Subscribe to feedby Ian Fletcher -- Mitt Romney certainly has been making some pleasant noises about fixing America's trade mess, in which a $500 billion a year deficit is probably the biggest unsung reason more…
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What's Romney really up to?
by Ian Fletcher -- In my 2010 book "Free Trade Doesn't Work," I speculated that the following might occur: Both political parties are feeling the heat of an intensifying global economic challenge more…
A national network for manufacturing innovation?
by Ian Fletcher -- It's no secret American manufacturing is in crisis and that its problems form a significant component of our present economic mess. I've written before about how the Obama more…
Obama getting serious about manufacturing?
by Ian Fletcher -- America has been waiting a long time for the Obama administration to get serious about the problems of our manufacturing sector. Finally, there has been a small sign more…
Disappointing economics of Rick Santorum
by Ian Fletcher -- Rick Santorum seems to be (if the bloom isn't off by the time this article comes out) the latest anybody-but-Romney Flavor of the Week, so it's worth taking more…
Why Libertarians are wrong on trade
by Ian Fletcher -- I recently gave a podcast interview to Vox Day, a prominent Christian libertarian, explaining why free trade is bad for America. He followed it up with an article more…
The real deficit headache
by Ian Fletcher -- Most people realize that the federal budget deficit and the trade deficit are serious problems. Unfortunately, as I have argued previously, few people grasp the importance of another more…
China's expertise at welching on debts
by Ian Fletcher -- I examined in a previous article the ethical case for America repudiating its financial obligations to China. While considering this tempting possibility – which makes for a better more…
What about just stiffing China?
by Ian Fletcher -- I shall leave aside for now the strategic question of whether America should stiff China, i.e. repudiate our $3 trillion in obligations to them. Strategically, repudiation of debt more…
The real scoop on China and the future
by Ian Fletcher -- I recently reviewed Eamonn Fingleton's provocative (but hard to dismiss) book "In the Jaws of the Dragon: America's Fate Under Chinese Hegemony," and have gotten a significant response. more…