The WTO: Useless for Trade, Useful for the State
The WTO’s end seems nearer now, but governments have a few reasons to keep it alive.
Protectionism and Free Trade
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Ideas on Postwar Economic Policy
Mises Institute-Peru presents this English-language version of an article written by Ludwig von Mises that, until now, was only available in Spanish.
Stop Telling Me to “Shop Locally”
Small mom-and-pop shops are overrated — but they're getting better thanks to competition from firms like Amazon.
The Economics of Gentrification
According to the mainstream media gentrification is the new monster to be fought. Why?
Net Neutrality: Government Can’t Know the “Correct” Price for Internet Service
By manipulating markets for internet service, government agencies could be indirectly distorting markets and ruining innovation by forcing prices down.
Duties Imposed Against Chinese “Dumping” Hurt American Consumers
Democrats and Republicans all need to get over this mercantilist obsession over an imbalance of trade.
International Trade Under the Soviets: A Comedy of Errors
Economic calculation is impossible under socialism. This is as true with international trade as with domestic.
Poor Cities and Poorer Economics
It is not sweeping globalization that has kept these cities behind, but government policies.
The Eternal Struggle Between the Merchant and the Bureaucrat
Civilization, it ought to be remembered, has been created by those men who have resisted power, not by those who have exercised it.
The Chinese Exclusion Act Was An Assault on Private Property
Many private employers were contracting with Chinese workers to move to California and work. And then Congress outlawed the contracts.
