…can sell abroad, because our exports are falling faster than we can see imports… I have been hard on Mr. Dobbs for his mercantilism, so I should admit that he…

I used to think CNN’s Lou Dobbs – the Bill O’Reilly of Mercantilism – was as awful as it gets as far as business or economics commentary. His tirades against…

…why the U.S. is not exporting more to China given Stiglitz’s observation that China has an investment boom. Thanks to Calmo for reminding me of the fixed exchange rate mercantilism…

…honest with his readers? Additional note: Asian central banks have been purchasing a substantial amount of U.S. government debt. Tyler Cowen offers several explanations including good old fashion mercantilism. See…

…idea — that one person or country’s gain is a another’s loss. The rationale, in a nutshell, of mercantilism. Following up on the Bacon quote, I discovered much the same…

…cope with the present (now), and to be better able to prepare for the future. ——-Past—————————————————–|Present|———Future——- Looking to past economic models; from slavery, …, to feudalism, …, to mercantilism, …,…

…returning to nineteenth-century mercantilism or that we will see a revival of 1970s-style stagflation. But this historical view misunderstands our present moment; the motives now are different, and so are…

…to the tribe, to slavery, to feudalism, to mercantilism, to colonialism, then to capitalism. Each one is, in part, a continuation of the one(s) before. In toto, forming a continuum….

…what is best for we the people. *Capitalism was the term given the wealth accumulated during the mercantile period. Hence mercantilism, more and more economies belonged to the wealthy. In…

…time international trade policy was dominated by “mercantilism” — the belief that trade deficits were bad because they drained deficit countries of gold and silver, which accrued to surplus countries….