Rich countries open their borders to trade. Quick question: could you manufacture all by yourself the computer on which you’re reading this opinion piece? Could you source and create the thousands of inputs that go into what on its face is fairly simple? If so, you’re in possession of superhuman mechanical skills. At the same time, ... MORE
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John Tamny: Why All Americans Should Support TPP
Rich countries open their borders to trade. Quick question: could you manufacture all by yourself the computer on which you’re reading this opinion piece? Could you source and create the thousands of inputs that go into what on its face is fairly simple? If so, you’re in possession of superhuman mechanical skills. At the same time, ... MOREThe National Security Case For Free-Market Energy
by James Carafano. The House has passed legislation calling for liberalizing energy exports.
Two Senate committees have approved similar bills. Whether the
legislation becomes law this year remains unknown. But even if the bill
doesn’t make it, pressure on Washington will continue to build. At the height of the “energy crisis” in the 1970s, ... MOREThe Case For Allowing U.S. Crude Oil Exports
by Blake Clayton. Federal lawmakers should overturn the ban on exporting crude oil produced in the United States. As recently as half a decade ago, oil companies had no interest in exporting U.S. crude oil, but that has changed. Oil production has grown more in the United States over the past five years than anywhere else in the world, even as ... MOREThe 5 Most Troubling Things in Congress’ New Spending Bill
by Romina Boccia. Yesterday evening, the House of Representatives released its stopgap spending measure which blindly continues the bloated spending in the January omnibus bill that included special-interest handouts, wasteful and unnecessary energy spending, and transportation boondoggles. Instead of debating and voting on ... MOREVeronique de Rugy: The Crony Capitalism Machine
The Export-Import Bank is inefficient and immoral. Congress will soon debate the fate of the U.S. Export-Import
Bank, an outfit that doles out money to favored corporations and
foreign governments. For 80 years, the bank and the crony
capitalists it supports have defeated every attempt to shut it
down. But that may slowly be changing. ... MORE
Walter E Williams: Energy Manipulation
Lobbying for hypocrisy. Why is it that natural gas sells in the U.S. for $3.94 per 1,000 cubic feet and in Europe and Japan for $11.60 and $17, respectively? Part of the answer is our huge supply. With high-tech methods of extraction and with discovery of vast gas-rich shale deposits, estimated reserves are about 2.4 quadrillion cubic feet. ... MOREVIDEO: Milton Friedman - Principles Of Trade
Professor Friedman on imports, exports and exchange rates.
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