Subscribe to feedby Ian Fletcher -- It's only fair to answer some of the objections to the idea of an import tariff that I and others, like possible presidential candidate Donald Trump, have recently more…
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Trump 'onto something even bigger than people realize'
by Ian Fletcher -- The usual suspects are racing to debunk Donald Trump's foray into the most serious protectionism – a 25 percent tariff on China – proposed by a major presidential more…
Economists 'shocked' by jobs-to-China report
by Ian Fletcher -- There's a nice new academic paper just out by an MIT economist and his friends that gives some hard data to back up everyone's suspicion that the U.S. more…
Free trade as policy? Expect a collapse
by Ian Fletcher -- For once, some good news: public support for free trade almost certainly will collapse over the next few years. On this issue, the public is way ahead of more…
Guess who's naïve about international trade
by Ian Fletcher -- The economics experts, or well over 90 percent, continue to support free trade. Above all, they mostly remain stuck in a cheery "win-win" fantasy of how trade works more…
Choosing proven failures, again and again
by Ian Fletcher -- With the Republicans and the Obama administration attempting to rush headlong into a new trade agreements with Korea, and possibly also with Panama and Colombia, it is incumbent more…
Choosing to protect better jobs
by Ian Fletcher -- Protectionism frequently is tarred as a backward-looking policy which merely preserves yesterday's jobs at the expense of tomorrow's. This is a snappy-sounding canard, but it has nothing to more…
Don't count on currency revaluation
by Ian Fletcher -- It is sometimes suggested that our trade problems (job losses, international indebtedness) will go away on their own once currency values adjust. Bottom line? A declining dollar will more…
Cost of borrowing includes national security
by Ian Fletcher -- WHEN America buys imports from abroad and doesn't cover their cost with the value of our own exports, we run a trade deficit. This means we borrow money more…
The founders were not free traders
by Ian Fletcher -- Democrats want to punish businesses for moving overseas while the Republicans want to give those same businesses a red carpet for their trip there. Neither plan will help more…