Congress isn’t known for learning from its mistakes. So, it’s not exactly shocking that despite the many failures of their last effort, lawmakers from both parties are pushing for another massive relief bill to stimulate the economy amid COVID-19 and the continued economic fallout.
On November 3, 2020, American voters will vote for their next President of the United States, and the three candidates who are expected to be on the ballot in all 50 states are Joe Biden, Jo Jorgensen, and Donald Trump…. Read More ›
Originally posted on The DeVoe L. Moore Center Blog:
By Kristen Carpenter A gallon of milk in Israel costs approximately $6 and eggs are priced at around $3.50. Meanwhile, the prices of milk and eggs in the United States cost…
The Libertarian Party has made the following statement regarding Donald Trump’s recent tariff announcement: President Donald J. Trump has announced tariffs on solar panels, washing machines, steel, and aluminum. Shortly after announcing his tariffs, Trump tweeted that “Trade wars are… Read More ›
That’s a slight variation of the title of a Yahoo! Finance news report from last year with this opening: In March 2002, President George W. Bush imposed a 30% tariff on Chinese steel. The results were chaotic. In a report put out by Consuming… Read More ›
Washington, D.C. — Despite the fact that e-cigarettes have a much lower risk profile than their combustible cousins, governments around the world increasingly are banning e-vapor products in ways that appear to violate World Trade Organization rules against discriminatory treatment,… Read More ›
At a conference at the Property and Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Montana a few days ago, one of the readings we discussed was “The Creative Powers of a Free Civilization,” Chapter 2 of Friedrich Hayek’s The Constitution of Liberty…. Read More ›
TYLER, TX — On Thursday, August 4, 2016, the federal government arrested five business people for selling what the public wants. The Drug Enforcement Administration announced that Saleem Jaffer Jiwani, 58, of Tyler; Adeel Uz Zaman Khan, 30, of Carrollton; Nadia… Read More ›
In 1984 economist David Glasner wrote an essay for the New York Timesentitled “The Much Maligned Trade Gap.” (I can’t tell if this essay was actually published in the NYT.) Anyway, whether it was actually published or not 32 years ago is… Read More ›
At the end of June, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump made a fiery speech about trade in Pittsburgh. Using many of Bernie Sanders’ talking points on the subject, Trump said, among others, that he would hold China accountable for the… Read More ›
