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** THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2025
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Good Lord! What a lot of trouble to prove in political economy that two and two make four; and if you succeed in doing so, people cry, "It is so clear that it is boring." Then they vote as if you had never proved anything at all.
– Frederic Bastiat, "What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen ([link removed]) " [1850]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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April 10, 2025
Great News on Free Trade! ([link removed])
Immediately after launching his trade war, President Trump surrendered to the “enemy.” Well, okay, it wasn’t a complete surrender. Let’s call it a partial surrender in the form of a unilateral 90-day cease fire. That’s good news, of course, to everyone in the world, including Americans. Well, except for the Chinese people, against whom Trump has decided to continue waging his trade war ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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FREE TRADE
Libertarian Angle: Trump's Tariff Turmoil ([link removed])
by Jacob G. Hornberger and
Richard M. Ebeling
The Future of Freedom Foundation
Trump Blinks on Tariffs, Again, for Now ([link removed])
Editorial
Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-tariffs-markets-investors-bonds-scott-bessent-trade-0d271750?st=65K1Mq&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
MLK’s Wise Words on Trade ([link removed])
by Danny Heitman
Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/opinion/mlks-wise-words-on-trade-breakfast-debt-interdependence-cd3fb033?st=8hJLGG&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Trump Caved on Tariffs. It Took a Scary Bond Market Freakout. ([link removed])
by Heather Long
Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/09/bond-market-selloff-trump/
Trump’s New Protectionist Age ([link removed])
Editorial
Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-liberation-day-tariffs-protectionism-82d0aa3a?mod=opinion_trendingnow_article_pos1
FREE TRADE
Why Trump Blinked on Tariffs Just Hours After They Went Into Effect ([link removed])
by Annie Linskey, et al
Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/why-trump-blinked-on-tariffs-b588aea8?st=54P1eo&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
How Tariff Damage Spreads, Auto Edition ([link removed])
Editorial
Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/opinion/auto-industry-tariffs-china-cars-ford-stellantis-tesla-donald-trump-ef7e235a?st=TmNYot&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Trade Is a Two-Way Street ([link removed])
by Samuel Gregg
Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/opinion/trade-is-a-two-way-street-tariffs-policy-economics-global-2f2b5f2a?st=pJjmo5&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Trump’s Trade Math Ignores a Major Export: American Services ([link removed])
by Konrad Putzier and Alana Pipe
Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/us-exports-services-trump-tariff-calculations-fe481e2b?mod=WSJ_home_supertoppermiddle_pos_4
Markets to GOP: We Won’t Save You from Trump’s Folly ([link removed])
by Jonah Goldberg
Los Angeles Timeshttps://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-04-08/tariff-donald-trump-market-senate
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