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Pummeling Protectionists on X & Beyond

By on April 12, 2025 0

https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1911175643628187731 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1910729985167425935 Trump and his Ukraine deal mania: In the 1970s, folks knew there was nothing as expensive as a used car that cost you only $100. Same deal with used Soviet nuclear reactors— James Bovard (@JimBovard) April 11, 2025 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1911145450427531576 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1910497709674340577 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1910417355026686207 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909993860459098239 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909619749018890366 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909082238509023433 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909067285744037981 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1907838281938571731 https://twitter.com/JimBovard/status/1909993860459098239

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Tariffs Are Bipartisan Enemies of Freedom

By on July 17, 2024

Libertarian Institute, July 17, 2024 Tariffs Are Bipartisan Enemies of Freedom by James Bovard President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both portray tariffs as magic wands to create national prosperity. Trump is calling for a 10% across-the-board tariff on imports, while Biden is imposing selective tariffs that he portrays as miracle cures for […]

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Steel Follies and the Perils of Politically-Controlled Trade

By on April 22, 2021

American Institute for Economic Research, April 22, 2021 Steel Follies and the Perils of Politically-Controlled Trade James Bovard The Biden administration appears determined to perpetrate all of Trump’s economic follies while adding fresh blunders of its own. Trump was notorious for saying incorrect things on trade, such as his assertion that “trade wars are good, […]

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G.W.H. Bush Protectionist Follies, 1989-1992

By on December 6, 2018

Some folks thought I was too harsh on the late George H.W. Bush in my USA Today oped and on my Twitter comments. So here’s some of the articles I wrote on Bush’s protectionist debacles in the early 1990s. [The following piece was reprinted in two economics college textbooks] Wall Street Journal Wednesday, September 6, […]

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American Tariffs and Wars From the Revolution to the Depression

By on November 1, 2014

Mises Institute / Mises Daily American Tariffs and Wars From the Revolution to the Depression by James Bovard Fair trade is once again a rallying cry for many Americans. Many contemporary leftists believe that the U.S. government should impose restrictions or tariffs on imported goods that are alleged to have been produced by underpaid or […]

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