Showing posts with label Unintended Consequences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unintended Consequences. Show all posts
Sunday, July 21, 2013

How US Government Policies Conspire to Keep Food Prices High and Rising (and Hurt American Families in the Process)

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Recent, widespread reports  that US inflation remains tame in the face of ever-loose monetary policy have been met with skepticism from cer...
Thursday, February 2, 2012

Documenting the Real - and Personal - Harms Imposed by the Obama Administration's Trade Remedies Policies

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Over the last few days, I've tried to document the myriad problems surrounding current Obama administration policies related to trade re...
Friday, December 16, 2011

Currency Hawks' Dream - and Consumers' Nightmare - May Be Coming True

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As I've, frequently discussed on this blog, politicians and pundits who repeatedly demand that China dramatically appreciate its curre...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

VIDEO: The (Typically Unseen) Victims of US Antidumping Law

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I've frequently discussed the unseen victims of tariffs imposed on imports into the United States. Often these new taxes on US consumer...
Monday, January 10, 2011

Monday Quick Hits

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There have been several interesting developments over the last few days, so let's get right to them: Eight weeks after the 2010 mid-ter...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

Videos Worth 100000000 Words

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In lieu of more KORUS speculating or other trade-related fare, here are two great videos that are totally worth your time.  The first is Rea...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Green Subsidies: India's Unfortunate Lesson

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One of the focal points of the President's plan for reviving the US economy is federal subsidies for "green manufacturing" and...
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Monday, January 11, 2010

Adversary Economics, ctd.

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Two points I failed to mention in last night's critique of President Obama's adversarial approach to international economics: (1)...