An Important Post I just read Kash’s American Street post, and I encourage you to do so as well. Kash and I have often argued that free trade is a…

…concerns of those who oppose free trade on labor standards grounds, environmental grounds, and protecting domestic industry grounds. Nevertheless, free trade is a net positive for both trading partners, meaning…

More Free Trade First, this issue is important. Second, it seems to generate a lot of action in the comments. So I’ll keep harping on the subject until I encounter…

…both sides (think Buchanon and Nader) are generally against free trade; the center to near-extreme Right is generally for free trade unless (1) it’s with Cuba, or (2) it involves…

…like this have received considerable attention in the context of limitations on abortion protestors’ free speech rights vs. the right of would-be patrons of abortion clinics to have unfettered access…

It can be tough to articulate a cogent argument against high-frequency trading in the context of highly liquid, efficiently functioning securities markets, but I think Rajiv Sethi has done so…

…is free. Preventive care for women Obamacare lists some 22 preventive services for women. Pregnant women can receive free screening for anemia urinary tract infections, gestational diabetes and hepatitis B….

…Jugs. Which was to be sure by any standard misogynistic. But certainly protected by the same Free Speech principles that Pam claims to be motivated by today. I just wonder…

…Economists were not “sufficiently upfront about the distributional consequences of rapid changes in technology and globalisation. Amongst economists, a belief in free trade is totemic.” This may be so. But…

Via Vox: One size does not fit all: On the heterogeneous impact of free trade agreements Can empirical research on past FTAs shed light on this uncertainty? To date, most…