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April 6, 2020
Real Clear Policy

The Jones Act Is American Self-Sabotage
The Jones Act is an economic burden, discourages the use of American products, and has left the United States with a shrunken, uncompetitive maritime sector.
By Colin Grabow
April 4, 2020
Blog

A Quick and Dirty Lesson about the Trade Deficit
… I have written extensively about the real meaning of the trade deficit; that it is not a reflection of trade policy; that it is to be expected for a country whose government issues the world’s primary reserve currency; and …
By Daniel J. Ikenson
April 4, 2020
Cato Daily Podcast

China’s Confused Coronavirus Response
Featuring Eric Gomez and Caleb O. Brown
April 3, 2020
Foreign Policy

Will Trump’s Pandemic Response Help or Harm U.S. Power?
More Americans have now died of the coronavirus than died on 9/11. It sort of makes a mockery of the amount of lives and money the country wasted on the global war on terror in the last two decades.
By Emma Ashford and Matthew Kroenig
April 3, 2020
Ink Stick Media

Cookies, Crystal Balls, and COVID-19
… with the ongoing trade war — and the increasing perception of China as a competitor (or even an adversary) in Washington policy circles — it raises the possibility of a far more confrontational relationship with China as we enter the 2020s. What …
By Emma Ashford
April 3, 2020
Blog

Governments Should Rely More on the WTO in the Fight Against the Coronavirus
… in their statement at the conclusion of their emergency video conference on March 25. They promised to use “all available policy tools to minimize the economic and social damage from the pandemic.” Shockingly, however, they neglected to refer by name …
By James Bacchus
April 3, 2020
The Hill (Online)

No, We Still Don’t Want ‘Fiscal Stimulus’ Right Now
A stimulus-focused expansion right now works against the other measures Congress has pursued. And it would be very risky to commit to before knowing the shape of the recovery.
By Ryan Bourne
April 3, 2020
Blog

More on the Challenges of Main Street Lending
The Fed seems determined to avoid the fate of the SBA’s complementary, $350-billion emergency lending program.
By George Selgin
April 2, 2020
Blog

The U.S.-China Propaganda War Over the Coronavirus
… bilateral relationship that was deteriorating because of growing quarrels over such issues as Taiwan, the South China Sea, and trade policy. Both sides deserve blame for cynically seeking to score cheap propaganda points regarding a global public health crisis. The …
By Ted Galen Carpenter
April 2, 2020
Blog

Jones Act Waiver Under Consideration to Bolster U.S. Oil Sector
A waiver of the Jones Act is under consideration to help the U.S. oil industry. President Trump should issue it.
By Colin Grabow
April 2, 2020
UK Telegraph

Keeping Most Businesses Shut for a Year Will Not Work in the Long Run
By Ryan Bourne
April 2, 2020
The American Conservative

Yemen Is Shattered and the U.S. Helped the Saudis Break It
Even with a cease-fire on the horizon it may never recover, thanks to the stupefying Western support for the Kingdom.
By Doug Bandow
April 1, 2020
Research Briefs in Economic Policy

No. 208
The Consumption Response to Trade Shocks: Evidence from the U.S.-China Trade War
By Michael E. Waugh
March 31, 2020
Blog

Recent Trouble Among Money-Market Mutual Funds, and the Way Forward
Federal Reserve support is a breeding ground for moral hazard, whether support takes the form of emergency lending to MMMFs at below-market rates or the form of purchasing assets from MMMFs at above-market prices.
By Lawrence H. White
March 31, 2020
Blog

FISA Abuses Update: DoJ IG Management Advisory Memorandum Edition
The FBI Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) surveillance application process is a total debacle. Exactly how many Americans were wrongly targeted for FISA surveillance—and possibly prosecution—on the basis of bogus FISA applications?
By Patrick G. Eddington

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The Jones Act Is American Self-Sabotage

A Quick and Dirty Lesson about the Trade Deficit

China’s Confused Coronavirus Response

Will Trump’s Pandemic Response Help or Harm U.S. Power?

Cookies, Crystal Balls, and COVID-19

Governments Should Rely More on the WTO in the Fight Against the Coronavirus

No, We Still Don’t Want ‘Fiscal Stimulus’ Right Now

More on the Challenges of Main Street Lending

The U.S.-China Propaganda War Over the Coronavirus

Jones Act Waiver Under Consideration to Bolster U.S. Oil Sector

Keeping Most Businesses Shut for a Year Will Not Work in the Long Run

Yemen Is Shattered and the U.S. Helped the Saudis Break It

The Consumption Response to Trade Shocks: Evidence from the U.S.-China Trade War

Recent Trouble Among Money-Market Mutual Funds, and the Way Forward

FISA Abuses Update: DoJ IG Management Advisory Memorandum Edition