Free Trade and Africa
Professor Mwangi Samson Kimenyi, Department of Economics, University of Connecticut
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A Hidden Dimension of Protectionism
Don Boudreaux in Foreign Policy: “The protectionism the G-20 doesn’t want you to know about“
Freedom to Trade!
We got some good coverage, in the midst of the chaos of London, for our free trade initiative: “Top economists urge G20 to embrace free trade.” Our partners at the…
Let me add my congratulations, Mr. President!
From Don Boudreaux: 31 March 2009 Mr. Barack Obama President, Executive Branch United States Government Washington, DC Dear Mr. Obama: On your website today you write that “my administration will…
Welcome to a Fascist….er, Managed Democracy?
GM chairman to leave US car maker The chief executive and chairman of troubled US car maker General Motors will step down at once, at the request of Barack Obama….
Hey, Wait a Minute!!
I thought we were supposed to be borrowing and spending more to “stimulate the economy.” Now we find that the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America,…
London’s Mayor Has a Good Idea for the G20 Meeting
Boris Johnson in the Daily Telegraph: “Here’s a slogan for the G20 mob: What do we want? Free trade!” What a refreshing alternative to Joe Biden’s pathetic “give us a…
Lula’s Racism
President Lula of Brazil blames crisis on ‘white and blue-eyed’ I’m surrounded by “white and blue-eyed” people in Ukraine. I don’t think many of them bear any responsibility for the…
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Done with Work for a Few Hours
I finished up — more or less — my Kyiv trip last night with a talk on the economic crisis facing Ukraine (and it’s very a worrisome situation, indeed) and…