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  • December 1, 2023
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    Take the Time to Appreciate the Benefits of Free Trade
    Take the Time to Appreciate the Benefits of Free Trade
    … the greatest benefits provided by trade liberalization are nonfinancial and intangible, so in my first installment of Cato’s Defending Globalization project, I discuss how free trade brings us goods, services, and time. Consider how we’ve moved from growing …
    By Gabriella Beaumont-Smith
  • May 30, 2007
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    Gov. Kaine Warns against Protectionism
    … interview with Bloomberg News that was published this morning, Kaine said he disagreed with members of his party who criticize globalization and trade agreements such as NAFTA. Their attitude displays a “loser’s mentality,” Kaine countered, adding that, “The only …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • April 14, 2021
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    Senator Hawley Hates Monopolies and Loves Freedom (Except When He Doesn't)
    Senator Hawley Hates Monopolies and Loves Freedom (Except When He Doesn’t)
    … the people’s freedom.” According to Hawley, this legal overhaul — and the government expansion it would engender — is needed because “globalization” has caused anticompetitive market failures that harm “the American consumer…the American producer, and…the American economy.” Hyperbole and …
    By Scott Lincicome
  • July 6, 2007
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    Mr. Frank Gets Mixed Up
    … or near (the article is unclear) his district: These working‐​class people are bearing the brunt of a policy of globalization that benefits the few and damages the many,” Frank said. (my emphasis) Mr. Frank has the problem precisely backwards …
    By Sallie James
  • August 29, 2006
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    Middle Class Squeeze?
    … getting poorer while the middle class continues to be squeezed. See what 25 years of tax cuts for the rich, globalization, and declining union membership have caused? But a look at the numbers inside the report tells a different story …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • February 1, 2010
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    Monday Links
    … more, watch the debate on Bloggingheads. Jeffrey Miron: “Leave Mideast, end terrorism.” Could Iran’s nuclear program be a sacrificial pawn? Globalization: A curse or a cure? Podcast: “Liberate Bone Marrow Donors” featuring Jeff Rowes of the Institute for Justice.
  • January 7, 2014
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    The Good Old Days of Global Poverty
    … real conclusion here is that the protesters were, in fact, wrong! So what is his complaint about the WTO and globalization exactly? He says: … a WTO-led globalization could have been implemented a lot better. Could trade rules be implemented …
    By Simon Lester
  • November 10, 2009
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    Imports Wrongly Blamed for Unemployment
    … On the front page of the Washington Post this morning, under the headline, “In N.C., damage not easily mended: Globalization drives unemployment to 15% in one corner of state,” the paper reports in detail how the people of that …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • March 11, 2010
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    Thursday Links
    … Healthcare Through.” Daniel Griswold: “On trade, as on so much else, the populists have it wrong again. Free trade and globalization are great blessings to families across America.” Could Dennis Kucinich bring both sides of the aisle together to end …
  • December 23, 2010
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    Free Trade’s “Peace Dividend”
    … Globalization, I describe this phenomenon as “Free Trade’s ‘Peace Dividend’” (pp. 140–143). There are two main ways that globalization promotes peace: The growing network of global trade and investment has raised the cost of war, so that now …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • September 14, 2016
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    Have Terrorists Illegally Crossed the Border?
    … it came from Daniel Griswold, the Senior Research Fellow and Co‐​Director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization at the Mercatus Center. Full disclosure: Dan used to run Cato’s immigration and trade department and he’s …
    By Alex Nowrasteh
  • December 16, 2010
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    Lies, Damned Lies, and Trade Statistics
    … chain. (And then see this analysis for more depth and detail.) The story is both testament to the benefits of globalization and the latest indictment of a decrepit international trade flow accounting system that nourishes misleading trade skeptics and misinforms …
    By Daniel J. Ikenson
  • February 5, 2015
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    Selling Trade Liberalization Like the Measles Vaccine
    … members of Congress, the president’s “advocacy” is couched in enough skepticism to create and reinforce fears about trade and globalization. Politico reports: On Tuesday, Obama sent a letter directly to Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), arguing that reaching new …
    By Daniel J. Ikenson
  • December 18, 2013
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    Bali’s Lessons for Trade Negotiators
    … stead, contemplation and debate about the fate of the World Trade Organization, its successful adjudicatory body, international trade governance, and globalization have been all the rage. December continues to shine a particularly bright light on these issues, as U.S …
    By Daniel J. Ikenson
  • August 11, 2012
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    Paul Ryan Gets Free Markets
    … was in high school. He’s also read Global Tax Revolution, my book with Dan Mitchell about the implications of globalization and tax competition. He knows that the American economy will not thrive with high tax rates, especially on business …
    By Chris Edwards
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