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The Dingell-Waxman fight and climate change
At the same time President-Elect Barack Obama is supporting a bailout of the auto industry, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John…
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Rahm Emanuel and trade — there’s hope
Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) has accepted President-elect Barack Obama’s offer to serve as his chief of staff in the White House. Depending…
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Perspective on trade in the Obama Administration
During the presidential primaries and in the campaigns, there was a lot of rhetoric about the need for “fair” trade instead of free trade.
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The day after elections — stock market trivia
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Bear Stearns’ chief risk manager now at NY Fed
In an irony of ironies, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has hired Bear Stearns’ chief risk manager as a senior advisor…
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Is Autism Really Linked to Rainfall?
Here's a headline today from The Onion — no, no, I mean, from Reuters: “Autism Linked with Rainfall in Study.” Seems…
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O’Grady hits Obama’s trade policy
More good reads in the WSJ today. Mary Anastasia O’Grady in her column in the Wall Street Journal provides a sharp contrast between…
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Obama victory priced in the market, says columnist
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October surprise — existing home sales up in September
Surprise, surprise. Existing home sales were up in September 2008. According to Reuters, Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose 5.5…
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Russ Roberts on Greenspan’s recanting
Russ Roberts this morning on CafeHayek has two posts on Alan Greenspan’s abject testimony on Capital Hill yesterday. One goes through some of…
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Bernanke testifies on possible fiscal stimulus package
Signals that the government’s not finished with its bailout plans — this time downstream stimulus. In testimony today before the House Budget Committee…
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Chicken soup for the soul — and high blood pressure
A food and health tip for these trying times: we all know that chicken soup is good for the soul . . . and for…
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Kling hits secondary market — misses benefits
Arnold Kling hits the creation of the secondary market for mortgage loans as the major factor -- 50 percent — causing…
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The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Deserves a Vote
Free trade is in trouble, as protectionist politicians in the U.S. and elsewhere demagogue against it. Especially egregious is the U.S. Congress’s decision to delay—indefinitely—voting…
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Doha Round stalled again — take 2
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It’s not chicken feed . . . but it is
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Food price rise — major cause is increased biofuels production, says World Bank
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WTO talks — immigration may be on agenda
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Hänsel und Gretel – the opera — goes green
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Ethanol’s effect on the “dead zone”
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OECD: biofuel policy is costly, ineffective, and raises food prices
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New WTO report — trade and globalization — tackles hard issues
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DLC supports multilateral trading system
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the Benefits of the Columbian Free Trade Agreement
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OECD Employment Outlook — some intriguing data
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McCain’s Colombian trip: Strong support for free trade
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The United States-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Deserves a Vote
Sound trade and foreign policy is being held hostage to politics.
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AmEx reaps “windfall profits” from antitrust suit
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Another sweet deal for Big Sugar?
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“VeritàInconveniente” — the opera
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Bush defends open trade, hits protectionism
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Foreign Policy’s “intellectuals” — the Hayekian kind?
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Washington Times publishes Farm Bill shame list
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Nation’s CEOs support Colombia trade pact
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A campaign theme?
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More Farm Bill blues
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House considers Farm Bill on the floor
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Farm Bill veto would be richly deserved
Right after House-Senate conferees announced that they had reached agreement on a new farm bill yesterday, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture said that…
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Farm Bill Deserves a Veto
The Competitive Enterprise Institute applauds Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer’s announcement yesterday that President Bush will veto the Farm Bill that the House-Senate conference…
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Slow pace of corn planting — more pressures on prices
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Re: Sugar and the farm bill
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Global warming policies can cost jobs – says EU steel industry
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Colombia “tariff ticker” debuts
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Farm Bill reform? Don’t bet on it.
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Free trade vs. “regulated” trade
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Korea will allow U.S. beef imports after 4-year hiatus
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2007 Farm Bill still stalled — current law to be extended for a week
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Colombia trade agreement — Democratic leaders ignore consequences of defeat
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Colombia trade agreement sent to Congress
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Conferees scrap Farm Bill — “Let the market prevail”*
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Farm bill excesses
With U.S. farm production and farmers’ incomes soaring, why is a bloated farm bill likely to sweep through the House-Senate conference this spring? The Wall…
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Bad teeth (2)
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X Prize — and yet another . . .
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X Prize automotive competition — inside CEI discussions
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Big drop in commodity prices
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World population trends — current and projections
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U.S. exports in 2007 — a modern record
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Ethanol’s fallout — it ain’t just chicken feed
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The Lincoln $5 gets a new look
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“Snow rage” — violence in cold and snowy climes
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Strassel hits “Spitzer’s media enablers”
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“I’m a free-trader,” says McCain
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Crews stimulus paper featured in New York Times
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Shades of Smoot-Hawley
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Anti-trade activists — beyond NAFTA
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NYT: get rid of corn ethanol subsidies
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Election rhetoric: “My opponents are witches, prostitutes and charlatans”
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Strassel on the Dems’ “trade tirade”
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House okays Andean preferences — but leaders oppose Colombia FTA
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From Fed chairman — some sobering news, some encouragement
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A strong defense of free trade with Colombia
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Trade’s primary benefits — in Wisconsin, Texas, and Ohio
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In defense of free trade – in Detroit, of all places
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“Best of the Booker” prize announced
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Trade liberalization in telecom markets — not a mercantilist example, says Lamy
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The 2007 energy bill — some new twists on trade implications
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U.S. to join “P-4” negotiations on investment and financial services
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Soyabean prices are a’soaring
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PETA exploits Spears’ pregnancy to push neutering
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Mu$eum focused on finance reopens in NYC
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Re: Re: Eco-Terrorist Honored for his Work in Guardian
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Investors worry about protectionism and taxes with POTUS candidates
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Global carbon taxes — a perfect solution, says the FT
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Tierney’s take on the “availability cascade”
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Tate Modern museum — where’s the “precautionary principle”?
Read an article about precaution and risk — in the Arts section of The New York Times today. Seems that the Tate…
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How to keep them down on the farm (or wherever)
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The farm bill’s sugar program — sickeningly sweet
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John Berlau in the news on subprime “fix”
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Senate approves Peru Free Trade Agreement
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WTO and fisheries: A small move toward property rights approaches
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Searching for (perfect) safety
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Don’t blame trade, says Brooks
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“Turkeys on the Hill”
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Iowa, a trade winner, shows anti-trade sentiment
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Yum — holiday menu features “natural” carcinogens
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“Water, water, everywhere . . . “
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Farm Bill Cloture Vote — Five Short
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Business models: opportunistic vs. fixed-goal
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“No farmer left behind” says WSJ
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