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WTO and the auto industry bailout

…will be better off if politicians choose another, more effective, route,” Kroes added. She pointed to EU rules allowing limited aid that doesn’t distort competition, including grants for entrepreneurs, research,…

Update about Antigua and WTO

…which had been struggling to preserve its gambling industry. The United States argued that its behavior had caused $500,000 damage. … Yet the ruling is significant in that it grants

Slavery in my backyard and a thousand points of light

…Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 was won in 2003 in the area and then not renewed. Grants are notoriously fleeting. The idea that there are 100,000 actual ‘domestic…

…or on-air appearances has May disclosed that FDD has received at least $1.2 million in State Department grants since 2004, or that May himself is a member of Secretary of…

On the Extent of “Corporate-Welfare Subsidies”

…figure for “farm and corporate-welfare subsidies”? Let’s turn to Wikipedia which notes that corporate welfare can be broadly defined as: a government’s bestowal of grants and/or tax breaks Yes –…

Karl Rove Is an Evil Genius

…subsidies. Eradicate all block grants to the states. End the transfer of thirteen cents out of every Blue State Tax Dollar to the Red states (call it “Real Welfare Reform”.)…

…The rest of the world is standing by and running what James Grant of Grants Interest Rate Observer is calling the biggest vendor finance scheme in history. I am referring…

…second line of skepticism grants the long run and overall benefits of free trade, but points out that we never actually compensate the losers. For instance, in a recent post…