James M. Roberts, author at DailySignal.com

Russian Reset Roulette: Putin Throws Obama’s Foreign Aid Under the Bus

James M. Roberts | September 19, 2012

The State Department announced yesterday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has informed the United States he will not permit any further activities by the U.S…. Read More

New State Dept. “Fact Sheets” Push More Government, More Spending on Foreign Aid

James M. Roberts | September 06, 2012

Recently, The Heritage Foundation reported that the State Department is making major changes to its venerable series of “Background Notes”—transforming them from useful reference materials… Read More

Economy

Conflict Minerals: Another of Dodd–Frank’s Hidden Costs

James M. Roberts | August 23, 2012

On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a little-known section (and there are many) of the Dodd–Frank financial regulation bill that will end… Read More

Obama Transforms State Department “Background Notes” Into Campaign Material

James M. Roberts | August 16, 2012

Production by U.S. embassies of the State Department’s long-running series of annual “Background Notes” covering every country in the world had long been considered a… Read More

Argentina: Kirchner’s Policies Undermining Economic Growth

James M. Roberts | August 01, 2012

This Friday, the government of Argentina will announce with great fanfare the last payments on “Boden” bonds issued during the so-called corralito. That was the… Read More

Economy

Regulatory Overreach: Obama Administration’s Case Against Gibson Guitar Drags On

James M. Roberts | May 17, 2012

Numerous Heritage research papers and postings on The Foundry in the past year have reported on the plight of Gibson Guitar, which has been accused… Read More

Economy

U.S. Free Trade Agreement with Colombia Enters into Force Today — Finally!

James M. Roberts | May 15, 2012

Following through on President Obama’s announcement last month in Cartagena that the U.S.–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement will take effect on May 15, 2012, U.S. Secretary… Read More

Council of the Americas Honors Argentine Government in Wake of Repsol/YPF Seizure

James M. Roberts | May 07, 2012

Argentina’s vice president, Amado Boudou, is confirmed to speak tomorrow at the annual Council of the Americas (COA) meeting at the Inter-American Development Bank in… Read More

Economy

Economic Freedom Is Surging in Chile

James M. Roberts | April 05, 2012

With a score of 78.3 in the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom published by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal, Chile is now… Read More

OECD’s CSR Guidelines: Corporate State Department Responsibility?

James M. Roberts | February 03, 2012

This week the U.S. State Department announced the launch of the Stakeholder Advisory Board for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for… Read More

G-20 Summit: Obama Should Declare the Welfare State Bankrupt

James M. Roberts | November 03, 2011

Air Force One winged its way to another exotic destination last night. When President Obama arrives at the posh seaside resort in Cannes, France, for… Read More

Economy

Gibson Guitar Targeted as the Lacey Act Falls Flat in Nashville

James M. Roberts | October 27, 2011

In recent months, the U.S. government has dispatched heavily armed federal law enforcement officers to raid Gibson Guitar factories—American guitar factories!—in Tennessee for violations of… Read More

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Losing Economic Freedom: U.K. Riots and the Moral Hazard of Dependency

James M. Roberts | August 11, 2011

People have been shocked by the images of destruction and violence coming out of Great Britain in the past few days. But if they tracked… Read More

Energy

Radical Environmentalists’ Continuing Campaign Against Economic Freedom

James M. Roberts | July 29, 2011

Recently, radical environmentalists have waged a campaign to stifle free enterprise and economic freedom. Here are some of their recent skirmishes, ranging from crop destruction… Read More

Foreign Aid: Coburn Focuses on Economic Growth, Corruption, and Results

James M. Roberts | July 27, 2011

Senator Tom Coburn’s (R–OK) plan to reduce the federal deficit by $9 trillion over the next 10 years includes cuts to the State Department and… Read More

Energy

Protectionist Green NGOs are Hurting the World’s Poor

James M. Roberts | July 22, 2011

Wrongheaded environmental policies and “green” protectionism are endangering millions of jobs and costing consumers in both developing and developed countries. A new report about the… Read More

Belize: Lights Dimming on Economic Freedom

James M. Roberts | June 22, 2011

On June 20, the government of Belize expropriated the 70 percent ownership interest in the Belize Electric Company (BEL) held by the shareholder-owned, Canada-based energy… Read More

Conservative Party Wins Big in Canada

James M. Roberts | May 03, 2011

While the world was watching the news coming out of Pakistan about Osama bin Laden, closer to home voters in Canada went to the polls… Read More

Economy

Obama’s “Start-Up America” Initiative: Stalling Entrepreneurs

James M. Roberts | March 03, 2011

“Entrepreneurs embody the promise of America: the idea that if you have a good idea and are willing to work hard and see it through,… Read More

Obama’s Latin America Visit Next Month: No Time for the Business Sector?

James M. Roberts | February 15, 2011

Ever since President Obama announced in his State of the Union speech that he will travel in March to Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador “to… Read More

Argentina’s Paris Club Offer

James M. Roberts | February 03, 2011

The announcement last week by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s government that Argentina intends to repay nearly $9 billion in official sovereign debt—a higher figure… Read More

Has Argentina’s President Maxed Out Her Credit Cards?

James M. Roberts | January 14, 2011

Looks like Argentina’s President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has to pull her jet up to the “cash only” pump! Yesterday, Argentine thieves riding motorcycles stole… Read More

Free Trade Increases Living Standards, Creates and “Spreads the Wealth” Better Than Government Can

James M. Roberts | January 03, 2011

Michael Barone has an interesting piece today highlighting a recent article by George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen in The American Interest that explains how… Read More

Threats to Economic Freedom in Belize?

James M. Roberts | December 16, 2010

Although Belize has made some progress on its Index of Economic Freedom score in the past few years, recent actions by the government of Prime… Read More

How the Grinch Stole Mexico’s U.S.-Grown Christmas Trees—Again!

James M. Roberts | December 15, 2010

When the Mexican government imposed punitive tariffs last year on $2.4 billion in American products the average Mexican citizen may not have noticed. But no… Read More

Life Is Not Pretty in Argentina’s Pink House

James M. Roberts | December 09, 2010

Mary O’Grady reported in the December 6 Wall Street Journal that a key Argentine anti-money-laundering unit may have been protecting President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner… Read More

President Obama to the U.N: Do as I Say, Not as I Do!

James M. Roberts | September 23, 2010

President Obama said a number of good things in his address yesterday at the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit in New York. Unfortunately,… Read More

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Russian Reset Roulette: Putin Throws Obama’s Foreign Aid Under the Bus

New State Dept. “Fact Sheets” Push More Government, More Spending on Foreign Aid

Conflict Minerals: Another of Dodd–Frank’s Hidden Costs

Obama Transforms State Department “Background Notes” Into Campaign Material

Argentina: Kirchner’s Policies Undermining Economic Growth

Regulatory Overreach: Obama Administration’s Case Against Gibson Guitar Drags On

U.S. Free Trade Agreement with Colombia Enters into Force Today — Finally!

Council of the Americas Honors Argentine Government in Wake of Repsol/YPF Seizure

Economic Freedom Is Surging in Chile

OECD’s CSR Guidelines: Corporate State Department Responsibility?

G-20 Summit: Obama Should Declare the Welfare State Bankrupt

Gibson Guitar Targeted as the Lacey Act Falls Flat in Nashville

Losing Economic Freedom: U.K. Riots and the Moral Hazard of Dependency

Radical Environmentalists’ Continuing Campaign Against Economic Freedom

Foreign Aid: Coburn Focuses on Economic Growth, Corruption, and Results

Protectionist Green NGOs are Hurting the World’s Poor

Belize: Lights Dimming on Economic Freedom

Conservative Party Wins Big in Canada

Obama’s “Start-Up America” Initiative: Stalling Entrepreneurs

Obama’s Latin America Visit Next Month: No Time for the Business Sector?

Argentina’s Paris Club Offer

Has Argentina’s President Maxed Out Her Credit Cards?

Free Trade Increases Living Standards, Creates and “Spreads the Wealth” Better Than Government Can

Threats to Economic Freedom in Belize?

How the Grinch Stole Mexico’s U.S.-Grown Christmas Trees—Again!

Life Is Not Pretty in Argentina’s Pink House

President Obama to the U.N: Do as I Say, Not as I Do!

The U.N. Wants to Tax the World Out of Poverty

Copycat Chavistas: Kirchners Seek to Impose Censorship in Argentina

Trucking Dispute: New Mexican Tariffs Force More U.S. Goods to ‘Hit the Brakes’