…oligarchs, theocrats, etc.  Together, the Convention came up with checks and balances.  Checks and balances have proven to be inadequate protection against the demagogue, autocrats, oligarchs, theocrats, etc..   — Democracies…

…value of exports . This stratification of production has several implications, as Shimelse Ali and Uri Dadush of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace have pointed out. Bilateral trade balances,…

…point of manipulating trade advantages. Fixing credit markets and energy policy are largely domestic challenges, whereas recalibrating trade with China requires cooperation from Beijing. However, such cooperation requires fundamental changes…

…appears to be minimized to date for the majority. Another series has started debating the predominant role of trade and trade policy in the current economic difficulties for the US…

…must reduce its trade deficit and reliance on foreign borrowing. Simply, trade deficits of more than 5% of GDP require Americans to spend more than 105% of what they earn…

Reader sammy sends George Will: Title: Carbon cap and trade, good idea? Bad Idea? Here is the “con” case from George Will via The Washington Post: An unprecedentedly radical government…

…the wealth of a nation depends its trade. In looking for our engine of growth, we have to look at elements that may help us. Unfortunately, our trade deficit, despite…

…colleague, Christina Larson demonstrates that the only way the government can achieve Bush’s promise is trade protection. So why do conservatives argue that George W. Bush is for free trade?…

…quarter. All trade data is Not Seasonally Adjusted (NSA). The trade deficit has grown even while the Euro strengthened. The following chart shows the average monthly trade deficit with the…

Business Week reads the latest from Paul Samuelson on trade theory and then writes Shaking Up Trade Theory. Brad DeLong objects to this paragraph: But if white-collar offshoring swells enough,…