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The Libertarian Angle: Trump’s Tariff Welfare Plan for Farmers (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation July 25, 2018

As As Ludwig von Mises pointed out, one state intervention often leads to another. Donald Trump instituted trade tariffs and is now cutting checks to those whom the tariffs have hurt. FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast. [click for more]

The Libertarian Angle: Trade and Immigration Controls (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation June 26, 2018

If the free movement of goods is beneficent and desired, does that not also hold true for people? And more importantly, don't people have the right of free movement? FFF president Jacob G. Hornberger and Richard M. Ebeling discuss. Go to the podcast. [click for more]

Tariff Wars and the Fallacy of the Balance of Trade

by Richard M. Ebeling June 25, 2018

The world may be on the brink of a series of trade wars between the United States and both the European Union and China. All the parties say they don’t want this — though President has asserted that trade wars are not a problem and easy to win. That remains to be seen! It may have become a cliché, but ... [click for more]

The Best Answer to Trump’s Tariffs: Free Trade

by Richard M. Ebeling June 11, 2018

In the Bible it says, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone . . .” It also has been said that the one who strikes the second blow starts any fight. If the world is to avoid trade wars due to tariffs being imposed by the Trump Administration, both the United States and ... [click for more]

Tariff Walls and Trade Wars Equal Government Planning

by Richard M. Ebeling May 21, 2018

Trade wars are dangerous and harmful policies for governments to pursue. They hurt consumers due to higher prices and fewer alternatives; they reduce competitive opportunities for producers by restricting markets; and they narrow the benefits that come from a market-based system of division of labor in which each participant tends to devote his or her efforts to supplying the ... [click for more]

Libertarian Angle: Trump’s Trade War Folly (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 11, 2018

Join Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling as they explore the benefits of free trade and the folly of tariffs and protectionism. Go to the podcast. [click for more]

Libertarian Angle: Trump’s Tariff Folly (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation March 7, 2018

Do tariffs benefit a society, or is free trade the great engine of productivity and liberty? Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss President Trump's proposal for tariffs on steel and aluminum. Go to the podcast. [click for more]

Trump’s Protectionist Follies Threaten a Trade War

by Richard M. Ebeling March 5, 2018

President Donald Trump has announced the planned imposition of a new, 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a 10 percent tariff on foreign made aluminum entering the United States. This has brought about threats of trade retaliation by a number of America’s trading partners. The menacing clouds of a possible trade war are showing themselves on the global ... [click for more]

The Libertarian Angle: Trump’s Trade Antics Abroad (video)

by Future of Freedom Foundation November 14, 2017

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling talk about President Trump's folly in the realm of free trade. Go to the podcast. [click for more]

Trade Deficits Don’t Matter – Unless Caused by Government

by Richard M. Ebeling May 15, 2017

In 2016, the United States exported goods and services equal to $2.209 trillion, and imported goods and services with a market value of $2.712 trillion. The balance of trade deficit for 2016, therefore, came to $502.3 billion. The trade deficit represented a little over 10 percent of the over $4.92 trillion of total trade in goods and services between ... [click for more]

The Libertarian Angle: The Folly of Trade Retaliation

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 6, 2017

FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling discuss the benefits of free trade. Go to the podcast. [click for more]

Trump’s Economic Warfare Targets Innocent Bystanders

by Richard M. Ebeling April 3, 2017

An often forgotten truth is that it is not just military warfare that can cause injury to innocent bystanders, the same inescapably happens in economic warfare initiated by governments, as well. But in the latter case the human “collateral damage” is a targeted victim. On March 29, 2017, “The Wall Street Journal” ran a story highlighting the Trump Administration’s likely ... [click for more]