Economic Insights


“From Bad to Worse”

My article in today’s Die Welt am Sonntag on the Obama administration: “Vom Regen in die Traufe“

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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“

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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…

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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….

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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,…

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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…

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Ask an Economist….

If you know a professor of economist, please ask him or her to sign the free trade petition. It’s one of the most important issues facing the world today…. If…

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“That’s what makes them so dangerous,” he said.

President Obama made that comment about the guns used by Mexican drug dealers. Well, yeah, I guess. But …. why is the pot and cocaine business heavily armed and violent,…

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