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October 2026

1. 31 OctSome Links
2. 31 OctQuotation of the Day…
3. 30 OctCovidian Myth-making Re-emerges
4. 30 OctSome Links
5. 30 OctQuotation of the Day…
6. 29 OctSome Links
7. 29 OctQuotation of the Day…
8. 28 OctSome Links
9. 28 OctSome Links
10. 27 OctSome Links
11. 27 OctQuotation of the Day…
12. 26 OctSome Links
13. 26 OctQuotation of the Day…
14. 25 OctBonus Quotation of the Day…
15. 25 OctSome Links
16. 25 OctQuotation of the Day…
17. 24 OctYet More On So-called “Price Gouging”
18. 24 OctSome Links
19. 24 OctQuotation of the Day…
20. 23 OctOn the Greed of Critics of “Price Gouging”
21. 23 OctSome Links
22. 23 OctQuotation of the Day…
23. 22 OctSome Links
24. 22 OctQuotation of the Day…
25. 21 OctPhil Magness Debates Julius Krein
26. 21 OctShould Government Tariff Young and Elderly Americans’ Trade with Middle-Aged Americans?
27. 21 OctNo Economic Case for Tariffs
28. 21 OctSome Links
29. 21 OctQuotation of the Day…
30. 20 OctSome Links
31. 20 OctQuotation of the Day…
32. 19 OctIt’s “COMPETITION As a Discovery Procedure”
33. 19 OctSome Links
34. 19 OctQuotation of the Day…
35. 18 OctA Response to Michael Brendan Dougherty
36. 18 OctShould We Tax Goods Imported from the Past?
37. 18 OctSome Links
38. 18 OctQuotation of the Day…
39. 17 OctProtectionists Continue to Slay Straw Men
40. 17 OctSome Links
41. 17 OctQuotation of the Day…
42. 16 OctMichael Brendan Dougherty Swings and (Wildly) Misses
43. 16 OctSome Link
44. 16 OctQuotation of the Day…
45. 15 OctInescapable: Tariffs Raise Prices
46. 15 OctQuotation of the Day…
47. 14 OctSome Links
48. 14 OctQuotation of the Day…
49. 13 OctSome Links
50. 13 OctQuotation of the Day…
51. 12 OctQuotation of the Day…
52. 11 OctFree Money Being Discarded and Unclaimed!
53. 11 OctQuotation of the Day…
54. 10 OctOn Budget Deficits and Trade Deficits
55. 10 OctSome Links
56. 10 OctQuotation of the Day…
57. 9 OctEconomics Mt. Rushmore
58. 9 OctWhat Rubio Missed in Athens
59. 9 OctSome Links
60. 9 OctQuotation of the Day…
61. 8 OctSome Links
62. 8 OctQuotation of the Day…
63. 7 OctAnother Open Letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer
64. 7 OctSome Links
65. 7 OctQuotation of the Day…
66. 6 OctSomeone Who Can’t Be Trusted to Run His or Her Own Life Cannot Be Trusted to Run the Lives of Other People
67. 6 OctSome Links
68. 6 OctQuotation of the Day…
69. 5 OctAn Open Letter to Michael Brendan Dougherty
70. 5 OctSome Links
71. 5 OctQuotation of the Day…
72. 4 OctVance Asserts Actual Decline
73. 4 OctSome Links
74. 4 OctQuotation of the Day…
75. 3 OctMore on J.D. Vance’s Economic Cluelessness
76. 3 OctSome Links
77. 3 OctQuotation of the Day…
78. 2 OctAnother Open Letter to J.D. Vance
79. 2 OctSome Links
80. 2 OctQuotation of the Day…
81. 1 OctSome Links
82. 1 OctQuotation of the Day…

September 2026

1. 30 SepWhere’s the Evidence of “Hollowing Out”?
2. 30 SepSome Links
3. 30 SepQuotation of the Day…
4. 29 SepSome Links
5. 29 SepQuotation of the Day…
6. 28 SepSome Links
7. 28 SepQuotation of the Day…
8. 27 SepAn Open Letter to J.D. Vance
9. 27 SepSome Links
10. 27 SepQuotation of the Day…
11. 26 SepSome Links
12. 26 SepQuotation of the Day…
13. 25 SepSome Links
14. 25 SepOn Diesel Donald
15. 25 SepQuotation of the Day…
16. 24 SepFueling Economic Understanding
17. 24 SepA Last Ditch Effort to Make a Market Experiment Succeed
18. 24 SepSome Links
19. 24 SepQuotation of the Day…
20. 23 SepMercantilism Is Bananas
21. 23 SepTrump Fuels Economic Ignorance
22. 23 SepSome Links
23. 23 SepQuotation of the Day…
24. 22 SepOthers Have Pointed This Out…
25. 22 SepLet Them Eat Cake … and 30,000 Other Items of Their Choice
26. 22 SepSome Links
27. 22 SepQuotation of the Day…
28. 21 SepSome Links
29. 21 SepQuotation of the Day…
30. 20 SepOren Cass Makes An Economically Weak Case for Protectionism Against China
31. 20 SepSome Links
32. 20 SepQuotation of the Day…
33. 19 SepSome Links
34. 19 SepQuotation of the Day…
35. 18 SepTrump’s Statements About Trade are Unsalvageable
36. 18 SepSome Links
37. 18 SepQuotation of the Day…
38. 17 SepSome Links
39. 17 SepQuotation of the Day…
40. 16 Sep“State-directed Capitalism” Is an Oxymoron
41. 16 SepSome Links
42. 16 SepQuotation of the Day…
43. 15 SepProtectionist Arguments are Cheap
44. 15 SepSome Links
45. 15 SepQuotation of the Day…
46. 14 SepCalling Red “White” Doesn’t Make Red White
47. 14 SepSome Links
48. 14 SepQuotation of the Day…
49. 13 SepWe Enjoy Nature Because of Free Markets, Commerce, and Industry
50. 13 SepSome Links
51. 13 SepQuotation of the day…
52. 12 SepMore on Alexander Hamilton and Trump’s Tariffs
53. 12 SepSome Links
54. 12 SepQuotation of the Day…
55. 11 SepHit the Brakes Hard on Trusting Government
56. 11 SepSome Links
57. 11 SepQuotation of the Day…
58. 10 SepBonus Quotation of the Day…
59. 10 SepSome Links
60. 10 SepQuotation of the Day…
61. 9 SepOren Cass Should Get Real About the Theory and Facts of Trade
62. 9 SepSome Links
63. 9 SepQuotation of the Day…
64. 8 SepThe Practice of Government Is the Opposite of the Theory of Government
65. 8 SepSome Links
66. 8 SepQuotation of the Day…
67. 7 SepBeing Unprincipled Isn’t Applause-worthy
68. 7 SepSome Links
69. 7 SepQuotation of the Day…
70. 6 SepSome Links
71. 6 SepQuotation of the Day…
72. 5 SepSome Links
73. 5 SepQuotation of the Day…
74. 4 SepSome Links
75. 4 SepQuotation of the Day…
76. 3 SepBessent Gives Me the Blues
77. 3 SepSome Links
78. 3 SepQuotation of the Day…
79. 2 SepWhat Say You, Financial Markets?
80. 2 SepSome Links
81. 2 SepQuotation of the Day…
82. 1 SepPettis Flails Again
83. 1 SepSome Links
84. 1 SepQuotation of the Day…

August 2026

1. 31 AugSome Links
2. 31 AugQuotation of the Day…
3. 30 AugTrying to Make the Unseen Seen
4. 30 AugTo Presume That Trump’s Goal Is Free Trade Is Preposterous
5. 30 AugSome Links
6. 30 AugQuotation of the Day…
7. 29 AugTrump’s Trade People are Hopelessly Confused
8. 29 AugSome Links
9. 29 AugQuotation of the Day…
10. 28 AugSome Links
11. 28 AugQuotation of the Day…
12. 27 AugBill Gates’s Imagination Is Not Reality
13. 27 AugSome Links
14. 27 AugQuotation of the Day…
15. 26 AugOn U.S. Trade Deficits, as Well as on Manufacturing Jobs
16. 26 AugPeter Navarro Is to Economics What Trofim Lysenko Is to Genetics
17. 26 AugSome Links
18. 26 AugQuotation of the Day…
19. 25 AugWorse than Lipstick on a Pig
20. 25 AugSome Links
21. 25 AugQuotation of the Day…
22. 24 AugQuotation of the Day…
23. 23 AugQuotation of the Day…
24. 22 AugSome Links
25. 22 AugU.S. Tariffs are Paid Overwhelmingly by Americans
26. 22 AugQuotation of the Day…
27. 21 AugRump? Libertarian?
28. 21 AugSome Links
29. 21 AugQuotation of the Day…
30. 20 AugSome Links
31. 20 AugQuotation of the Day…
32. 19 AugSome Links
33. 19 AugQuotation of the Day…
34. 18 AugSome Links
35. 18 AugQuotation of the Day…
36. 17 AugSome Links
37. 17 AugQuotation of the Day…
38. 16 AugBeing Landlocked Is a Nature-Supplied Protective Tariff: Does Such Protectionism Enrich?
39. 16 AugSome Links
40. 16 AugQuotation of the Day…
41. 15 AugSome Links
42. 15 AugQuotation of the Day…
43. 14 AugSome Links
44. 14 AugQuotation of the Day…
45. 13 AugSome Links
46. 13 AugQuotation of the Day…
47. 12 AugSome Links
48. 12 AugQuotation of the Day…
49. 11 AugGramm and Boudreaux: “Hamilton Was No Protectionist”
50. 11 AugSome Links
51. 11 AugQuotation of the Day…
52. 10 AugSome Links
53. 10 AugQuotation of the Day…
54. 9 AugSome Links
55. 9 AugQuotation of the Day…
56. 9 AugDo They Even Recognize the Trade-Off?
57. 8 AugProtectionists Continue to Make Sloppy Arguments
58. 8 AugSome Links
59. 8 AugQuotation of the Day…
60. 7 AugTrump Brags About Seizing Imports at Below-Cost Prices
61. 7 AugDefending Economics
62. 7 AugSome Links
63. 7 AugQuotation of the Day…
64. 6 AugSome Links
65. 6 AugQuotation of the Day…
66. 5 AugGetting Straight Some Facts About the Economics of Protectionism
67. 5 AugSome Links
68. 5 AugQuotation of the Day…
69. 4 AugSome Links
70. 4 AugQuotation of the Day…
71. 3 AugSome Links
72. 3 AugQuotation of the Day…
73. 2 AugIndeed, Pay Attention to What Trump Actually Says About Tariffs
74. 2 AugBill Maher Skewers the Democratic Socialists of America – and Their Democratic Party Enablers
75. 2 AugSome Links
76. 2 AugQuotation of the Day…
77. 1 AugSome Links
78. 1 AugQuotation of the Day…

July 2026

1. 31 JulAccounting Isn’t Economics
2. 31 JulSome Links
3. 31 JulQuotation of the Day…
4. 30 JulRoutledge Handbook of Classical Liberalism
5. 30 JulSome Links
6. 30 JulQuotation of the Day…
7. 29 JulSome Links
8. 29 JulQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 JulThe Myth of a Monopolizing Standard Oil Will, Unfortunately, Never Die
10. 28 JulSome Links
11. 28 JulQuotation of the Day…
12. 27 JulSome Links
13. 27 JulQuotation of the Day…
14. 26 JulA Letter to a “Young Socialist”
15. 26 JulSome Links
16. 26 JulQuotation of the Day…
17. 25 JulSome Links
18. 25 JulQuotation of the Day…
19. 24 JulTrump Abandons His ‘America First’ Stance!
20. 24 JulSome Links
21. 24 JulQuotation of the Day…
22. 23 JulQuotation of the Day…
23. 22 JulIs the “China Shock” Responsible for Trumpian Protectionism?
24. 22 JulSome Links
25. 22 JulQuotation of the Day…
26. 21 JulTrump Acts to Increase U.S. Trade Deficits
27. 21 JulSome Links
28. 21 JulQuotation of the Day…
29. 20 JulOren Cass Again Swings and Misses in His Attempt to Discredit Economists
30. 20 JulSome Links
31. 20 JulQuotation of the Day…
32. 19 JulSome Links
33. 19 JulQuotation of the Day…
34. 18 JulSome Links
35. 18 JulQuotation of the Day…
36. 17 JulSome Links
37. 17 JulQuotation of the Day…
38. 16 JulBrandon Farris’s Defense of Steel Tariffs Fails
39. 16 JulSome Links
40. 16 JulQuotation of the Day…
41. 15 JulSome Links
42. 15 JulQuotation of the Day…
43. 14 JulExports and Imports Move in the Same Direction
44. 14 JulSome Links
45. 14 JulQuotation of the Day…
46. 13 JulSouth Korea Grew Faster When It Was More Open to Trade
47. 13 JulSome Links
48. 13 JulQuotation of the Day…
49. 12 JulSome Links
50. 12 JulQuotation of the Day…
51. 11 JulSome Links
52. 11 JulQuotation of the Day…
53. 10 JulSome Links
54. 10 JulQuotation of the Day…
55. 9 JulSome Links
56. 9 JulQuotation of the Day…
57. 8 JulHamilton Was No Trumpian
58. 8 JulSome Links
59. 8 JulQuotation of the Day…
60. 7 JulIf America Has Been Abused by Foreigners Through Trade, Why Are Foreign Visitors to America Gobsmacked by American Prosperity?
61. 7 JulSome Links
62. 7 JulQuotation of the Day…
63. 6 JulSome Links
64. 6 JulQuotation of the Day…
65. 5 JulWelcome to the Land of the Free
66. 5 JulSome Links
67. 5 JulQuotation of the Day…
68. 4 JulQuotation of the Day…
69. 3 JulSome Links
70. 3 JulQuotation of the Day…
71. 2 JulOn Alexander Hamilton’s “Report on Manufactures”
72. 2 JulSome Links
73. 2 JulQuotation of the Day…
74. 1 JulPeople in Free Markets Thrive
75. 1 JulSome Links
76. 1 JulQuotation of the Day…
77. 1 JulRonald Reagan Is Glad That He’s No Longer Alive to Witness This Fiasco

June 2026

1. 30 JunWith Friends Like Trump, U.S. Producers Need No Enemies
2. 30 JunBeijing Is Helping Secure Trump’s Goal of Reducing So-called ‘U.S. Trade Deficits with China’
3. 30 JunSome Links
4. 30 JunQuotation of the Day…
5. 29 JunSome Links
6. 29 JunQuotation of the Day…
7. 28 JunHave Europeans Been Ripping Americans Off in Trade?
8. 28 JunSome Links
9. 28 JunQuotation of the Day…
10. 27 JunMusing on Miran
11. 27 JunMaybe the Final Days for Cafe Hayek
12. 27 JunSome Links
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 JunSome Links
19. 24 JunQuotation of the Day…
20. 23 JunSome Links
21. 23 JunQuotation of the Day…
22. 22 JunCall for Papers (Seriously)
23. 22 JunSome Links
24. 22 JunQuotation of the Day…
25. 21 JunSome Links
26. 21 JunQuotation of the Day…
27. 20 JunA Dinger of Misinformation
28. 20 JunSome Links
29. 20 JunQuotation of the Day…
30. 19 JunWho Puts “Profits Over People”?
31. 19 JunSome Links
32. 19 JunQuotation of the Day…
33. 18 JunHow Serious Is Trump About National Security?
34. 18 JunSome Links
35. 18 JunQuotation of the Day…
36. 17 JunSome Links
37. 17 JunQuotation of the Day…
38. 16 JunBonus Quotation of the Day…
39. 16 JunSome Links
40. 16 JunQuotation of the Day…
41. 15 JunSome Links
42. 15 JunQuotation of the Day…
43. 14 JunSome Links
44. 14 JunQuotation of the Day…
45. 13 JunOpen Letter to Charles Benoit
46. 13 JunSome Links
47. 13 JunQuotation of the Day…
48. 12 JunGreg Ip Is Mistaken Again About U.S. Trade Deficits
49. 12 JunDebunking Trump’s Boast About His Tariffs
50. 12 JunSome Links
51. 12 JunQuotation of the Day…
52. 11 JunRemembering Lockdown Authoritarianism and Terror
53. 11 JunSome Links
54. 11 JunQuotation of the Day…
55. 10 JunOren Cass Continues to Err Grievously About Trade
56. 10 JunSome Links
57. 10 JunQuotation of the Day…
58. 9 JunA Full Interview by Stossel
59. 9 JunUnsustainable Piketty, et al.
60. 9 JunSome Links
61. 9 JunQuotation of the Day…
62. 8 JunSome Links
63. 8 JunQuotation of the Day…
64. 7 JunProtectionism Is Puerile
65. 7 JunTrump Errs As Obama Erred – and the U.S. Economy Suffers
66. 7 JunSome Links
67. 7 JunQuotation of the Day…
68. 6 JunRevving Up the Case Against Protectionism
69. 6 JunProtectionists Should Seriously Embrace My Facetious Proposal
70. 6 JunSome Links
71. 6 JunQuotation of the Day…
72. 5 JunA Largely Dispiriting Performance by Five Prominent Economists
73. 5 JunSome Links
74. 5 JunQuotation of the Day…
75. 4 JunHow Is the U.S. Economy Affected by Chinese Forced-Labor?
76. 4 JunSome Links
77. 4 JunQuotation of the Day…
78. 3 JunSome Links
79. 3 JunQuotation of the Day…
80. 2 JunWhy Bother With Facts When Conventional Wisdom Is So Conveniently Available?
81. 2 JunSome Links
82. 2 JunQuotation of the Day…
83. 1 JunSome Links
84. 1 JunQuotation of the Day…

May 2026

1. 31 MayGiving Free Traders No Quartz-ter
2. 31 MayFoundational Fallacies Should Never Be Granted
3. 31 MaySome Links
4. 31 MayQuotation of the Day…
5. 30 MayA Cafe Hayek Rerun
6. 30 MayJamieson Greer’s Ignorance of Economics and History Is Alarming
7. 30 MaySome Links
8. 30 MayQuotation of the Day…
9. 29 MayCall for Papers (Seriously)
10. 29 MayWorker Capitalists
11. 29 MaySome Links
12. 29 MayQuotation of the Day…
13. 28 MaySome Links
14. 28 MayQuotation of the Day…
15. 27 MaySome Links
16. 27 MayQuotation of the Day…
17. 26 MaySome Links
18. 26 MayQuotation of the Day…
19. 25 MayOn Private Money
20. 25 MaySome Links
21. 25 MayQuotation of the Day…
22. 24 MaySome Links
23. 24 MayQuotation of the Day…
24. 23 MayWho’s Behaving as an Obnoxious Elite?
25. 23 MaySome Links
26. 23 MayQuotation of the Day…
27. 22 MayPettis Is Wrong
28. 22 MaySome Links
29. 22 MayQuotation of the Day…
30. 21 MayI Repeat Myself Only Because Economic Error Repeats Itself
31. 21 MaySome Links
32. 21 MayQuotation of the Day…
33. 20 MayMore Beating of a Wildly Galloping Balance-of-Payments Horse
34. 20 MaySome Links
35. 20 MayQuotation of the Day…
36. 20 MayUnsung Economist Heroes
37. 19 MayVernon Smith on Protectionism
38. 19 MaySome Links
39. 19 MayQuotation of the Day…
40. 18 MaySome Links
41. 18 MayQuotation of the Day…
42. 17 MayDeleting a Letter
43. 17 MaySome Links
44. 17 MayTrade and National Security
45. 17 MayQuotation of the Day…
46. 16 MayThey Don’t Deserve the Benefit of the Doubt
47. 16 MayEven in China, Economic Reality Isn’t Optional
48. 16 MaySome Links
49. 16 MayQuotation of the Day…
50. 15 MayCompetition Soars
51. 15 MayAn Old and Tired Movie
52. 15 MaySome Links
53. 15 MayQuotation of the Day…
54. 14 MayThe Hollow Ring of “Hollowed Out”
55. 14 MaySome Links
56. 14 MayQuotation of the Day…
57. 13 MayA Small Step Toward Saving More Lives of People In Need of Kidney Transplants
58. 13 MaySome Links
59. 13 MayQuotation of the Day…
60. 12 MaySome Links
61. 12 MayQuotation of the Day…
62. 11 MayEverestian Illogic About Trade
63. 11 MaySome Links
64. 11 MayQuotation of the Day…
65. 11 MayThe Ludicrous (Il)logic of Trumpian Protectionism
66. 10 MayBeating a Zombie Horse
67. 10 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
68. 10 MaySome Links
69. 10 MayQuotation of the Day…
70. 9 MayJon Hartley Talks With Phil Gramm…
71. 9 MayIt’s Fantastic Rat Poison AND a Nutritious Meal for Your Family!
72. 9 MaySome Links
73. 9 MayQuotation of the Day…
74. 8 MayStiglitz Gets History Wrong
75. 8 MaySome Links
76. 8 MayQuotation of the Day…
77. 7 MayPeople Work and Sell In Order to Buy and Consume
78. 7 MayBonus Quotation of the Day…
79. 7 MayPutting Non-Americans First!
80. 7 MaySome Links
81. 7 MayQuotation of the Day…
82. 6 MaySome Links
83. 6 MayQuotation of the Day…
84. 5 MayThe U.S. Is Still a Manufacturing Powerhouse
85. 5 MayGramm and Boudreaux: “‘Liberation Day,’ One Year Later”
86. 5 MaySome Links
87. 5 MayQuotation of the Day…
88. 4 MayThe Correct Term is “Free Trade”
89. 4 MaySome Links
90. 4 MayQuotation of the Day…
91. 3 MayChina Shock 2.0 vs. China Shock 1.0
92. 3 MaySome Links
93. 3 MayQuotation of the Day…
94. 2 MaySome Links
95. 2 MayQuotation of the Day…
96. 1 MaySome Links
97. 1 MayQuotation of the Day…

April 2026

1. 30 AprSome Links
2. 30 AprQuotation of the Day…
3. 29 AprSome Links
4. 29 AprA Final Few Words on My Disagreement with John Tamny on Deficit Financing of Government Spending
5. 29 AprQuotation of the Day…
6. 29 AprApologies to John Tamny
7. 28 AprTamny Is Mislead On Government Debt by a Collectivist Assumption
8. 28 AprSome Links
9. 28 AprQuotation of the Day…
10. 27 AprEntrepreneurial Opportunities, in Free Markets, Are Limited Only By the Human Imagination
11. 27 AprCelebrating a Half-Century of U.S. Trade ‘Deficits’
12. 27 AprSome Links
13. 27 AprQuotation of the Day…
14. 26 AprA Note on Trade Deficits to an Astute Taiwanese Student
15. 26 AprSome Links
16. 26 AprQuotation of the Day…
17. 26 AprBonus Quotation of the Day…
18. 25 AprSome Links
19. 25 AprQuotation of the Day…
20. 24 AprWhat Does Dani Rodrik Think of Consumers?
21. 24 AprIt’s a Floor Cleaner AND a Dessert Topping!
22. 24 AprSome Links
23. 24 AprQuotation of the Day…
24. 23 AprDon’t Let the Accounting Mask the Underlying Economic Realities
25. 23 AprSome Links
26. 23 AprQuotation of the Day…
27. 22 AprSome Links
28. 22 AprQuotation of the Day…
29. 21 AprTalking with John Stossel
30. 21 AprSome Links
31. 21 AprQuotation of the Day…
32. 20 AprProtectionist Fallacies Pour Forth
33. 20 AprSome Links
34. 20 AprQuotation of the Day…
35. 19 AprSome Links
36. 19 AprQuotation of the Day…
37. 18 Apr“As Compared to What?” – Exhibit #3,4593e17
38. 18 AprSome Links
39. 18 AprQuotation of the Day…
40. 17 AprAmerican Housing Today Compared to American Housing in the Mid-1950s
41. 17 AprJohn Tamny Is Mistaken About Government Debt
42. 17 AprWhite House Brags About Using Imports Dumped in America
43. 17 AprSome Links
44. 17 AprQuotation of the Day…
45. 16 AprDebunking a Bad Case for Tariffs
46. 16 AprIs Globalization Lethal?
47. 16 AprSome Links
48. 16 AprQuotation of the Day…
49. 15 AprSome Links
50. 15 AprQuotation of the Day…
51. 14 AprSome Links
52. 14 AprQuotation of the Day…
53. 13 AprMore On Job Growth On Trump’s Watch
54. 13 AprOn Trump’s Latest Boast About His Tariffs
55. 13 AprSome Links
56. 13 AprQuotation of the Day…
57. 12 AprSome Links
58. 12 AprQuotation of the Day…
59. 11 AprSome Links
60. 11 AprQuotation of the Day…
61. 10 AprMBD Is Both Factually Mistaken and Presumptuous
62. 10 AprSome Links
63. 10 AprQuotation of the Day…
64. 9 AprHarnessing Mercantilist Misunderstanding for the Public Good
65. 9 AprSome Links
66. 9 AprQuotation of the Day…
67. 8 AprOn Jamieson Greer On the World Trade Organization and China
68. 8 AprSome Links
69. 8 AprQuotation of the Day…
70. 7 AprSome Links
71. 7 AprQuotation of the Day…
72. 6 AprSome Links
73. 6 AprQuotation of the Day…
74. 5 AprSome Links
75. 5 AprQuotation of the Day…
76. 4 AprOn Bernie Sanders on AI
77. 4 AprSome Links
78. 4 AprQuotation of the Day…
79. 3 AprSome Links
80. 3 AprQuotation of the Day…
81. 2 Apr“Liberation Day,” One Year Later
82. 2 AprSome Links
83. 2 AprQuotation of the Day…
84. 1 AprQuotation of the Day…

March 2026

1. 31 MarSome Links
2. 31 MarQuotation of the Day…
3. 30 MarAnd Yet Another Open Letter to Oren Cass
4. 30 MarOn the Great Recession
5. 30 MarSome Links
6. 30 MarQuotation of the Day…
7. 29 MarSome Links
8. 29 MarQuotation of the Day…
9. 28 MarBonus Quotation of the Day…
10. 28 MarCoasean Light on Economic Reality
11. 28 MarSome Links
12. 28 MarQuotation of the Day…
13. 27 MarYet More on Trade and Traumatic Economic Change
14. 27 MarMore on Trade and Mortality
15. 27 MarQuotation of the Day…
16. 26 MarDid NAFTA Kill People?
17. 26 MarWow! What a Book!!
18. 26 MarSome Links
19. 26 MarQuotation of the Day…
20. 25 MarSome Links
21. 25 MarQuotation of the Day…
22. 24 MarStatisNostics
23. 24 MarWhat About the “Farm-mechanization Shock”?
24. 24 MarSome Links
25. 24 MarQuotation of the Day…
26. 23 MarPrice Ceilings Are Unhealthy
27. 23 MarSome Links
28. 23 MarQuotation of the Day…
29. 22 MarProtectionists Need No Further Flimsy Excuses
30. 22 MarSome Links
31. 22 MarQuotation of the Day…
32. 21 MarSome Links
33. 21 MarQuotation of the Day…
34. 21 MarMore on How Excess Capacity = Inadequate Capacity
35. 20 MarSome Links
36. 20 MarQuotation of the Day…
37. 19 MarPremature????
38. 19 MarMore On Average Real Net Worth of U.S. Households
39. 19 MarSome Links
40. 19 MarQuotation of the Day…
41. 18 MarExcess Capacity Is Balanced By Inadequate Capacity
42. 18 MarSome Links
43. 18 MarQuotation of the Day…
44. 17 MarDani Rodrik, Like Many a Protectionist, Confuses Means With Ends
45. 17 MarSome Links
46. 17 MarQuotation of the Day…
47. 16 MarSome Links
48. 16 MarQuotation of the Day…
49. 15 MarSome Links
50. 15 MarQuotation of the Day…
51. 14 MarSome Links
52. 14 MarQuotation of the Day…
53. 13 MarSome Links
54. 13 MarQuotation of the Day…
55. 12 MarSome Links
56. 12 MarQuotation of the Day…
57. 11 MarSome Links
58. 11 MarQuotation of the Day…
59. 10 MarReflections on a Long Career of Teaching ECON 101
60. 10 MarSome Links
61. 10 MarQuotation of the Day…
62. 9 MarSome Links
63. 9 MarQuotation of the Day…
64. 8 MarSome Links
65. 8 MarQuotation of the Day…
66. 7 MarThe Wealth of Nations: Happy 250th Birthday!
67. 7 MarSome Links
68. 7 MarQuotation of the Day…
69. 6 MarSome Links
70. 6 MarQuotation of the Day…
71. 5 MarA Chronic Deficiency of Understanding
72. 5 MarSome Links
73. 5 MarQuotation of the Day…
74. 4 MarSome Links
75. 4 MarQuotation of the Day…
76. 3 MarSome Links
77. 3 MarQuotation of the Day…
78. 2 MarSome Links
79. 2 MarQuotation of the Day…
80. 1 MarNo, Trump’s Tariffs Are Not Justified By the President’s Foreign-Policy Powers
81. 1 MarSome Links
82. 1 MarQuotation of the Day…

February 2026

1. 28 FebYet Another Open Letter to President Trump
2. 28 FebSome Links
3. 28 FebQuotation of the Day…
4. 27 FebPerhaps I Am Indeed “a Closed Minded Globalist”
5. 27 FebBeck Bungles the History and Economics of Trade
6. 27 FebSome Links
7. 27 FebQuotation of the Day…
8. 26 FebAn Open Letter to Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV)
9. 26 FebSome Links
10. 26 FebQuotation of the Day…
11. 25 FebNobel-laureate Vernon Smith on Trump’s (Mis)Understanding of Trade
12. 25 FebTrump’s Pronouncements About Tariffs Are Ludicrous
13. 25 FebSome Links
14. 25 FebQuotation of the Day…
15. 24 FebDoug Irwin on Trump’s Punitive Taxes On Americans’ Purchases of Imports
16. 24 FebSome Links
17. 24 FebQuotation of the Day…
18. 23 FebEnough With Misleading Mercantilist Language
19. 23 FebTalking with Scott Atlas
20. 23 FebSome Links
21. 23 FebQuotation of the Day…
22. 22 FebAnother Open Letter to Scott Bessent
23. 22 FebSome Links
24. 22 FebQuotation of the Day…
25. 21 FebThe Data on 2025 U.S. GDP Are Now In…
26. 21 FebSome Links for a True Liberation Day
27. 21 FebQuotation of the Day…
28. 20 FebSome Links
29. 20 FebQuotation of the Day…
30. 19 FebShould American Compass Refuse Financial Support from the Omidyar Network?
31. 19 FebSome Links
32. 19 FebQuotation of the Day…
33. 18 Feb“Power Tends to Corrupt…
34. 18 FebThe Absurd Doctrine of the Balance of Trade
35. 18 FebOren Cass Is Mistaken to Blame the Stagnation in Manufacturing-Worker Productivity on Financial Markets
36. 18 FebSome Links
37. 18 FebQuotation of the Day…
38. 17 FebSome Links
39. 17 FebQuotation of the Day…
40. 16 FebProtective Tariffs Are Designed to Obstruct Citizens’ Access to Imports
41. 16 FebSome Links
42. 16 FebQuotation of the Day…
43. 15 FebTrump Aims to Repel Global Capital and Make the U.S. More Like the E.U.
44. 15 FebSome Links
45. 15 FebQuotation of the Day…
46. 14 FebSome Links
47. 14 FebQuotation of the Day…
48. 13 FebMore on Jobs Growing More Slowly in 2025 than in 2017
49. 13 FebSome Links
50. 13 FebQuotation of the Day…
51. 12 FebJob Growth in 2025 Was Even Worse, Compared to 2017, Than Earlier Reported
52. 12 FebKatherine Mangu-Ward Is Right
53. 12 FebSome Links
54. 12 FebQuotation of the Day…
55. 11 FebSome Links
56. 11 FebQuotation of the Day…
57. 10 FebSome Links
58. 10 FebQuotation of the Day…
59. 9 FebComparing U.S. Economic Performance in 2025 to that of 2017
60. 9 FebSome Links
61. 9 FebQuotation of the Day…
62. 8 FebSome Links
63. 8 FebQuotation of the Day…
64. 7 FebSome Links
65. 7 FebQuotation of the Day…
66. 6 FebUnfortunately, AI Won’t Cause Massive “Unemployment”
67. 6 FebSome Links
68. 6 FebQuotation of the Day…
69. 5 FebSome Links
70. 5 FebQuotation of the Day…
71. 4 FebSome Links
72. 4 FebQuotation of the Day…
73. 3 FebLet’s Tax Economic Ignorance
74. 3 FebSome Links
75. 3 FebQuotation of the Day…
76. 2 FebBogged Down In Bad Justifications for Trump’s Tariffs
77. 2 FebSome Links
78. 2 FebQuotation of the Day…
79. 1 FebSome Links
80. 1 FebQuotation of the Day…

January 2026

1. 31 JanSome Links
2. 31 JanQuotation of the Day…
3. 30 JanSome Links
4. 30 JanQuotation of the Day…
5. 29 JanA Mysterious Arithmetic
6. 29 JanSome Links
7. 29 JanQuotation of the Day…
8. 28 JanSome Links
9. 28 JanQuotation of the Day…
10. 27 JanSome Links
11. 27 JanQuotation of the Day…
12. 26 JanA Comparison of Trump 45 to Trump 47
13. 26 JanSome Links
14. 26 JanQuotation of the Day…
15. 25 JanStop the Micromanaging
16. 25 JanSome Links
17. 25 JanQuotation of the Day…
18. 24 JanTrump Is Playing 2-D Chess, Badly
19. 24 JanSome Links
20. 24 JanQuotation of the Day…
21. 23 Jan2026 Summer Institute on the History of Economics
22. 23 JanSome Links
23. 23 JanQuotation of the Day…
24. 22 Jan“Mr. Tariff” Was No Help
25. 22 JanEconomic Reality Continues Not to Be Optional
26. 22 JanSome Links
27. 22 JanQuotation of the Day…
28. 21 JanGlobalization Did Not ‘Hollow Out’ America’s Economy or Middle Class
29. 21 JanThe Manufacturing Job-Loss Rate In the U.S. Has Slowed Over My Lifetime
30. 21 JanSome Links
31. 21 JanQuotation of the Day…
32. 20 JanSome Links
33. 20 JanQuotation of the Day…
34. 19 JanA New Low
35. 19 JanSome Links
36. 19 JanQuotation of the Day…
37. 18 JanOn Paul Krugman on China’s Manufacturing Trade Surplus
38. 18 JanSome Links
39. 18 JanQuotation of the Day…
40. 17 JanTrump Continues to Pick Americans’ Pockets
41. 17 JanSome Links
42. 17 JanQuotation of the Day…
43. 16 JanMaybe Trump Is Indeed Shrinking U.S. Trade Deficits
44. 16 JanSome Links
45. 16 JanQuotation of the Day…
46. 15 JanKuttner’s Clunker of a Defense of Tariffs
47. 15 JanFull Text of Gramm and Boudreaux: “World Trade Grows Without the U.S.”
48. 15 JanSome Links
49. 15 JanQuotation of the Day…
50. 14 JanOpen Letter to David Lay Williams
51. 14 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
52. 14 JanSome Links
53. 14 JanQuotation of the Day…
54. 13 JanSome Links
55. 13 JanQuotation of the Day…
56. 12 JanNor Can the 2025 Poor Job-Creation Number Be Explained Away By Pointing to Deportations
57. 12 JanDisappointing 2025 Job Numbers Can’t Be Blamed on DOGE
58. 12 JanSome Links
59. 12 JanQuotation of the Day…
60. 11 JanOn the Ground With Actual Factory Workers in China (2012)
61. 11 JanSome Links
62. 11 JanQuotation of the Day…
63. 10 JanLet’s Not Compete on the Zombification Front
64. 10 JanSome Links
65. 10 JanQuotation of the Day…
66. 9 JanAre Free Traders Narrowly Materialistic?
67. 9 JanSome Links
68. 9 JanQuotation of the Day…
69. 8 JanAnd Yet Another Open Letter to Donald Trump
70. 8 JanSome Links
71. 8 JanQuotation of the Day…
72. 7 JanTrump Is Mistaken About the Value of the Dollar
73. 7 JanSome Links
74. 7 JanQuotation of the Day…
75. 6 JanSome Links
76. 6 JanQuotation of the Day…
77. 5 JanOh, Look Who’s Paying Trump’s Tariffs
78. 5 JanSome Links
79. 5 JanQuotation of the Day…
80. 4 JanAnother Open Letter to Tariff Man
81. 4 JanSome Links
82. 4 JanQuotation of the Day…
83. 3 JanBonus Quotation of the Day…
84. 3 JanSome Links
85. 3 JanQuotation of the Day…
86. 2 JanThere Ain’t No Such Thing As Free Expansion of Automobile Production
87. 2 JanPerhaps Xi Has God-like Powers that Mao Didn’t
88. 2 JanSome Links
89. 2 JanQuotation of the Day…
90. 1 Jan‘We Support Free Trade, But….’
91. 1 JanThe Complexities Are Always Greater Than They Initially Seem
92. 1 JanSome Links
93. 1 JanQuotation of the Day…