Tag: protectionism

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Part 1 here. Part 2 here.

So given what we learned in part 2 about capital accumulation, the role of human capital in that process, and the nature of genetics and intelligence, what is the best way for the West and East Asia to help not only themselves but the entire world in the long run? (more…)

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In Part 1 we discussed the goals of true protectionists; now our task becomes defining true protectionism and proving that it is a correct means to those ends. With that mind, let me start out by answering the question what is true protectionism and how does it work? (more…)

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Nothing destroys a good idea so efficiently as success—not so much the success of the idea itself as much as the success of those, politicians mostly, who claim to be implementing it. This is why in Russia advocating privatization is more likely to get you punched in the face than listened to, (more…)

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One of the things I like about Donald Trump’s promise to impose tariffs is how it places the needs of American producers over the needs of American consumers. With strong tariffs in place, consumers might be forced to pay more for superior goods than they normally would, or simply pay more for goods in general. This naturally happens when government artificially influences the market. Without fair competition from foreign goods, domestic producers face less pressure to reduce their prices. By increasing the prices of foreign goods, government is in effect reducing its supply for the majority of consumers, who would not realistically be expected to pay such higher prices. And with reduced supply comes higher costs. (more…)

Republican Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota.

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Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 here)

North Dakota’s newspaperman

Understanding how Americans were duped into entering the First World War while preventing America entering a second war became the life’s work of a North Dakota isolationist and politician named Gerald Prentice Nye (1892-1971). (more…)

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Robert Lighthizer
No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America’s Workers
New York: Broadway Books, 2023

See also: “Intrigue in the Indo-Pacific,” “After the Empire of Nothing,” “The Fall of the Neoliberal Order,” and “Globalism”

It is no secret that Americans have suffered under the free trade ideology which came to the fore during the Clinton years. In the 1990s, for example, every small town in Illinois had a factory. (more…)

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The following text is being presented in commemoration of Sir Oswald Mosley’s 136th birthday. — Ed. (more…)

Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Roberts

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I had occasion to visit Fort Collins, Colorado this summer. In doing so I was able to discover information on an important Rightist of the 1960s, Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Roberts. LTC Roberts was a longtime resident of the area and active on the local AM radio community. He is buried at Grandview Cemetery.

Archibald Edward Roberts (1915–2006) is almost unique for the men of his generation and social class. (more…)

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Three years after its premiere, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton is still running and is currently on its second national tour. The hip-hop, racially diverse reimagining of the life of Alexander Hamilton has been the object of nauseatingly fulsome praise since its premiere and has been zealously promoted by the mainstream media. (more…)

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It’s rather funny that the very people who go on about value being subjective act as if a “more productive” economy is objectively more valuable than all possible alternatives. (more…)

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Paul Nehlen
Wage the Battle: Putting America First in the Fight to Stop Globalist Politicians and Secure the Borders
Washington, DC: WND Books, 2017

It’s amazing the changes a year makes. (more…)

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One of the many paths to power for alt-right ideas would be to control substantial elements of the federal government. This scenario has major limitations given the Constitution and the inertia that exists in the American system due to the nebulous divisions of sovereignty it imposes. (more…)