2019

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December 2019

1. 31 DecFritz Machlup on J.M. Keynes
2. 31 Dec‘The People’ Is Not a Sentient Creature
3. 31 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Discovering your inner economist”
4. 31 DecQuotation of the Day…
5. 30 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
6. 30 DecSome Links
7. 30 DecQuotation of the Day…
8. 29 DecQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 DecThere’s Nothing Unique About Competition from Imports
10. 28 DecQuotation of the Day…
11. 27 DecWhy Should Serious People Take Such Reporting Seriously?
12. 27 DecI’m Still Not the Least Worried About AI Causing Lasting Unemployment
13. 27 DecThe Corporations Do Declare “Don’t Throw Us Into that Briar Patch!”
14. 27 DecQuotation of the Day…
15. 26 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Libertarians & immigration”
16. 26 DecSome Links
17. 26 DecQuotation of the Day…
18. 25 DecQuotation of the Day…
19. 24 DecHe Was a Man of System
20. 24 DecQuotation of the Day…
21. 23 DecExports Are Indeed Good, But Only Because They Are a Means of Acquiring Imports
22. 23 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Cartoon lessons”
23. 23 DecSome Links
24. 23 DecQuotation of the Day…
25. 22 DecThe Case Against Oren Cass’s Case Against the Centrality of Consumption
26. 22 DecQuotation of the Day…
27. 21 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Laissez faire is best medicine”
28. 21 DecQuotation of the Day…
29. 20 DecThe Importance of Inspiring Teachers … and of Economics Well Taught
30. 20 DecSome Links
31. 20 DecGrammatically Impeccable; Technically Imprecise; Economically Impossible
32. 20 DecQuotation of the Day…
33. 19 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Progressive – not!”
34. 19 DecSome Links
35. 19 DecQuotation of the Day…
36. 18 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
37. 18 DecQuotation of the Day…
38. 17 DecBehold the Protectionist
39. 17 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
40. 17 DecFor the Umpteenth Time
41. 17 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Of sunroofs & motor scooters”
42. 17 DecQuotation of the Day…
43. 16 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
44. 16 DecMind-Expanding Stocking Stuffers
45. 16 DecSome Links
46. 16 DecQuotation of the Day…
47. 15 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “The Environmental Creed”
48. 15 DecQuotation of the Day…
49. 14 DecSome Links
50. 14 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “‘Like little puffs of smoke'”
51. 14 DecQuotation of the Day…
52. 13 DecYes. Yes I Truly Do Admire J.D. Rockefeller, Sr.
53. 13 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
54. 13 DecTwo Can Play This Game: Externalities Edition
55. 13 DecQuotation of the Day…
56. 12 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
57. 12 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Marvelous properties”
58. 12 DecQuotation of the Day…
59. 12 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
60. 11 DecSome Links
61. 11 DecTaking Leave of Economic Reality
62. 11 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “10 good books”
63. 11 DecQuotation of the Day…
64. 11 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
65. 10 DecOpen Letter to Oren Cass
66. 10 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Paper chase”
67. 10 DecQuotation of the Day…
68. 10 DecWhat Would Bill Say?
69. 9 DecThe Hubris of Such People Is Appalling
70. 9 DecTo What Standard Should Foreign Governments Be Held On Trade-Related Matters?
71. 9 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Consistent common sense”
72. 9 DecSome Links
73. 9 DecOn Brooks on Socialism and Capitalism
74. 9 DecQuotation of the Day…
75. 8 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
76. 8 DecSome Links
77. 8 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Ignoring subsidies”
78. 8 DecQuotation of the Day…
79. 8 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
80. 7 DecEric Mack Is Correct
81. 7 DecSome Links
82. 7 DecNothing Left of Left Smithianism
83. 7 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Don’t complain about bargain prices”
84. 7 DecQuotation of the Day…
85. 6 DecRepetitive, I Know…
86. 6 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
87. 6 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Reaping a strong dollar’s benefits”
88. 6 DecSome Links
89. 6 DecQuotation of the Day…
90. 6 DecReflections on the Fall in the Labor-Force-Participation Rate
91. 5 DecWho’d a-thunk It?
92. 5 DecQuotation of the Day…
93. 4 DecPitchfork Protectionism
94. 4 DecHas “Neo-liberalism” Failed?
95. 4 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “On the nature of politics”
96. 4 DecQuotation of the Day…
97. 3 DecIf I Could Draw…
98. 3 DecSome Links
99. 3 DecSupport Teaching, Research, and Outreach that Champion a Society of Responsibility, Prosperity, and Freedom
100. 3 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “A most illiberal sentiment”
101. 3 DecQuotation of the Day…
102. 2 DecBonus Quotation of the Day…
103. 2 DecThe Economics of Correcting ‘Market Failure’ Isn’t as Scientific as It Appears
104. 2 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “The system is the solution”
105. 2 DecQuotation of the Day…
106. 1 DecPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Irrational us?”
107. 1 DecQuotation of the Day…

November 2019

1. 30 NovHole-d On!
2. 30 NovSome Links
3. 30 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Spontaneous order & law”
4. 30 NovQuotation of the Day…
5. 29 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Statistics tell us …”
6. 29 NovSome Links
7. 29 NovQuotation of the Day…
8. 28 NovQuotation of the Day…
9. 27 NovBusting the Myth of Libertarian Atomism
10. 27 NovAlways Good to Quote Mencken
11. 27 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Dear voters…”
12. 27 NovAnd I Can Fly By Twirling My Tongue
13. 27 NovQuotation of the Day…
14. 26 NovSome Links
15. 26 NovI, Too, Fear Unfettered Capitalism
16. 26 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
17. 26 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Why gasoline prices are falling”
18. 26 NovQuotation of the Day…
19. 25 NovWhy
20. 25 Nov“A Coca-Cola Solution to High Gas Prices”
21. 25 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “One reason for high gas prices”
22. 25 NovQuotation of the Day…
23. 24 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
24. 24 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “We’re much wealthier today”
25. 24 NovQuotation of the Day…
26. 23 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Democracy & responsibility”
27. 23 NovQuotation of the Day…
28. 23 NovPointless
29. 23 NovThe First Two in a Series of Videos on Adam Smith
30. 22 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
31. 22 NovRe the NYT’s “1619 Project”
32. 22 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “The case for neglecting global warming”
33. 22 NovJust the Thought…
34. 22 NovQuotation of the Day…
35. 21 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
36. 21 NovPlease, People, Learn Some Basic Economics
37. 21 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Let Louisiana rebuild her levees”
38. 21 NovSo-Called “Market Failures” Are Profit Opportunities
39. 21 NovQuotation of the Day…
40. 21 NovSome Links
41. 20 NovJust to Clarify…
42. 20 NovHomer Simpson Nods
43. 20 NovAnother Alleged Good Reason for Trump’s War on Trade Debunked
44. 20 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Selling organs; two alternate plans”
45. 20 NovQuotation of the Day…
46. 19 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Kidneys for sale”
47. 19 NovQuotation of the Day…
48. 18 NovKota’s and Mahoney’s Very, Very Bad Idea
49. 18 NovIndustrial Policy 2.0 Is Just as Lousy as Industrial Policy 1.0
50. 18 NovQuotation of the Day…
51. 17 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Don’t fear the market”
52. 17 NovQuotation of the Day…
53. 17 NovFree the Market for Transplantable Body Organs
54. 17 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
55. 16 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Crystal-ball truths”
56. 16 NovQuotation of the Day…
57. 15 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Money isn’t all that matters”
58. 15 NovSome Links
59. 15 NovQuotation of the Day…
60. 15 NovSmile: Life In Modern America Is Actually Very Good
61. 15 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
62. 14 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Joking aside, less severe punishments deter murders”
63. 14 NovSome Links
64. 14 NovQuotation of the Day…
65. 13 NovAs If It’s All Written With Crayons
66. 13 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
67. 13 NovSome Links
68. 13 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Consumption-ability”
69. 13 NovQuotation of the Day…
70. 12 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
71. 12 NovSome Links
72. 12 NovSome Surprises of Comparative Advantage
73. 12 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Can everyone’s pay rise if average pay falls?”
74. 12 NovQuotation of the Day…
75. 12 NovGetting Comparative Advantage Right
76. 11 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Beware of official data on inflation”
77. 11 NovSome Links
78. 11 NovQuotation of the Day…
79. 10 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
80. 10 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Calculating real wages”
81. 10 NovQuotation of the Day…
82. 9 NovA Glorious Day in History: November 9th, 1989
83. 9 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Living in the long run”
84. 9 NovQuotation of the Day…
85. 8 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Pro-free trade, not pro-business”
86. 8 NovQuotation of the Day…
87. 7 NovSome Links
88. 7 NovQuotation of the Day…
89. 6 NovMore Vérité from Veronique on Trade
90. 6 NovAsk Bryan Caplan and Zach Weinersmith Anything
91. 6 NovJohan Norberg’s Message to St. Greta
92. 6 NovQuotation of the Day…
93. 5 NovBonus Quotation of the Day…
94. 5 NovQuotation of the Day…
95. 4 NovComparative Advantage: An Introduction
96. 4 NovSome Links
97. 4 NovPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “‘Let the market handle it!'”
98. 4 NovQuotation of the Day…
99. 3 NovQuotation of the Day…
100. 2 NovSome Links
101. 2 NovQuotation of the Day…
102. 1 NovDon’t Minimize the Negative Effects of Minimum Wages
103. 1 NovQuotation of the Day…

October 2019

1. 31 OctMarx
2. 31 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
3. 31 OctThe American Middle Class Is Doing Just Fine
4. 31 OctSome Links
5. 31 OctReality Remains Mandatory
6. 31 OctQuotation of the Day…
7. 31 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
8. 30 OctSlay the Great Geyser of Cronyism
9. 30 OctOn Hardworking Burglars and Bricklayers
10. 30 OctQuotation of the Day…
11. 29 OctSome Links
12. 29 OctQuotation of the Day…
13. 28 OctIndustrial Policy: Self-inflicted Economic Damage
14. 28 OctQuestions for Immigration Skeptics
15. 28 OctQuotation of the Day…
16. 27 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Reflections on New Orleans: Decentralization is key”
17. 27 OctQuotation of the Day…
18. 26 OctSome Links
19. 26 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Consistency & freedom”
20. 26 OctQuotation of the Day…
21. 25 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Absorbing immigrants”
22. 25 OctQuotation of the Day…
23. 24 OctSome Links
24. 24 OctQuotation of the Day…
25. 24 OctA Quick Thought
26. 23 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
27. 23 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Markets save lives”
28. 23 OctQuotation of the Day…
29. 22 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
30. 22 OctSome Links
31. 22 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Prosperity, technology & economic freedom”
32. 22 OctQuotation of the Day…
33. 21 OctThree Big Myths
34. 21 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Capping gasoline prices”
35. 21 OctQuotation of the Day…
36. 20 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “More trade-deficit talk”
37. 20 OctQuotation of the Day…
38. 19 OctSome Links
39. 19 OctQuotation of the Day…
40. 19 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Talk about the trade deficit”
41. 18 OctGiving Commerce its Doux
42. 18 OctQuotation of the Day…
43. 17 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
44. 17 OctLies, Damn Lies, and…
45. 17 OctMises vs. Marx
46. 17 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Costs & benefits”
47. 17 OctSome Links
48. 17 OctQuotation of the Day…
49. 16 OctSome Links
50. 16 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
51. 16 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Fear China?”
52. 16 OctQuotation of the Day…
53. 15 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
54. 15 OctFree Trade, Properly Defined and Understood
55. 15 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Hosannas to the ‘force-specialists’”
56. 15 OctQuotation of the Day…
57. 15 OctCleaned by Capitalism: It’s More than a Wash
58. 14 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Faulty Band-Aid”
59. 14 OctSome Links
60. 14 OctQuotation of the Day…
61. 13 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Ignoring income inequalities”
62. 13 OctSome Links
63. 13 OctQuotation of the Day…
64. 13 OctInterpreting Trade
65. 12 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Base closings”
66. 12 OctSome Links
67. 12 OctTrade Hooey
68. 12 OctQuotation of the Day…
69. 11 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Debunking ‘unaffordable’ health care”
70. 11 OctWhy Liberalism Works
71. 11 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
72. 11 OctSome Links
73. 11 OctFree Speech and Free Trade
74. 11 OctQuotation of the Day…
75. 11 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Income inequality”
76. 10 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Simple rules for a complex world”
77. 10 OctStand With the Chinese People: Trade With Them Freely
78. 10 OctQuotation of the Day…
79. 10 OctSome Links
80. 10 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “A chip off the energy industry block”
81. 9 OctTrump: The Chinese People’s Champion?
82. 9 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
83. 9 OctSome Links
84. 9 OctQuotation of the Day…
85. 8 OctA Thought on Arguing with Protectionists
86. 8 OctTariffs Reduce Industrial Capacity
87. 8 OctQuotation of the Day…
88. 8 OctTrump’s Trade Fallacies
89. 7 OctA Country Is Not a Country Club
90. 7 OctSome Links
91. 7 OctQuotation of the Day…
92. 6 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
93. 6 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “What are jobs?”
94. 6 OctQuotation of the Day…
95. 6 OctPittsburgh Tribune-Review: “Capitalism & slavery”
96. 5 OctGovernment Policy Is Not Carried Out by God-like Creatures
97. 5 OctSome Links
98. 5 OctQuotation of the Day…
99. 4 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
100. 4 OctSome Links
101. 4 OctQuotation of the Day…
102. 4 OctGramm and Ellig Bust Myths that Fuel Antitrust Activism… But…
103. 3 OctCelebrating James M. Buchanan
104. 3 OctQuotation of the Day…
105. 2 OctWondering if Bernie Sanders Realizes….
106. 2 OctSome Links
107. 2 OctQuotation of the Day…
108. 1 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
109. 1 OctDealing Realistically With China
110. 1 OctTrump Contorted
111. 1 OctSome Links
112. 1 OctQuotation of the Day…

September 2019

1. 30 SepOptimal Schmoptimal
2. 30 SepSome Links
3. 30 SepReasons for Hope
4. 30 SepQuotation of the Day…
5. 29 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
6. 29 SepSome Links
7. 29 SepEconomic Ignorance 101
8. 29 SepQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
10. 28 SepSome Links
11. 28 SepQuotation of the Day…
12. 27 SepQuotation of the Day…
13. 26 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
14. 26 SepRemembering James Buchanan
15. 26 SepSome Links
16. 26 SepQuotation of the Day…
17. 26 SepThe Power of the Economic Way of Thinking
18. 25 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
19. 25 SepScales on My Eyes?
20. 25 SepSome Links
21. 25 SepQuotation of the Day…
22. 24 SepAgain Making the Case for a Policy of Unilateral Free Trade
23. 24 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
24. 24 SepSome Links
25. 24 SepQuotation of the Day…
26. 23 SepMy Coming Webinar On Labor-Market Realities
27. 23 SepSo-Called “Price Gouging” Under Desperate Circumstances
28. 23 SepAre You Sure Stoller’s Piece Really Isn’t from The Onion?
29. 23 SepSome Links
30. 23 SepQuotation of the Day…
31. 22 SepQuotation of the Day…
32. 21 SepStill More On So-called “Price-gouging”
33. 21 SepSome Links
34. 21 SepQuotation of the Day…
35. 20 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
36. 20 SepIdentifying What Is Really Arbitrary
37. 20 SepMore Globalization (Please!)
38. 20 SepGlobalization is a Boon
39. 20 SepSome Links
40. 20 SepQuotation of the Day…
41. 20 SepYet More On the Benefits of So-Called “Price-Gouging”
42. 19 SepA Quick Update of a 2006 Work-Time-Cost Finding
43. 19 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
44. 19 SepThe Invisible Heart Is Real, and It’s Beating
45. 19 SepSome Links
46. 19 SepLife IS Good
47. 19 SepQuotation of the Day…
48. 18 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
49. 18 SepEconomic Reality
50. 18 SepYes, Ordinary Are Indeed Much Richer Today than Were Ordinary Americans in the mid-1970s
51. 18 Sep“Scientific” Predictions About Humanity and Resources
52. 18 SepMoney Isn’t the Only Currency
53. 18 SepSome Links
54. 18 SepQuotation of the Day…
55. 17 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
56. 17 SepSome Links
57. 17 SepQuotation of the Day…
58. 16 SepLet Your Voice Be Heard by Opposing the Politicization of Society
59. 16 SepQuotation of the Day…
60. 16 SepPreposterous ‘Understanding’ of Trade
61. 15 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
62. 15 SepSome Links
63. 15 SepQuotation of the Day…
64. 14 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
65. 14 SepEmergent Order
66. 14 SepQuotation of the Day…
67. 13 SepWhat If All Reality Were Optional?
68. 13 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
69. 13 SepSome Links
70. 13 SepAnd, Also, the Earth Is Flat
71. 13 SepQuotation of the Day…
72. 12 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
73. 12 SepSome Links
74. 12 SepQuotation of the Day…
75. 12 SepLagniappe Quotation of the Day…
76. 11 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
77. 11 SepSome Links
78. 11 SepRationalizing Rank Ignorance
79. 11 SepQuotation of the Day…
80. 10 SepLooking Back – With Enormous Gratitude – Over the Past 61 Years
81. 10 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
82. 10 SepSome Links
83. 10 SepTariffs = Taxes
84. 10 SepQuotation of the Day…
85. 9 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
86. 9 SepWith Apologies to Joan Robinson
87. 9 SepMore on So-Called “Price Gouging”
88. 9 SepSome Links
89. 9 SepQuotation of the Day…
90. 8 SepQuotation of the Day…
91. 7 SepThree Cheers for “Price-Gouging”
92. 7 SepSome Links
93. 7 SepQuotation of the Day…
94. 6 SepHere’s What I Think They Think
95. 6 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
96. 6 SepSome Links
97. 6 SepEconomic Reality Isn’t Optional
98. 6 SepQuotation of the Day…
99. 5 SepSome Links
100. 5 SepQuotation of the Day…
101. 4 SepThe Many, Many Men (and Women) in the Middle
102. 4 SepQuotation of the Day…
103. 3 SepThe Economy Is Not An Engineering Project
104. 3 SepQuotation of the Day…
105. 2 SepQuotation of the Day…
106. 1 SepQuotation of the Day…

August 2019

1. 31 AugTrade Deficit ≠ Deficient Savings
2. 31 AugQuotation of the Day…
3. 30 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
4. 30 AugSome Links
5. 30 AugQuotation of the Day…
6. 29 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
7. 29 AugThe Wisdom of Bob Higgs
8. 29 AugQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 AugCapitalism By Its Very Nature is Socially Positive
10. 28 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
11. 28 AugHayek’s Articles
12. 28 AugSome Links
13. 28 AugQuotation of the Day…
14. 27 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
15. 27 AugCraven Opportunists
16. 27 AugSome Links
17. 27 AugQuotation of the Day…
18. 26 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
19. 26 AugRepeatedly Repeating Myths Does Not Transform Pains Into Gains
20. 26 AugPC – As In “Patriotically Correct”
21. 26 AugQuotation of the Day…
22. 25 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
23. 25 AugFirst, Do No Harm to the Body Politic
24. 25 AugSome Links
25. 25 AugQuotation of the Day…
26. 24 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
27. 24 AugMy Favs: The Beatles and Sound Economics
28. 24 AugQuotation of the Day…
29. 23 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
30. 23 AugSome Links
31. 23 AugQuotation of the Day…
32. 23 AugEven If He’s Correct, Stakeholder Capitalism Would Only Worsen Matters
33. 22 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
34. 22 AugSome Links
35. 22 AugNo Saving Cass’s Case
36. 22 AugBad Arguments for Free Trade
37. 22 AugQuotation of the Day…
38. 21 AugSome Links
39. 21 Aug“Stakeholder Capitalism” Would Reduce the Welfare of Stakeholders
40. 21 AugQuotation of the Day…
41. 20 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
42. 20 AugDon’t Drive A Stake Through the Heart of Entrepreneurial Markets
43. 20 AugEducation, Housing, and Health-Care
44. 20 AugQuotation of the Day…
45. 19 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
46. 19 AugSome Links
47. 19 AugQuotation of the Day…
48. 18 AugI, Asparagus
49. 18 AugWhat’s Your Best Guess?
50. 18 AugQuotation of the Day…
51. 17 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
52. 17 AugThe Quality of Progressive Scholarship Is Depreciating
53. 17 AugEnslaved by Anti-Market Ideology
54. 17 AugQuotation of the Day…
55. 16 AugMilton Friedman on Exports as What Is Given Up (as a Means of Getting More Imports)
56. 16 AugYet More on Exports as Costs and Not Benefits
57. 16 AugSome Links
58. 16 AugQuotation of the Day…
59. 15 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
60. 15 AugDeirdre McCloskey on Exports as Costs
61. 15 AugI Repeat: Exports Are Indeed Costs
62. 15 AugNo, No, No! Exports are Not Benefits. Exports are Costs.
63. 15 AugSome Links
64. 15 AugQuotation of the Day…
65. 14 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
66. 14 AugTrump Seems Intent on Destroying the Global Economy…
67. 14 AugThe Gobbledygook That Is Trump’s Trade “Policy”
68. 14 AugOn Exports Being Costs
69. 14 AugQuotation of the Day…
70. 14 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
71. 13 AugFishy
72. 13 AugSome Links
73. 13 AugQuotation of the Day…
74. 12 AugTo Repeat…
75. 12 AugOrdinary Americans Are Thriving Economically
76. 12 AugCorporations are Private
77. 12 AugQuotation of the Day…
78. 11 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
79. 11 AugQuotation of the Day…
80. 10 AugFreedom Is Not Protected By Its Violation
81. 10 AugSome Links
82. 10 AugQuotation of the Day…
83. 9 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
84. 9 AugSome Links
85. 9 AugQuotation of the Day…
86. 9 AugWorker Pay Is Not Determined Arbitrarily
87. 8 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
88. 8 AugThe High Cost of Free Stuff
89. 8 AugQuotation of the Day…
90. 8 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
91. 7 AugSome Links
92. 7 AugQuotation of the Day…
93. 6 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
94. 6 AugTo Be Unseen Is Not to Be Abstract
95. 6 AugQuotation of the Day…
96. 6 AugSome Links
97. 5 AugQuotation of the Day…
98. 4 AugIf Only Trump Were Correct
99. 4 AugA Parasite Is Not Productive
100. 4 AugSuper-Deficient Thinking
101. 4 AugQuotation of the Day…
102. 3 AugBonus Quotation of the Day…
103. 3 AugSome Links
104. 3 AugQuotation of the Day…
105. 2 AugYet Another Open Letter to the Economic Ignoramus-In-Chief
106. 2 AugExports are Costs; Trade’s Ultimate Benefits Come in the Form of Imports
107. 2 AugReality Is Not Optional
108. 2 AugQuotation of the Day…
109. 1 AugAgain, Leave the Market Alone
110. 1 AugSome Links
111. 1 AugQuotation of the Day…

July 2019

1. 31 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
2. 31 JulSome Links
3. 31 JulQuotation of the Day…
4. 30 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
5. 30 JulTrust Me, You Wouldn’t Like Living in the 1970s
6. 30 JulSome Links
7. 30 JulQuotation of the Day…
8. 29 JulQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 JulI’m Still Not Certain that It’s Not from The Onion: An Open Letter to Michael Stumo
10. 28 JulQuotation of the Day…
11. 28 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
12. 27 JulSome Links
13. 27 JulAnother Open Letter to Steve Moore
14. 27 JulQuotation of the Day…
15. 27 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
16. 26 JulThe Nation Is Not a Family
17. 26 JulSome Links
18. 26 JulQuotation of the Day…
19. 26 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
20. 25 JulInformation Is Conveyed by Dogs that Don’t Bark
21. 25 JulThe Coor Problem
22. 25 JulQuotation of the Day…
23. 25 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
24. 24 JulEconomic Suicidists
25. 24 JulLeave Us Alone
26. 24 JulSome Links
27. 24 JulQuotation of the Day…
28. 23 JulEconomic Nationalism Is Frightening
29. 23 JulQuotation of the Day…
30. 22 JulDo Allegations of Intellectual-Property Theft Justify Protective Tariffs?
31. 22 JulQuotation of the Day…
32. 21 JulShould We Practice Reciprocal Vandalism?
33. 21 JulSome Links
34. 21 JulQuotation of the Day…
35. 20 JulDebating Point
36. 20 JulQuotation of the Day…
37. 19 JulQuotation of the Day…
38. 18 JulDo Allegations of IP Theft by the Chinese Justify Uncle Sam’s Violations of American Consumers’ Rights?
39. 18 JulManaged Trade Is Not Free Trade
40. 18 JulQuotation of the Day…
41. 17 JulQuotation of the Day…
42. 16 JulTheir Actions Belie Their Words
43. 16 JulQuotation of the Day…
44. 15 JulBe Skeptical
45. 15 JulGovernment Is Not US
46. 15 JulOn the Burden of Government Debt
47. 15 JulSome Links
48. 15 JulQuotation of the Day…
49. 14 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
50. 14 JulQuotation of the Day…
51. 13 JulOne Better Term for So-Called “Trade Deficits” is “Goods Surpluses”
52. 13 JulQuotation of the Day…
53. 13 Jul“High-Wages” Means “High-Productivity”
54. 12 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
55. 12 JulQuotation of the Day…
56. 11 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
57. 11 JulNone of Trump’s Business
58. 11 JulSome Links
59. 11 JulQuotation of the Day…
60. 10 JulNo Sign of Intelligent Life
61. 10 JulConserving the Ideas and Institutions of Freedom
62. 10 JulQuotation of the Day…
63. 9 JulAnother Open Letter to Thomas Hutcheson
64. 9 JulQuotation of the Day…
65. 8 Jul(Some) Econometric Studies Find that the Law of Demand Mysteriously Doesn ‘t Apply to Low-Skilled Workers
66. 8 JulSome Links
67. 8 JulQuotation of the Day…
68. 8 JulEconomies Don’t Compete Against Each Other
69. 7 JulQuotation of the Day…
70. 7 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
71. 6 JulCommerce Is Not War
72. 6 JulQuotation of the Day…
73. 5 JulSad that Sacred Principles are Treated with Scorn
74. 5 JulSome Links
75. 5 JulQuotation of the Day…
76. 4 JulA Note on the U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate
77. 4 JulThe Party’s Over
78. 4 JulSome Links
79. 4 JulQuotation of the Day…
80. 3 JulHenderson on Iacocca … and Iacocca on Japan
81. 3 JulFed Independence
82. 3 JulQuotation of the Day…
83. 2 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
84. 2 JulQuotation of the Day…
85. 1 JulBonus Quotation of the Day…
86. 1 JulJohn Stossel’s Videos
87. 1 JulSome Links
88. 1 JulMore on Trade and National Security
89. 1 JulQuotation of the Day…

June 2019

1. 30 JunBusting Yet Another Myth About the Case for a Policy of Free Trade
2. 30 JunQuotation of the Day…
3. 29 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
4. 29 JunSome Links
5. 29 JunQuotation of the Day…
6. 28 JunKeep on Truckin’ With Economics
7. 28 JunSick
8. 28 JunTrade and Economic Growth
9. 28 JunQuotation of the Day…
10. 27 JunSome Links
11. 27 JunWant to Reduce Your Intelligence? Watch a Spectacle Commonly Called a Political “Debate”
12. 27 JunQuotation of the Day…
13. 27 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
14. 26 JunThe Absurdity of Any and All Talk of Bilateral Trade Deficits and Surpluses
15. 26 JunQuotation of the Day…
16. 25 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
17. 25 JunRaise Their Taxes Too!
18. 25 JunDouglas Irwin: Winner of the 2019 Hayek Prize
19. 25 JunQuotation of the Day…
20. 24 JunRaise the Alarm
21. 24 JunEconomics Well-Taught
22. 24 JunProtectionists from Plunderland and from Wonderland
23. 24 JunSome Links
24. 24 JunQuotation of the Day…
25. 23 JunThe Can-Do Attitude of Innovism
26. 23 JunQuotation of the Day…
27. 22 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
28. 22 JunMore on Work and Production as Means Rather than as Ends
29. 22 JunSome Links
30. 22 JunQuotation of the Day…
31. 21 JunProduction Not Aimed At Satisfying Consumption Desires Is Waste
32. 21 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
33. 21 JunRepeating an Important Truth
34. 21 JunSome Links
35. 21 JunQuotation of the Day…
36. 20 JunA Question About the First Amendment (or a Question About Logical Consistency)
37. 20 JunSome Links
38. 20 JunQuotation of the Day…
39. 19 JunQuotation of the Day…
40. 18 JunOn the National-Security Exception to a Policy of Free Trade
41. 18 JunSome Links
42. 18 JunQuotation of the Day…
43. 17 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
44. 17 JunSubsidizing Foreigners’ Consumption Enriches Them As It Impoverishes You
45. 17 JunQuotation of the Day…
46. 16 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
47. 16 JunSome Links
48. 16 JunQuotation of the Day…
49. 16 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
50. 15 JunQuotation of the Day…
51. 14 JunBassackwards
52. 14 JunGeorge Will on the Continuing Curse of Woodrow Wilson
53. 14 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
54. 14 JunQuotation of the Day…
55. 13 JunSome Links
56. 13 JunQuotation of the Day…
57. 13 JunFreedomist
58. 12 JunLow Productivity is a Handicap
59. 12 JunQuotation of the Day…
60. 11 JunMisreading Scott Lincicome
61. 11 JunQuotation of the Day…
62. 10 JunTrump’s Long-Term Goal Is Not Global Free Trade
63. 10 JunPlus ça change
64. 10 JunQuotation of the Day…
65. 9 JunSome Links
66. 9 JunQuotation of the Day…
67. 8 JunUnleashing a Monster
68. 8 JunQuotation of the Day…
69. 7 JunBargaining to Impoverish Americans
70. 7 JunSome Links
71. 7 JunGoverned by Imbeciles
72. 7 JunCapitalism. Is. Working.
73. 7 JunQuotation of the Day…
74. 7 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
75. 6 JunRepeating a Point
76. 6 JunWe Work to Consume, Not for the Sake of Working
77. 6 JunSome Links
78. 6 JunMy On-Going Discussion with David Henderson on the Ultimate Purpose of Trade
79. 6 JunQuotation of the Day…
80. 5 JunSome Links
81. 5 JunOn Two Meanings of “Cost”
82. 5 JunClarifying a Point about Exporting
83. 5 JunQuotation of the Day…
84. 4 JunThe Lethal Metastasizing of the Sound Idea of Democracy
85. 4 JunQuotation of the Day…
86. 4 JunAnother Open Letter to Marco Rubio
87. 3 JunSome Links
88. 3 JunQuotation of the Day…
89. 2 JunSome Links
90. 2 JunQuotation of the Day…
91. 1 JunCasseroles of Confusion
92. 1 JunQuotation of the Day…

May 2019

1. 31 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
2. 31 MayA Trade War Is…
3. 31 MayPaving the Road to Hell
4. 31 MayQuotation of the Day..
5. 30 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
6. 30 MayDouglas Irwin on Clashing Over Commerce
7. 30 MayQuotation of the Day…
8. 29 MayPoor Excuses for Government Intervention
9. 29 MayNavarro’s Freight Train of Fallacies
10. 29 MaySome Links
11. 29 MayTypical
12. 29 MayQuotation of the Day…
13. 28 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
14. 28 MayQuotation of the Day…
15. 27 MayEconomic Ignorance on Steroids
16. 27 MaySome Links
17. 27 MayQuotation of the Day…
18. 26 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
19. 26 MayQuotation of the Day…
20. 25 MayUber-poor Argument
21. 25 MaySome Links
22. 25 MayQuotation of the Day…
23. 24 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
24. 24 MayIn This Case, Our Government Was Indeed to Blame
25. 24 MayQuotation of the Day…
26. 23 MayYet Another Open Letter to the Cronyist-in-Chief
27. 23 MayProperty Rights Aren’t Protected by Being Violated
28. 23 MaySome Links
29. 23 MayQuotation of the Day…
30. 22 MayEnough with Manipulation of Trade
31. 22 MayQuotation of the Day…
32. 21 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
33. 21 MayMore Bizarro Thinking from the Trump Administration
34. 21 MayQuotation of the Day…
35. 20 MayDifficult to See How Americans Suffer from Beijing’s Subsidies
36. 20 MayAntitrust’s Sordid History
37. 20 MayQuotation of the Day…
38. 19 MaySome Links
39. 19 MayQuotation of the Day…
40. 18 MayMy Reply to Victor Davis Hanson’s Response
41. 18 MayA Bad Case for Fearing China
42. 18 MayAre Only the Rich Getting Richer?
43. 18 MayQuotation of the Day…
44. 17 MayTrade Wars: Wars that Citizens Should Hope Their Governments Lose
45. 17 MayQuotation of the Day…
46. 16 MaySome Links
47. 16 MayQuotation of the Day…
48. 15 MayBeep-Beep
49. 15 MaySome Links
50. 15 MayWaging War on Fellow Citizens
51. 15 MayQuotation of the Day…
52. 14 MayPat Buchanan is No Economist
53. 14 MayDr. Trump’s Miracle Elixir!
54. 14 MayEconomic Growth is Ultimately Not Explained by Physics
55. 14 MayQuotation of the Day…
56. 13 MaySteve Moore Is No Free Trader
57. 13 MaySome Links
58. 13 MayQuotation of the Day…
59. 12 MayQuotation of the Day…
60. 11 MayQuotation of the Day…
61. 11 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
62. 10 MayTrump Is a Trade Ignoramus
63. 10 MayI Confess…
64. 10 MayQuotation of the Day…
65. 9 MayQuotation of the Day…
66. 8 MaySome Links
67. 8 MayQuotation of the Day…
68. 7 MayMore Vérité from Veronique
69. 7 May100-1≠60 and 60+1≠100
70. 7 MayIf You Like Poll Taxes, You’ll Love Minimum Wages
71. 7 MayAn “Economy” Is Really a Catallaxy
72. 7 MayQuotation of the Day…
73. 6 MayTo Repeat: Beijing’s Unfair Trade Practices are Unfair Chiefly to the Chinese People
74. 6 MayBastiat Matters – in Both Theory and Practice
75. 6 MaySome Links
76. 6 MayA Greater Threat
77. 6 MayQuotation of the Day…
78. 5 MayQuotation of the Day…
79. 4 MayHard, Clean Roofs: Cleaned by Capitalism
80. 4 MayQuotation of the Day…
81. 3 MayA Third Open Letter to Aparna Mathur
82. 3 MaySome Links
83. 3 MayQuotation of the Day…
84. 2 MayAnother Open Letter to Aparna Mathur
85. 2 MayQuotation of the Day…
86. 1 MayQuotation of the Day…

April 2019

1. 30 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
2. 30 AprSome Links
3. 30 AprPragmatism is Impractical
4. 30 AprQuotation of the Day…
5. 29 AprA Protectionist is Someone Who…
6. 29 AprIn Praise of an Ideology of Freedom
7. 29 AprSome Links
8. 29 AprQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
10. 28 AprSome Links
11. 28 AprQuotation of the Day…
12. 27 AprQuotation of the Day…
13. 26 AprQuotation of the Day…
14. 25 AprPity the Chinese People
15. 25 AprSome Links
16. 25 AprQuotation of the Day…
17. 24 AprSen. Warren’s Bad Manners
18. 24 AprSome Links
19. 24 AprDiscussion with Antony Davies and James Harrigan
20. 24 AprQuotation of the Day…
21. 24 AprPolitics…
22. 23 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
23. 23 AprSome Links
24. 23 AprQuotation of the Day…
25. 23 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
26. 22 AprConsistently Anti-Consumer
27. 22 AprInnovative Free Markets Cleanse Our Environment
28. 22 AprSome Links
29. 22 AprQuotation of the Day…
30. 21 AprQuotation of the Day…
31. 20 AprA Protectionist is Someone Who…
32. 20 AprQuotation of the Day…
33. 19 AprSome Links
34. 19 AprQuotation of the Day…
35. 19 AprSimon Says “Be Optimistic on Earth Day 2019”
36. 18 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
37. 18 AprCleaned by Capitalism XL
38. 18 AprQuotation of the Day…
39. 17 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
40. 17 AprSome Links
41. 17 AprQuotation of the Day…
42. 17 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
43. 16 AprCommunist Joke
44. 16 AprSome Links
45. 16 AprAutomatically?
46. 16 AprQuotation of the Day…
47. 15 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
48. 15 AprLeave the Market Be
49. 15 AprSome Links
50. 15 AprQuotation of the Day…
51. 14 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
52. 14 AprSome Links
53. 14 AprQuotation of the Day…
54. 13 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
55. 13 AprAlmost Anything’s Possible … But Very Little Is Probable
56. 13 AprSome Links
57. 13 AprQuotation of the Day…
58. 12 AprMarkets Don’t Work That Way
59. 12 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
60. 12 AprSome Links
61. 12 AprQuotation of the Day…
62. 11 AprSome Links
63. 11 AprQuotation of the Day…
64. 11 AprInnovation in Sourcing
65. 10 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
66. 10 AprQuotation of the Day…
67. 9 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
68. 9 AprCampus Follies
69. 9 AprSome Links
70. 9 AprQuotation of the Day…
71. 8 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
72. 8 AprThere’s No Good Reason to Believe that the Market Supplies Paid Leave Suboptimally
73. 8 AprSome Links
74. 8 AprQuotation of the Day…
75. 7 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
76. 7 AprQuotation of the Day…
77. 6 AprMeer on Some Hidden Costs of Minimum Wages
78. 6 AprZero Reason to Accept this Common Assertion
79. 6 AprSome Links
80. 6 AprQuotation of the Day…
81. 6 AprThe Execrable Jones Act
82. 5 AprI Literally Laughed Out Loud Upon Hearing This Part of the Report
83. 5 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
84. 5 AprLeave the Market-Failure Story Behind
85. 5 AprQuotation of the Day…
86. 4 AprOn U.S. Trade Policy and Beijing’s Treatment of Intellectual Property
87. 4 AprJack’s Major Is Not Economics
88. 4 AprDon’t Leave Your Price Theory Behind
89. 4 AprOpen Letter to Angela Rachidi
90. 4 AprQuotation of the Day…
91. 3 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
92. 3 AprSome Links
93. 3 AprAn Open Letter to Aparna Mathur
94. 3 AprQuotation of the Day…
95. 2 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
96. 2 AprReality Isn’t Optional
97. 2 AprSociety and Economy Are Not Created by the State
98. 2 AprQuotation of the Day…
99. 1 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
100. 1 AprSome Economics of Paid Leave
101. 1 AprSome Links
102. 1 AprQuotation of the Day…

March 2019

1. 31 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
2. 31 MarSome Links
3. 31 MarQuotation of the Day…
4. 30 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
5. 30 MarScience Involves More than Measuring What Is Available to Measure
6. 30 MarSome Links
7. 30 MarQuotation of the Day…
8. 29 MarQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 MarSome Conservatives Taking Leave of Their Economics
10. 28 MarSome Links
11. 28 MarQuotation of the Day…
12. 27 MarProtectionist Lies
13. 27 MarSome Links
14. 27 MarQuotation of the Day…
15. 26 MarThe Fallacy of Composition Is, In Fact, a Fallacy
16. 26 MarQuotation of the Day…
17. 25 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
18. 25 MarWealth Isn’t a Blob of Consumable Stuff
19. 25 MarSome Links
20. 25 MarAir Pollution and the ‘Distribution’ of Its Burdens
21. 25 MarQuotation of the Day…
22. 24 MarQuotation of the Day…
23. 23 MarQuotation of the Day…
24. 22 MarQuotation of the Day…
25. 21 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
26. 21 MarIs the World Going Mad?
27. 21 MarSome Links
28. 21 MarEmpirical Research Idea
29. 21 MarQuotation of the Day…
30. 20 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
31. 20 MarHome-Country Tariffs Are Punitive Taxes on Purchases Made by Fellow Citizens
32. 20 MarSome Links
33. 20 MarAnd In Beaufort, SC, There’s a Hayek St. and Mises Rd.
34. 20 MarQuotation of the Day…
35. 19 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
36. 19 MarComparative Advantage is Not an Engineering Project
37. 19 MarSome Links
38. 19 MarQuotation of the Day…
39. 18 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
40. 18 MarSome Links
41. 18 MarIn Free Markets, ‘Balls’ and ‘Strikes’ are Called Only by Consumers
42. 18 MarQuotation of the Day…
43. 17 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
44. 17 MarGovernment Is At a Comparative Disadvantage – Big Time
45. 17 MarSome Links
46. 17 MarQuotation of the Day…
47. 16 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
48. 16 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
49. 16 MarQuotation of the Day…
50. 16 MarSome Links
51. 15 MarProtectionism and Vandalism
52. 15 MarShame on Maryland Legislators
53. 15 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
54. 15 MarIndustrial Policies Pave Paths to Economic Decay
55. 15 MarQuotation of the Day…
56. 14 MarThe Principal Costs of Minimum-Wage Legislation
57. 14 MarWhat Motivates these Creatures?
58. 14 MarQuotation of the Day…
59. 13 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
60. 13 MarSome Links
61. 13 MarQuotation of the Day…
62. 12 MarA Contest for Readers
63. 12 MarQuotation of the Day…
64. 11 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
65. 11 MarNo Escaping the Grip of Scarcity
66. 11 MarProtectionism’s Deep Confusions
67. 11 MarQuotation of the Day…
68. 11 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
69. 10 MarSome Links
70. 10 MarQuotation of the Day…
71. 9 MarWhy Do Protectionists Complain About Trade Deficits?
72. 9 MarQuotation of the Day…
73. 8 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
74. 8 MarPut Your Wages Where Your Mouth Is
75. 8 MarSome Links
76. 8 MarGood Deficit
77. 8 MarQuotation of the Day…
78. 7 MarOn Other Governments’ Policies
79. 7 MarQuotation of the Day…
80. 6 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
81. 6 MarA Protectionist is Someone Who…
82. 6 MarSome Links
83. 6 MarReporting That Does a Disservice
84. 6 MarQuotation of the Day…
85. 6 MarNo People But the Chinese Have Anything to Fear from Beijing’s Industrial Policies
86. 5 MarBecause Price Controls Work So Well in Venezuela
87. 5 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
88. 5 MarSome Links
89. 5 MarQuotation of the Day…
90. 4 MarWealth Itself Is a Process, Not a Hoard of Stuff
91. 4 MarQuotation of the Day…
92. 3 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
93. 3 MarQuotation of the Day…
94. 3 MarSome Links
95. 2 MarQuotation of the Day…
96. 1 MarThe Stupidest Eight Words That I’ve Ever Read
97. 1 MarTrump’s Supporters Do Not Like Me
98. 1 MarSome Links
99. 1 MarAn Interview With Adam Smith
100. 1 MarQuotation of the Day…

February 2019

1. 28 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
2. 28 FebGood Grief
3. 28 FebQuotation of the Day…
4. 27 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
5. 27 FebQuotation of the Day…
6. 26 FebSome Links
7. 26 FebApply Now!
8. 26 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
9. 26 FebQuotation of the Day…
10. 25 FebThat Reputation Was Earned Long Ago
11. 25 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
12. 25 FebWords Mislead When Carelessly Used and Heard
13. 25 FebSome Links
14. 25 FebQuotation of the Day…
15. 24 FebThe Dollars Still Return and Are Invested or Spent
16. 24 FebQuotation of the Day…
17. 23 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
18. 23 FebQuotation of the Day…
19. 22 FebSome Links
20. 22 FebStated Intentions Are Not Actual Results
21. 22 FebQuotation of the Day…
22. 21 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
23. 21 FebSubsidies and Tariffs Impoverish the Home Country
24. 21 FebSome Links
25. 21 FebQuotation of the Day…
26. 20 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
27. 20 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
28. 20 FebAmericans Benefit from Beijing’s Subsidies (and the Chinese Suffer)
29. 20 FebQuotation of the Day…
30. 20 FebSome Links
31. 19 FebAnother Deleted
32. 19 FebDeleted
33. 19 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
34. 19 FebSome Links
35. 19 FebQuotation of the Day…
36. 18 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
37. 18 FebPlease, Let’s Have No “National Innovation Strategy”
38. 18 FebBastiat Deserves More Respect
39. 18 FebQuotation of the Day…
40. 18 FebMarket Prices are Fair Prices
41. 17 FebQuotation of the Day…
42. 16 FebSome Links
43. 16 FebQuotation of the Day…
44. 15 FebEnough Already with Envying those Who are Monetarily Relatively Rich
45. 15 FebQuotation of the Day…
46. 14 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
47. 14 FebAnd It’s Realistic to Train Elephants to Fly by Twirling their Trunks Rapidly Above their Heads
48. 14 FebSome Links
49. 14 FebQuotation of the Day…
50. 13 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
51. 13 FebThis McCarthyism Would be Even Worse than the Original
52. 13 FebSome Links
53. 13 FebQuotation of the Day…
54. 12 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
55. 12 FebTrump’s Trade Cluelessness
56. 12 FebMcCloskey on Krugman (and Me) on Comparative Advantage
57. 12 FebEcon 101 is Incredibly Important
58. 12 FebQuotation of the Day…
59. 11 FebFact-Checking Trump
60. 11 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
61. 11 FebWarren’s Unwarranted Assertion
62. 11 FebSome Links
63. 11 FebQuotation of the Day…
64. 10 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
65. 10 FebQuotation of the Day…
66. 9 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
67. 9 FebSkills Levels in Reality Are Neither Given Nor Fixed
68. 9 FebQuotation of the Day…
69. 8 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
70. 8 FebSome Links
71. 8 FebQuotation of the Day…
72. 7 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
73. 7 FebSome Links
74. 7 FebQuotation of the Day…
75. 6 FebBeijing: Making America Great!
76. 6 FebQuotation of the Day…
77. 5 FebThomas Sowell is Indeed Admired at GMU
78. 5 FebSome Links
79. 5 FebQuotation of the Day…
80. 4 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
81. 4 FebWants, Unlike Resources, Are Unlimited
82. 4 FebLet’s Not Forget the Industry on K Street!
83. 4 FebQuotation of the Day…
84. 3 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
85. 3 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
86. 3 FebQuotation of the Day…
87. 2 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
88. 2 FebSome Links
89. 2 FebQuotation of the Day…
90. 1 FebA Protectionist is Someone Who…
91. 1 FebBonus Quotation of the Day…
92. 1 FebA Noxious Mix of Economic Ignorance and Envy…
93. 1 FebQuotation of the Day…

January 2019

1. 31 JanThat’s the Market’s Way of Signaling that the Move is Competitive
2. 31 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
3. 31 JanSome Links
4. 31 JanQuotation of the Day…
5. 30 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
6. 30 JanDo Not Let the Perfect Devour the Good
7. 30 JanSome Links
8. 30 JanQuotation of the Day…
9. 29 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
10. 29 JanAgain: Free Trade, Unilaterally
11. 29 JanSome Links
12. 29 JanQuotation of the Day…
13. 28 JanQuotation of the Day…
14. 27 JanQuotation of the Day…
15. 26 JanSome Links
16. 26 JanQuotation of the Day…
17. 26 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
18. 25 JanSome Links
19. 25 JanQuotation of the Day…
20. 24 JanDefending a Policy of Unconditional Unilateral Free Trade
21. 24 JanEconomically Farcical and Ethically Foul
22. 24 JanSome Links
23. 24 JanQuotation of the Day…
24. 23 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
25. 23 JanSome Links
26. 23 JanQuotation of the Day…
27. 22 JanSuper-optimal Length to Explain the Sub-optimality of “Optimal Tariff” Theory
28. 22 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
29. 22 Jan2019 Duke Summer Institute on the History of Economics
30. 22 JanSome Links
31. 22 JanQuotation of the Day…
32. 21 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
33. 21 JanAdvocates of Minimum Wages Treat Reality as If It Is Optional
34. 21 JanStanding Still is Not an Option
35. 21 JanQuotation of the Day…
36. 20 JanSome Links
37. 20 JanQuotation of the Day…
38. 19 JanSome Links
39. 19 JanQuotation of the Day…
40. 18 JanSome Links
41. 18 JanQuotation of the Day…
42. 17 JanIn Praise of Carbon Fuels
43. 17 JanSome Links
44. 17 JanQuotation of the Day…
45. 17 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
46. 16 JanRepeating a Central Element in the Economic Case for a Policy of Free Trade
47. 16 JanA Powerful Essay by Scott Lincicome in Response to a Fable Told by Carlson, Hammond, and Many Others
48. 16 JanQuotation of the Day…
49. 15 JanFree Trade Does Not Need Sovereign Oversight
50. 15 JanSome Links
51. 15 JanQuotation of the Day…
52. 14 JanFRED Facts
53. 14 JanSome Links
54. 14 JanQuotation of the Day…
55. 13 JanQuotation of the Day…
56. 12 JanThe Absurdity of Protectionism
57. 12 JanA Question for Protectionists
58. 12 JanQuotation of the Day…
59. 12 JanIs Artificially Engineered Abundance Impoverishing … or Enriching?
60. 11 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
61. 11 JanColin Grabow on the Jones Act
62. 11 JanFree Trade IS Fair Trade
63. 11 JanProtectionists Tell Only Half of the Story
64. 11 JanSome Links
65. 11 JanQuotation of the Day…
66. 11 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
67. 10 JanOn Krein on Autor, et al.
68. 10 JanSome Links
69. 10 JanQuotation of the Day…
70. 9 JanVeronique Is Correct and Her Critic is Not
71. 9 JanJohan Norberg Busts a Myth about Immigration
72. 9 JanTrade Promotes Peace
73. 9 JanSome Links
74. 9 JanQuotation of the Day…
75. 9 JanA Protectionist is Someone Who…
76. 8 JanMy Problem With the Wall
77. 8 JanStolper-Samuelson Supplies No Good Justification for Protectionism
78. 8 JanHarold Demsetz, 1930-2019
79. 8 JanQuotation of the Day…
80. 7 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
81. 7 JanThe Bizarre, Mad World of Trade Negotiations Among Government Officials
82. 7 JanSome Links
83. 7 JanQuotation of the Day…
84. 7 JanHow You Spend Your Money Is Your Business and Your Business Alone
85. 6 JanQuotation of the Day…
86. 5 JanA Protectionist is Someone Who…
87. 5 JanSome Links
88. 5 JanQuotation of the Day…
89. 4 JanIf Mercantilism is So Enriching, Let’s Try it on a Per-Household Basis
90. 4 JanA Protectionist is Someone Who…
91. 4 JanSome Links
92. 4 JanQuotation of the Day…
93. 3 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
94. 3 JanSome Links
95. 3 JanThe Government Isn’t “We” or “Us”
96. 3 JanQuotation of the Day…
97. 2 JanRuminating on Legislation and the Rule of Law
98. 2 JanFreeman Essay #145: “Competition and Cooperation”
99. 2 JanTrade’s – that is, Competition’s – Costs are Not Losses
100. 2 JanLet Each Individual Manage His or Her Own Trade
101. 2 JanNAFTA at 25
102. 2 JanSome Links
103. 2 JanQuotation of the Day…
104. 1 JanMonumental Ignorance of Trade
105. 1 JanQuotation of the Day…