The Famous (and Almost Never Understood) Theory of Comparative Advantage
Ian Fletcher Activist Post You can read about the free trade controversy for months and never hear about it. But in the minds of real…
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Why Public Support for Free Trade Will Collapse Soon
Ian Fletcher Activist Post For once, some good news: public support for free trade will almost certainly collapse over the next few years. On this…
10 Reasons Obama is Just As Bad or Worse Than Bush
Activist Post George W. Bush was clearly a mentally-challenged puppet of the military/banking/oil elite. The policies put it in place at breakneck speed after 9/11…
Pacific trade push sees momentum — and criticism
Trade Minister Lim Hng Kiang of Singapore © AFP/File Roslan Rahman AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Nine Pacific nations including the United States are moving ahead…
Are American Workers Just Getting What They Deserve?
Ian Fletcher Activist Post If you don’t think American workers are being inexorably scr*wed by our governing establishment’s embrace of “free” trade, stop reading right…
Economists Are Hopelessly Naïve About International Trade
Ian Fletcher Activist Post The economics profession, or well over 90 percent of it according to polls, continues to support free trade. Above all, most…
Economic Nationalism: Fair or Foul?
Ian Fletcher Activist Post Because we have a national government, because Americans care about what happens to their economy, and because it is the national…
Holy Cow! A Real Debate About Free Trade
Ian Fletcher Activist Post Despite being one of the most pressing policy choices facing America, and despite having been one of the biggest controversies in…
Obama turns the page on history in Latin America
Obama shakes hands with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera © AFP Jim Watson AFP SANTIAGO (AFP) – President Barack Obama painted ideological disputes with Latin America…
Weird Global Warming and Nuclear Science
BATR image SARTRE, Contributing Writer Activist Post The catastrophic disaster that swept Japan into a new stone age is truly an earth-shattering milestone. Worldwide grief…
Is it America vs. Poor Nations in Trade? No.
Ian Fletcher Activist Post Question: is there a fundamental us vs. them dynamic in America’s trade with the developing world? Is a sound trade policy…
More Free Trade Agreements? When NAFTA Failed?
Ian Fletcher Activist Post With the Republicans and the Obama administration attempting to rush headlong into a new trade agreements with Korea, and possibly also…
Free Trade Won’t Help World Poverty
Ian Fletcher Activist Post The propaganda for free trade tells us that not only is it the master key to our own prosperity, but also…
Time to Quit Pining for a “Level Playing Field” in International Trade
Ian Fletcher Activist Post One of the most common plaints from those who are upset about America’s current trade mess is “just give us a…