There is, as Solomon once observed, no new thing under the sun, and economic nationalism and protectionism are as old to America as...

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March 5, 2024 • Weekly Newsletter
Tariff Truths ([link removed])
Tarnell Brown (The Beacon)
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There is, as Solomon once observed, no new thing under the sun, and economic nationalism and protectionism are as old to America as Thomas Jefferson and Henry Clay. But tariffs are still neither the originators of American economic growth, nor the key to its future. One thing is both, however. Free trade, anybody? READ MORE » ([link removed])
Tariffs, Immigration, and Economic Insulation ([link removed])
A New View of the U.S. Post-Civil War Era ([link removed])
The Independent Review, Spring 2005
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Would Taxing the Rich More Fix the National Debt? ([link removed])
Craig Eyermann (The Beacon)
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This is an easy one. Liquidating every dollar of billionaire wealth would fund the federal government for—nine months. Next question? READ MORE » ([link removed])
Thomas Piketty’s Flawed Analyses of Public Debt and Executive Compensation ([link removed])
The Independent Review, Fall 2015
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Don’t Expect New Sanctions on Russia to Do Anything ([link removed])
Ivan Eland (American Conservative)
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Why? Because they never have done anything, ever. Did sanctions compel Saddam Hussein to rescind his invasion of Kuwait in 1990? Has sanctions-strapped Iran or North Korea ended their respective nuclear programs? The sanctions for Navalny’s death aren’t really aimed at Russia, then; they’re aimed at you.... READ MORE » ([link removed])
War and the Rogue Presidency ([link removed])
Restoring the Republic after Congressional Failure ([link removed])
By Ivan Eland
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Comedy of Errors Has European Farmers Fuming ([link removed])
Alvaro Vargas Llosa (Washington Times)
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Farmers in France and several other European countries are furious again. Can you blame them? Despite recent high prices, profit margins are almost nonexistent thanks to suffocating government directives, mandates, regulations, and requirements. Time to ditch equality and fraternity and break out the liberty! READ MORE » ([link removed])
Business and the Welfare State in France and Germany ([link removed])
The Independent Review, Spring 2006
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