Anti-Dismal

Has the trade war with China been good for American businesses and consumers? The first results are in, and David Weinstein tells Tim Phill...

From the Peterson Institute for International Economics comes this interview in which Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown talk with Stephen Reddi...

From the Peterson Institute for International Economics comes this interview in which Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown talk with Paul Krugman ...

From Conversations with Bill Kristol comes this interview with Scott Lincicome on a defense of free trade. Scott Lincicome is a leading i...

From David Beckworth’s podcast series, Macro Musings comes this audio of an interview with Don Boudreaux on Free Trade, Protectionism, and...

In the latest issue of  Regulation , Pierre Lemieux writes on  Peter Navarro's Conversion . Navarro is an economist and director of t...

From the latest ( Vol. 32 No. 2 Spring 2018 ) issue of the  Journal of Economic Perspectives . Retrospectives: Adam Smith's Discovery ...

An new NBER working paper on the effects of minimum wages on trade. Trade and Minimum Wages in General Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence ...

From NPR 's Plant Money comes this audio involving Doug Irwin on the Worst. Tariffs. Ever. About a month ago, President Trump walked u...

From Trade Talks comes this interview with Douglas Irwin on the Smoot-Hawley tariff, its effects and its relevance for today: Soumaya Key...

The senselessness of trade wars is well expressed in an adage attributed to the British economist Joan Robinson: Even if your trading part...

The IGM Economic Experts Panel at the University of Chicago 's Booth School of Business were asked their views on the statement Impo...

From RNZ's Morning Report comes this discussion  with Professor Steve Hanke of Trump's recent protectionist policies. China has r...

Protection is, unfortunately, in the news again. The US may be starting a trade war by imposing steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum...

From David Beckworth’s podcast series,  Macro Musings  comes this audio of  an interview  with Doug Irwin on the history of US trade policy....

From Conversations with Tyler comes this interview between Tyler Cowen and Douglas Irwin about trade policy. Well worth the hour it takes t...

From the IEA comes this podcast in which Kate Andrews and Steve Davies talk about the rise of economic nationalism. From the left-ward sh...

From David Beckworth’s podcast series,  Macro Musings  comes this audio of  an interview  with Daniel Griswold on the Basics of Trade. Dan...

David Ricardo is probably most famous because of his introduction of the idea of comparative advantage into economics. Today comparative adv...

In 2013, Autor, Dorn, and Hanson published a paper in the American Economic Review showing that rising import competition from China has be...