misleading Language Conventionally Used in Discussions of the Balance-of-Payments
11. 28 MarSome Links
12. 28 MarFreeman Essay #128: “On the Rule of Law”
13. 28 MarQuotation of the Day…
14. 27 MarWaging War Against One’s Own
15. 27 MarSome Links
16. 27 MarThe Mercantilist Rules of Acquisition
17. 27 MarFreeman Essay #127: “On Trade and Currency Manipulation”
18. 27 MarAn Open Letter to Pat Buchanan
19. 27 MarQuotation of the Day…
20. 26 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
21. 26 MarPat Buchanan’s Essay Reads as If It Were a Spoof of Protectionist Fallacies. But It’s Not.
22. 26 MarA Group’s Political Success ≠ A Group’s Economic Success
23. 26 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
24. 26 MarSome Links
25. 26 MarFreeman Essay #126: “Science Fiction and Economic Fiction”
26. 26 MarQuotation of the Day…
27. 26 MarIt’s a Tax. It’s No Justification for Trade Restrictions.
28. 25 MarBusting Myths about So-called “Trade Deficits” and “Trade Wars”
29. 25 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
30. 25 MarEconomies of Scale Do Not Alter the Basic Laws of Economics and Trade
31. 25 MarSome Links
32. 25 MarFreeman Essay #125: “Looking in the Mirror”
33. 25 MarQuotation of the Day…
34. 24 MarUnbelievable – and Unbelievably Disappointing
35. 24 MarDefinitely Indefinitely
36. 24 MarWhen Is an Advantage Really a Self-Inflicted Disadvantage?
37. 24 MarFreeman Essay #124: “The Return of Keynesianism”
38. 24 MarQuotation of the Day…
39. 24 MarSome Links
40. 23 MarBonus Hayek Quotation of the Day…
41. 23 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
42. 23 MarTrump-ka
43. 23 MarThe Imbecilic Illogic of So-Called “Trade Wars”
44. 23 MarFreeman Essay #123: “On the Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle, Part II”
45. 23 MarQuotation of the Day…
46. 23 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
47. 22 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
48. 22 MarTrade-Ignoramus-in-Chief
49. 22 MarSome Links
50. 22 MarFreeman Essay #122: “On the Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle, Part I”
51. 22 MarQuotation of the Day…
52. 21 MarCaplan vs. Bruenig on Capitalism vs. Socialism
53. 21 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
54. 21 MarA Variation on a Theme of Henry George
55. 21 MarSome Links
56. 21 MarFreeman Essay #121: “The Ideas of Liberty and FEE”
57. 21 MarQuotation of the Day…
58. 20 MarSome Links
59. 20 MarWhy Are Protectionists’ Arguments Always Shockingly Weak?
60. 20 MarThe 2018 Public Choice Outreach Seminar
61. 20 MarIn the Teeth of the Scarcityists
62. 20 MarFreeman Essay #120: “Sad Democracy”
63. 20 MarQuotation of the Day…
64. 19 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
65. 19 MarTrade Job ‘Destruction’ in Perspective for the United States
66. 19 MarDoes Factor Mobility Nullify the Principle of Comparative Advantage?
67. 19 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
68. 19 MarFreeman Essay #119: “Interpreting the State of the World”
69. 19 MarQuotation of the Day…
70. 18 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
71. 18 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
72. 18 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
73. 18 MarMilton Friedman on Henry George on Free Trade and Protectionism
74. 18 MarSome Links
75. 18 MarFreeman Essay #118: “I Won’t Vote!”
76. 18 MarQuotation of the Day…
77. 17 MarAn Open Letter to Andy Schlafly
78. 17 MarMr. Schlafly Is as Innocent of Economics as Was His Mother, Phyllis
79. 17 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
80. 17 MarThe Art of the Steal
81. 17 MarSome Links
82. 17 MarFreeman Essay #117: “Alcohol, Prohibition, and the Revenuers”
83. 17 MarQuotation of the Day…
84. 16 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
85. 16 MarFreeman Essay #116: “So You Want Government-Supplied Health Care?”
86. 16 MarMy Mom
87. 16 MarQuotation of the Day…
88. 15 MarSome Questions for Peter Navarro
89. 15 MarSome Links
90. 15 MarProtectionists Say the Craziest Things!
91. 15 MarIs Trade Harming America’s Middle Class?
92. 15 MarFreeman Essay #115: “The Nation Is Not a House”
93. 15 MarQuotation of the Day…
94. 15 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
95. 14 MarMcCaughey Flunks Econ 101
96. 14 MarThe Stunt of Protectionism
97. 14 MarFreeman Essay #114: “Hayek, Coase, and Buchanan on the Market Process”
98. 14 MarQuotation of the Day…
99. 13 MarManna from Muncie
100. 13 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
101. 13 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
102. 13 MarSome Links
103. 13 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
104. 13 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
105. 13 MarFreeman Essay #113: “Cool on the Idea of Cooling Global Warming”
106. 13 MarQuotation of the Day…
107. 13 MarThe Economic Case for Free Trade is Not a Narrow Cost-Benefit One
108. 12 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
109. 12 MarLeland Yeager on Trump’s Misunderstanding of Trade and Trade Deficits
110. 12 MarFreeman Essay #112: “The Fed’s Potent Power”
111. 12 MarQuotation of the Day…
112. 11 MarSome Links
113. 11 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
114. 11 MarFreeman Essay #111: “The Trade Deficit Is Debt? It Just Ain’t So!”
115. 11 MarMore Milton Friedman on Free Trade
116. 11 MarQuotation of the Day…
117. 10 MarMilton Friedman on Steel Tariffs
118. 10 MarVernon Smith to Donald Trump: Your Steel Tariffs Won’t Enrich Americans
119. 10 MarAn Oxymoron to Beat All Oxymorons
120. 10 MarFreeman Essay #110: “On Bad Arguments”
121. 10 MarQuotation of the Day…
122. 9 MarTrade Deficits are Not a Problem to be ‘Addressed’
123. 9 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
124. 9 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
125. 9 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
126. 9 MarAd Hominem Is a Fallacy, Not an Argument
127. 9 MarSome Trade Links
128. 9 MarFreeman Essay #109: “Libertarian Paternalism”
129. 9 MarQuotation of the Day…
130. 8 MarI Really Wish that I had Good Cause to Stop Repeating Myself
131. 8 MarSome Trade Links
132. 8 MarFreeman Essay #108: “Mencken’s Wisdom”
133. 8 MarQuotation of the Day…
134. 8 MarThere is No Overstating the Stupidity of Protectionism
135. 7 MarMore Trade Links
136. 7 MarAdam Smith on Subsidies to Exporters
137. 7 MarProtectionism is from the Dark Side
138. 7 MarWho’s Harmed If Beijing Engineers ‘Predatorily’ Low Prices for Chinese Exports?
139. 7 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
140. 7 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
141. 7 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
142. 7 MarSome Trade Links
143. 7 MarFreeman Essay #107: “A Review of Arnold Kling’s ‘Learning Economics'”
144. 7 MarCronyism on the Potomac…
145. 7 MarQuotation of the Day…
146. 6 MarProbing the Protectionist’s Consistency
147. 6 MarReagan on Trade
148. 6 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
149. 6 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
150. 6 MarWilbur Ross Flunks Arithmetic – and Basic Logic
151. 6 MarSome Trade Links
152. 6 MarFreeman Essay #106: “So Much to Read!”
153. 6 MarQuotation of the Day…
154. 5 MarChristine McDaniel on Trade
155. 5 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
156. 5 MarSome Links
157. 5 Mar“We’ll Injure Ourselves If You Injure Yourself!”
158. 5 MarFreeman Essay #105: “Capitalism and Natural Disasters”
159. 5 MarActually, a Zombie Apocalypse is MORE Likely
160. 5 MarVeronique Vanquishes Trump
161. 5 MarQuotation of the Day…
162. 4 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
163. 4 MarFreeman Essay #104: “Manuel Ayau: Guatemala’s Liberal Searcher”
164. 4 MarQuotation of the Day…
165. 4 MarTrade Wars Are Easy to Win
166. 4 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
167. 3 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
168. 3 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
169. 3 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
170. 3 MarSome Trade Links
171. 3 MarFreeman Essay #103: “The Dangers of Eminent Domain”
172. 3 MarQuotation of the Day…
173. 3 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
174. 3 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
175. 2 MarImports Pay No Tariffs
176. 2 MarAnother Open Letter to Trump Lieutenant Peter Navarro
177. 2 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
178. 2 MarYet Another Open Letter to the Scarcityist-in-Chief
179. 2 MarFreeman Essay #102: “Research Needed!”
180. 2 MarQuotation of the Day…
181. 1 MarA Banner Day for Cronyism, A Bitter Day for Freedom and Prosperity
182. 1 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
183. 1 MarFreeman Essay #101: “Are Private Decisions Trustworthy?”
184. 1 MarQuotation of the Day…

February 2018

1. 28 FebAgain on My Tenure and My Support for Free Trade
2. 28 FebAnother Open Letter to the U.S. Secretary of Anti-commerce
3. 28 FebSome Links
4. 28 Feb“Debt” and “Repay”: It Pays to Revisit this Issue
5. 28 FebThe Absurdity of the So-called “Balance of Payments”
6. 28 FebSteeling
7. 28 FebFreeman Essay #100: “On Price Gouging”
8. 28 FebQuotation of the Day…
9. 27 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
10. 27 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
11. 27 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
12. 27 FebDeficient Trump
13. 27 FebFreeman Essay #99: “Drops and Splashes”
14. 27 FebSome Links
15. 27 FebQuotation of the Day…
16. 26 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
17. 26 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
18. 26 FebTyler Cowen on Underrated and Overrated Libertarian Thinkers
19. 26 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
20. 26 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
21. 26 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
22. 26 FebFreeman Essay #98: “Novel Economics”
23. 26 FebQuotation of the Day…
24. 25 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
25. 25 FebFreeman Essay #97: “Playing By the Rules”
26. 25 FebQuotation of the Day…
27. 24 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
28. 24 FebFreeman Essay #96: “A Deficit of Understanding II”
29. 24 FebQuotation of the Day…
30. 23 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
31. 23 FebDo Trade Deficits Have to Eventually be Repaid?
32. 23 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
33. 23 FebSome Links
34. 23 FebNo Good Economist Has Ever Said that Material Possessions Matter Exclusively or Even Mostly
35. 23 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
36. 23 FebFreeman Essay #95: “A Deficit of Understanding”
37. 23 FebQuotation of the Day…
38. 22 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
39. 22 FebMaking the Case for Free Trade
40. 22 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
41. 22 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
42. 22 FebSome Links
43. 22 FebFreeman Essay #94: “Can You Spot the Billionaire?”
44. 22 FebQuotation of the Day…
45. 22 FebGreg Mankiw on Free Trade
46. 21 FebA Note on Protectionists
47. 21 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
48. 21 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
49. 21 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
50. 21 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
51. 21 FebSome Links
52. 21 FebFreeman Essay #93: “The State is the Source of Rights?”
53. 21 FebQuotation of the Day…
54. 21 FebIf You’re an Ordinary American in 2018, You Are Materially Richer Than Was the Richest Human Being Alive in 1918
55. 20 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
56. 20 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
57. 20 FebOn a Scale of 1 to 10 – With 10 Being Undoubtable Truth – Protectionism is a Zero
58. 20 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
59. 20 FebSome Links
60. 20 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
61. 20 FebFreeman Essay #92: “Oblivious to the Obvious”
62. 20 FebQuotation of the Day…
63. 19 FebA Political Survey
64. 19 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
65. 19 FebFreeman Essay #91: “But what about …?”
66. 19 FebSome Links
67. 19 FebQuotation of the Day…
68. 18 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
69. 18 FebGive Protectionists the Boot
70. 18 FebFreeman Essay #90: “Of Human Hypocrisy”
71. 18 FebQuotation of the Day…
72. 18 FebMercantilist Myths Never Die
73. 18 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
74. 18 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
75. 17 FebSome Links
76. 17 FebFreeman Essay #89: “Individualism and Intelligence”
77. 17 FebQuotation of the Day…
78. 16 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
79. 16 FebProtectionism is a Crony-spread Cancer
80. 16 FebSome Links
81. 16 FebFreeman Essay #88: “Possibilities vs. Reality”
82. 16 FebQuotation of the Day…
83. 15 FebThere’s No Such Thing As Free Comparative Advantage
84. 15 FebFreeman Essay #87: A Review of Johan Norberg’s ‘In Defense of Global Capitalism’
85. 15 FebQuotation of the Day…
86. 14 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
87. 14 FebYet Another Open Letter to Secretary of Anti-Commerce Wilbur Ross
88. 14 FebSome Links
89. 14 FebThe Silence of the Wolves
90. 14 FebFreeman Essay #86: “Self-Interest, Part 2”
91. 14 FebQuotation of the Day…
92. 14 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
93. 13 FebArnold Kling Wants to Overthrow Neoclassical Economics
94. 13 FebExploring the Ethics of Trade ‘Retaliation’
95. 13 FebOne Good Reason to Privatize Highways
96. 13 FebMore on Locating the Cause of China’s Economic Growth
97. 13 FebSome Links
98. 13 FebFreeman Essay #85: “Self-Interest, Part 1”
99. 13 FebQuotation of the Day…
100. 12 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
101. 12 FebIncreasing Abundance Is a Blessing, Not a Curse
102. 12 FebSome Links
103. 12 FebFreeman Essay #84: “Technology in Perspective”
104. 12 FebQuotation of the Day…
105. 11 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
106. 11 FebThen Why Weren’t 1949-1976 Years of Even Faster Economic Growth for the Chinese People?
107. 11 FebSome Links
108. 11 FebFreeman Essay #83: “Sensible Assumptions”
109. 11 FebQuotation of the Day…
110. 10 FebThe Case for Freedom Does Not Rest on the Assumption of Perfection
111. 10 FebFreeman Essay #82: “The Wrecking Ball and the Prosperity Tower”
112. 10 FebSome Links
113. 10 FebQuotation of the Day…
114. 9 FebWould You Trust Government to Re-write Newspaper Reports Because Some Reports Convey False Information?
115. 9 FebFreeman Essay #81: “Muting Messages”
116. 9 FebSome Links
117. 9 FebQuotation of the Day…
118. 8 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
119. 8 FebOne Word Too Long
120. 8 FebFreeman Essay #80: “Equality and Capitalism”
121. 8 FebQuotation of the Day…
122. 7 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
123. 7 FebFear of Flying (Without Bureaucratic Oversight)
124. 7 FebYet More Evidence that Minimum Wages Do Indeed Have Negative Employment Effects
125. 7 FebSome Links
126. 7 FebAre Middle-income American Households Stagnating Economically?
127. 7 FebFreeman Essay #79: “Escaping Modernity”
128. 7 FebQuotation of the Day…
129. 7 FebDive Deeply Into the History of Economic Thought
130. 7 FebDidja Hear the One About the Economist…
131. 6 FebFactoids Parade as Economically Relevant Facts
132. 6 FebProtectionists are Offensive
133. 6 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
134. 6 FebOvercapacity Here Means Under-capacity There
135. 6 FebFreeman Essay #78: “An Open Letter to My Parents”
136. 6 FebQuotation of the Day…
137. 5 FebSome Links
138. 5 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
139. 5 FebHigher Admission Launches!
140. 5 FebInflation is Not Fueled by Increased Economic Productivity
141. 5 FebFreeman Essay #77: “Absorbing Immigrants”
142. 5 FebQuotation of the Day…
143. 4 FebFreeman Essay #76: “I Recycle!”
144. 4 FebSome Links
145. 4 FebQuotation of the Day…
146. 3 FebFreeman Essay #75: “An Economist Reflects on Law”
147. 3 FebQuotation of the Day…
148. 3 FebFreeman Essay #74: “Politics and Prohibition”
149. 2 FebSome Links
150. 2 FebAre the Choices Made by Members of the United States’ Electoral College Illegitimate?
151. 2 FebFreeman Essay #73: “Sound Bites and Unsound Decisions”
152. 2 FebQuotation of the Day…
153. 2 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
154. 1 FebSome Links
155. 1 FebFreeman Essay #72: “Some Questions”
156. 1 FebDan Griswold on Dani Rodrik
157. 1 FebQuotation of the Day…

January 2018

1. 31 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
2. 31 JanTrump Wants Us to Have More Money; I Want Us to Have More Prosperity
3. 31 JanSome Links
4. 31 JanFreeman Essay #71: “The Ultimate Externality”
5. 31 JanQuotation of the Day…
6. 31 JanFreeman Essay #70: “Compensate Workers Harmed by Trade?”
7. 30 JanWho Needs Straw Men When Politicians Exist?
8. 30 JanThe Libertarian Angle
9. 30 JanSome Links
10. 30 JanMilton Friedman on the So-called ‘Balance of Trade’
11. 30 JanFreeman Essay #69: “Simplistic Answers”
12. 30 JanQuotation of the Day…
13. 29 JanIf a Protectionist Ran a Private Firm the Way He or She Wants to Run a Country…
14. 29 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
15. 29 JanFreeman Essay #68: “An Open Letter to Senators Clinton and Schumer”
16. 29 JanSome Links
17. 29 JanQuotation of the Day…
18. 28 JanI Goofed (but My Goof Still Doesn’t Mean that Trump Didn’t)
19. 28 JanFreeman Essay #67: “On Reading History”
20. 28 JanQuotation of the Day…
21. 27 JanSome Links
22. 27 JanFreeman Essay #66: “The A Word”
23. 27 JanQuotation of the Day…
24. 26 JanFreeman Essay #65: “Wonders in Perspective”
25. 26 JanWriting Again to the Mercantilist-in-Chief
26. 26 JanFreeman Essay #64: “Don’t Be Framed”
27. 26 JanQuotation of the Day…
28. 25 JanFreeman Essay #63: A Review of Tyler Cowen’s ‘What Price Fame?’
29. 25 JanContinuing My Open Correspondence with Trump
30. 25 JanTariffs are Taxes
31. 25 JanFreeman Essay #62: “The Will of the Market”
32. 25 JanQuotation of the Day…
33. 25 JanFair ≠ Equal ; Fair > Equal
34. 24 JanIf Only It Could Happen….
35. 24 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
36. 24 JanSome Links
37. 24 JanFreeman Essay #61: “Human Creativity”
38. 24 JanQuotation of the Day…
39. 24 JanFear of the Future Helps to Fuel Protectionism and Many Other Government Interventions
40. 23 JanContinuing My Open Correspondence with the Cronyist-in-Chief
41. 23 JanFreeman Essay #60: “Courage Overlooked”
42. 23 JanOn Obama’s Motive in the Bailouts
43. 23 JanSome Links
44. 23 JanTaking Us to the Cleaners: One More Open Letter to Trump
45. 23 JanFreeman Essay #59: “Why All the Con Artistry?”
46. 23 JanQuotation of the Day…
47. 23 JanYet Again, Another Open Letter to the Scarcityist-in-Chief
48. 22 JanThere’s Much More to the Matter
49. 22 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
50. 22 JanSome Links
51. 22 JanPhotos as Data
52. 22 JanFreeman Essay #58: “Universal Values”
53. 22 JanQuotation of the Day…
54. 21 JanMilton and (Charlie) Rose in Full
55. 21 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
56. 21 JanAn Open Letter to Congressional Leaders
57. 21 JanFreeman Essay #57: A Review of Joel Blau’s ‘Illusions of Prosperity’
58. 21 JanQuotation of the Day…
59. 20 JanFreeman Essay #56: “Two Radicalisms”
60. 20 JanWhat If Product Quality Rather Than Price Had Been Economists’ Chief Object of Explanation?
61. 20 JanSome Links
62. 20 JanFreeman Essay #55: “Thomas Babington Macaulay”
63. 20 JanQuotation of the Day…
64. 19 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
65. 19 JanFreeman Essay #54: “Self-Government”
66. 19 JanA Case for Repealing All Antitrust Legislation
67. 19 JanFreeman Essay #53: “Freedom of Association”
68. 19 JanQuotation of the Day…
69. 18 JanFreeman Essay #52: A Review of Thomas Sowell’s “The Quest for Cosmic Justice”
70. 18 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
71. 18 JanTrump Confused
72. 18 JanAnother Open Letter to Trump
73. 18 JanFreeman Essay #51: “Markets, Politics, and Civility”
74. 18 JanSome Links
75. 18 JanQuotation of the Day…
76. 17 JanConservative Inadvertently Praises the Economics of Communism
77. 17 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
78. 17 JanFreeman Essay #50: “The Selfishness of the Unselfish”
79. 17 JanSome Links
80. 17 JanFreeman Essay #49: “Mutual Accommodation”
81. 17 JanQuotation of the Day…
82. 16 JanFreeman Essay #48: “American Culture”
83. 16 JanContinuing My One-Way ‘Correspondence’ with Trump
84. 16 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
85. 16 JanFreeman Essay #47: “Moderation in All Things”
86. 16 JanSome Links
87. 16 JanQuotation of the Day…
88. 15 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
89. 15 JanFreeman Essay #46: “Cleaned by Capitalism”
90. 15 JanFreeman Essay #45: “Two Indispensable Lesson”
91. 15 JanQuotation of the Day…
92. 14 JanIn Which World Would You Rather Live?
93. 14 JanFreeman Essay #44: “A Review of Cox’s and Alm’s ‘Myths of Rich & Poor'”
94. 14 JanDebating the Virtue of Selfishness
95. 14 JanReal Money Is Not Real Goods and Services
96. 14 JanSome Links
97. 14 JanFreeman Essay #43: “Unfettered Powerful Extremes”
98. 14 JanQuotation of the Day…
99. 13 JanFreeman Essay #42: “Stop Stopping Price Cutting”
100. 13 JanYet Another Open Letter to Trump (this one wonky)
101. 13 JanMilton Friedman Countered, While Paul Krugman Ratifies, Man-in-the-Street Economics
102. 13 JanFreeman Essay #41: “Who’s Locked in to What?”
103. 13 JanSome Links
104. 13 JanQuotation of the Day…
105. 12 JanFreeman Essay #40: “Break This Vile Addiction”
106. 12 JanWhy It’s Frustrating to Argue with Most Protectionists
107. 12 JanAnother Open Letter to Trump
108. 12 JanFreeman Essay #39: “Workers Exploited?”
109. 12 JanQuotation of the Day…
110. 11 JanHigh Wages Imply Intense Consumer Demands
111. 11 JanMore on the Ill-Logic of Mercantilism
112. 11 JanFreedom Essay #38: “True False Consciousness”
113. 11 JanQuotation of the Day…
114. 10 JanThe Ill-Logic of Protectionism
115. 10 JanSome Links
116. 10 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
117. 10 JanFreeman Essay #37: “Government Is No God”
118. 10 JanQuotation of the Day…
119. 10 JanFreeman Essay #36: “Outside the Limits”
120. 10 JanMarkets Veto Power
121. 9 JanSome Links
122. 9 JanPerhaps Wasting Resources Enriches the Middle Class
123. 9 JanWho’s Ill-Mannered?
124. 9 JanFreeman Essay #35: “Hayek Turns 100”
125. 9 JanQuotation of the Day…
126. 9 JanA Protectionist Businessperson
127. 9 JanProtectionism is Theft
128. 8 JanFreeman Essay #34: A Review of Tyler Cowen’s “In Praise of Commercial Culture”
129. 8 JanYou Can’t Be “Screwed” By Being Denied X Unless You Have a Right to X
130. 8 JanSome Links
131. 8 JanFreeman Essay #33: “Withholding the Taxpayer Hostage”
132. 8 JanQuotation of the Day…
133. 8 JanBruce Ames, John Stossel, and Phantom Fears
134. 7 JanThe Cronyist Essence of Protectionism
135. 7 JanFreeman Essay #32: “Brutes in Suits”
136. 7 JanQuotation of the Day…
137. 6 JanNo Wall
138. 6 JanFreeman Essay #31: “Countless Wonders”
139. 6 JanQuotation of the Day…
140. 5 JanFreeman Essay #30: “The Ungrateful Pedestrian”
141. 5 JanWho’s the Bully?
142. 5 JanFreeman Essay #29: “The Constitution’s New Defenders”
143. 5 JanFreeman Essay #28: “The Danger of Deifying the State”
144. 5 JanQuotation of the Day…
145. 4 JanFreeman Essay #27: “Why Honorable People Avoid Politics”
146. 4 JanProtectionism Is a Protection Racket
147. 4 JanSome Links
148. 4 JanQuotation of the Day…
149. 3 JanFreeman Essay #26: “Lessons from Homeschooling”
150. 3 JanA Note on So-called “Export-Led Growth”
151. 3 JanFreeman Essay #25: “Arrogant Antitrusters”
152. 3 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
153. 3 JanFreeman Essay #24: “What is the American Constitution?”
154. 3 JanQuotation of the Day…
155. 2 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
156. 2 JanVirtually Impossible to Find – Unless One Looks
157. 2 JanFreeman Essay #23: “Foolish Inconsistencies”
158. 2 JanQuotation of the Day…
159. 1 JanFreeman Essay #22: “Cursed by Economic Knowledge and Ignorance”
160. 1 JanEconomists Understand Better than Most People that Money Is Not All that Matters
161. 1 JanFreeman Essay #21: A Review of Steven Landsburg’s ‘Fair Play’
162. 1 JanSome Links
163. 1 JanQuotation of the Day…