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…that he gave today in Washington: The long-term strategy of this government is to spread freedom around the world. And I believe — I told you, a free Iraq will…

Free Advice for Clark DISCLAIMER: FESTER IS A DEAN SUPPORTER, so take this piece as you wish Josh Marshall in his pre-New Hampshire travelling post lays out a pretty good…

…and the United States are not willing to face global competition on fair terms. So agriculture remains the hypocritical asterisk to our fervent free-trade and free-enterprise creed. … Worse, the…

Even the Pro-Free Trade Paul Krugman Via Matt Yglesias, Paul Krugman offers some thoughts that I think a fair number of Angry Bear readers will agree with: First and foremost,…

…a free or heavily subsidized phone, a bunch of frequent flyer miles, and so on. So consumers still benefit from competition in markets with lock-in, but it comes in a…