The Free Market 24, no. 7 (July 2004) T he psychology of the anti-market left can be a puzzle, but even more confounding is the mentality of the anti-market right. There are agrarians, medievalists, and nationalists, and, above all, the neoconservatives, who dread the market as much as any socialist from days of yore. Their critique differs, but
[Originally published April 29, 2004.] What is and what is not free trade is a source of unending confusion, as the new World Trade Organization ruling on US cotton demonstrates. It’s a good thing to have the US cotton subsidy racket receive a thorough thrashing, even if at the hands of an unnecessary and objectionable body such as the WTO. If it
[First published April 20, 2005.] Politics, like war, robs words of their meaning. This is especially true of the language of economics. For example, economists know what investment means and that it’s good for the economy; but the government uses investment to mean its profligate spending projects which are, of course, harmful to the economy. In
[ Originally published May 18, 2006. ] I’m beginning to think that the epithet “consumerism” is just another word for freedom in the marketplace. It’s true that the market is delivering goods, services, and technological advances by leaps, day after day. People claim that they are so inundated with techno advances that they don’t want any more.
The Free Market 24, no. 7 (julio de 2004) La psicología de la izquierda anti-mercado puede ser un enigma, pero aún más desconcertante es la mentalidad de la derecha anti-mercado. Hay agraristas, medievalistas, y nacionalistas, y, sobre todo, los neoconservadores, que temen al mercado tanto como cualquier socialista desde antaño. Su crítica
[Publicado originalmente el 29 de abril de 2004] Qué es y qué no es libre comercio es una fuente de confusión interminable, como demuestra la nueva sentencia de la Organización Mundial del Comercio sobre el algodón de EEUU. Es bueno que la trama de las subvenciones al algodón de EEUU reciba una buena reprimenda, aunque sea a manos de una
[Publicado originalmente el 18 de Mayo de 2006.] Estoy empezando a pensar que el epíteto “consumismo” es sólo otra palabra para la libertad en el mercado. Es cierto que el mercado está produciendo bienes, servicios y avances tecnológicos a pasos agigantados, día tras día. La gente dice que están tan inundados de avances tecnológicos que ya no
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