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Another Letter to Ian Fletcher Protectionism

Another Letter to Ian Fletcher

Here’s a letter to Ian Fletcher: Ian: Displeased with my critical response to Sherman Xie’s futile attempt to discredit the principle of comparative advantage, you assert that I “don’t take seriously enough the lock-in effects of comparative advantage in dead-end industries.” That is, you accuse me of disregarding opportunities for…
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February 8, 2020
Against Inequality: Why These 169 Millionaires Ask Governments For $8 Trillion More Taxes Protectionism

Against Inequality: Why These 169 Millionaires Ask Governments For $8 Trillion More Taxes

Participants at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos AFP via Getty Images During the Davos 2020 meeting of the World Economic Forum something remarkable happened. A group of more than hundred millionaires, calling themselves “Millionaires against Pitchforks” spread a letter to governments in which they ask for more taxes.…
bubmag
February 6, 2020
We’re using ‘assemble in India’ as capacity building for the country: FM Nirmala Sitharaman Protectionism

We’re using ‘assemble in India’ as capacity building for the country: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Feb 04, 2020, 10:48PM ISTSource: ANIWhile addressing at a public gathering in the national capital on February 04, the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, “We will be spending a lot of time looking at the implementation of the Budget. I assure you we will be on our toes. There…
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February 4, 2020
Human Creativity Protectionism

Human Creativity

Literally every aspect of a pencil is the result of human creativity. The materials out of which the pencil is made, each of the many processes for fashioning those materials into a pencil, and the financing that makes those processes feasible first had to be…
bubmag
February 3, 2020
WaPo’s Jennifer Rubin Says She’d Rather Be A ’19th Century Liberal Or A Wet Tory’ Than Conservative Protectionism

WaPo’s Jennifer Rubin Says She’d Rather Be A ’19th Century Liberal Or A Wet Tory’ Than Conservative

January 30, 2020 1:23 PM ET Washington Post’s “conservative opinion writer” Jennifer Rubin lamented about the party Thursday, writing that she’d rather be a “19th century liberal or a wet Tory.” Rubin, who has often been rebuked for calling herself a conservative, began by tweeting that the impeachment trial has…
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January 30, 2020
Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin: ‘I’d Prefer to be a 19th Century Liberal or a Wet Tory’ Than a ‘Conservative’ Protectionism

Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin: ‘I’d Prefer to be a 19th Century Liberal or a Wet Tory’ Than a ‘Conservative’

Washington Post “conservative opinion writer” Jennifer Rubin announced on Thursday that she’d “prefer to be a 19th-century liberal or a wet Tory,” than a “conservative,” because the word has been “ruined.” “The impeachment trial underscores the degree to whi…
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January 30, 2020