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November 4, 2018	China Is a Poor and Backward NationChina may ultimately prove a significant strategic threat to the United States.
September 2, 2018	The NAFTA Deal Is Pure BaloneyNAFTA effects were mitigated by changes in productivity.
July 22, 2018	Worsening Effect of TariffsTariffs have already affected the local economy.
June 10, 2018	We Are on the Cusp of Relearning the Impacts of Trade WarsLet me explain briefly and plainly what trade is and what it is not.
May 27, 2018	The Opposite of War Is Not Peace, It Is TradeTrade forces us to move beyond benign coexistence into cooperation.
May 6, 2018	Indiana at Huge Risk in Trade DisruptionsBetween 1818 and 2018, technology essentially killed every existing job and created every new one.
September 10, 2017	Trade Deficits and the Dollar Safe HavenIn reality, trade consists of tens of billions of small transactions between businesses and households
November 27, 2016	The Origins of American Free TradeThe US created the first free trade zone.
October 16, 2016	The Effect of a Trade WarA decrease in trade leads to economic events like recession and depression.
January 24, 2016	The End of a Bubble, Version 2016Actions in Iran and China are affecting markets worldwide.
March 9, 2014	Russian Sanctions Are RiskyAdding armed conflict to a place with even a tiny whiff of ethnic tension rarely turns out well.
January 5, 2014	Economic Systems, North Korea and the ACAThe problem is that the economy we have is not a system; it is a series of markets that cannot be organized.
May 26, 2013	International Trade Is the Opposite of WarWhat flummoxes me is not the academic debate, but the casual discussion about trade.

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