Donald J. Boudreaux
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Dynamia, Not Stagnatia
Consider the fictional little country of Dynamia. Although, strictly speaking, this place is a product of my imagination, my imagination…
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The Problem With Retaliatory Protectionism
A familiar excuse for protective tariffs and other trade restrictions goes like this: It would be all well and good…
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Protectionism and the Fallacy of Composition
Early on in my introductory economics course I warn my students always to beware of various logical fallacies, none of…
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‘You Can Trust Me’: Catfishers, Nigerian Princes, and Political Hucksters
"Individuals who we don’t know and who don’t know us seek to gain our trust so that they can then…
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Organ Shortage: Two Ways to Boost Supply
"Every now and then we encounter a problem that does have a solution. The kidney shortage is one of these…
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Ten Lessons of the Economic Way of Thinking
"Inflation does not rise because of a surge in greed. And it does not fall because greed recedes." ~Donald J.…
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Lose the Political Informality
"Politicians' first-name basis... is a mercenary maneuver to gain our confidence on the cheap. It is literally a con game.…
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Free Market Fundamentals and NatCon Inconsistencies
"I’ve never encountered a protectionist of any stripe who explains why the jobs preserved by protectionism have a higher non-material…
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Do EV Producers Need Taxpayers’ Protection?
"Protectionist subsidy of American EV producers necessarily diverts resources away from other industries in the US, what is the value…
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Ruminations on Income Inequality
"Many of today’s low-income workers will be tomorrow’s middle-income workers; and many of these workers will be among the country’s…
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