intergovernmental organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade
Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute highlights the latest evidence against protectionist economic policies. The past two presidential administrations have enthusiastically embraced protectionism in their trade policies, marking a…
Desmond Lachman looks ahead to likely economic policies during a second Trump administration. Dennis Robertson, the late Cambridge economist, said that fashion in economic ideas was like going to the…
The “Great Reset” is an effort led by the World Economic Forum to reshape the global economy. Its goal is to replace traditional “shareholder capitalism” with a politicized “stakeholder capitalism.”The…
Christopher Balding writes for the Martin Center about American universities’ ties to China. Long the vanguard of liberal change, the American university now leads the appeasement of a hardened authoritarian…
Those who admire China’s authoritarian government might want to peruse a feature story from the latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek. Earlier in October, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and fellow…
Nina Easton‘s latest Fortune column focuses on the threats of cyber attacks from bad actors in places such as China and Russia. In May, the Obama administration tried to regain…
In a classic example of the harmful effects of tariffs and other barriers to trade, American denim manufacturers were hit hard last week by new taxes imposed by the EU. …
I was working in Denver for the (late, lamented) Rocky Mountain News during the 2008 Democratic National Convention. One of the concerns at the time was the possiblity that left-wing,…
You might remember P.J. O’Rourke’s unique take on the federal farm bill from a 2007 presentation to a John Locke Foundation audience in Charlotte. The latest Atlantic features another disturbing…
In a brief blog entry for the Washington Examiner, Timothy Carney punctures a common myth about Big Oil: I bet most people who follow politics believe big oil gets huge…
It wouldn’t be fair to make fun of state websites without drawing attention to local gaffes as well. So I present you an online copy of a May 2001 memo…
N&R columnist Lorraine Ahearn has been the voice of Greensboro’s Montagnard community for quite some time now. She stays on the beat this week with not one but two columns…