Economic Freedom: Unleashing the Potential of the World’s Poor
When the government gets in the way, sometimes even the hardest-working people get stuck in poverty. In Nepal, where more than one-quarter of the population… Read More
Articles by Ryan Olson
As Commodities Prices Fall, Economic Freedom Should Rise
New reports are hinting that an end to the decade-long run-up of the prices of commodities prices is here. For years, emerging markets such as… Read More
Imports: Let’s Hear More Economic Sense Like This from the President
As President Obama heads to Chattanooga, Tennessee, today to give a speech at an Amazon.com fulfillment facility, he finally seems to be coming around on… Read More
Why Don’t We Have Free Trade with Every Country?
With a July 31 expiration date fast approaching, both the House and Senate last week introduced legislation that would extend free trade preferences to developing… Read More
G8 Summit: Fight Global Hunger with Economic Freedom
This week, President Obama is in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, for the G8 summit, an annual meeting of the world’s wealthiest countries: the U.S., Canada,… Read More
Brazil Turns Away from Capital Controls
Last week, Brazil announced that it is finally eliminating its most prominent tax on foreign portfolio investment. This reversal is the most recent reminder of… Read More
President Obama, Bangladesh Has Faced Enough Tragedy, Don’t Take Away Jobs, Too
Since late last year, workers in Bangladesh have been beset by tragedy after tragedy. First there was a factory fire that killed over 100 garment… Read More
To Prevent Another Factory Tragedy, Bangladesh Should Embrace Economic Freedom
Over the past two weeks, the world has looked on in shock and horror as the mangled bodies of Bangladeshi garment workers were pulled from… Read More
How Do Nations Succeed? With Economic Freedom
It’s often easy to forget where we’ve been on the journey to where we’re going. In America, the foundation of our society and the source… Read More
Cyprus Bank Bailout: Russia Partly to Blame
As Cypriots come to grips with this week’s agreement to bail out its banks, Russian policymakers need to think about why their citizens are involved… Read More
Egypt: Too Big to Fail?
As President Obama visits Israel, one of the biggest elephants in the room is the ongoing financial crisis just across the desert in Egypt. Since… Read More
Free Trade: Bringing Ireland to Your St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
Today, millions of people around the world will put on some green, watch a hurling or rugby match, enjoy a Guinness stout, and praise St…. Read More
Post-Chávez, Caribbean Should Snub PetroCaribe
As some Venezuelans mourn the death of populist President Hugo Chávez, their northern neighbors in the Caribbean Basin shouldn’t shed a tear. In 2005, members… Read More
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Mr. President, Don’t Forget: Imports Create Jobs, Too
Trade is again on President Obama’s agenda thanks to some high-profile mentions in his State of the Union address last Tuesday. According to the President,… Read More
“Buy American”: Path to an Economic Train Wreck
Commuters on Washington, D.C.’s Metro system may finally have something to look forward to on their commutes other than broken escalators and single-tracking. By 2014,… Read More
Free Trade Comes to Central Asia
Heirs to the ancient traders of the Silk Road, rejoice! If all goes according to plan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan will join the World Trade… Read More
World Economic Forum: An Opportunity to Promote Economic Freedom
Masters of the world’s economies are converging on the small resort town of Davos, Switzerland, this week for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF). These… Read More
Financial Freedom: The Solution to Ailing India Economy
India’s consumers might have been jealous of King Midas’s touch. The country’s historical affinity for gold has reached new extremes thanks to a weak economy,… Read More
Note to President Hollande: Investors Say “Oui” to Economic Freedom
French President Francois Hollande and his marketing gurus are on the offensive with their “Say Oui to France” campaign, meant to convince investors that the… Read More
Another Union Strike Would Have Ripple Effect on Economy
Ongoing negotiations over pay and benefits between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and U.S. port operators highlights the economic risks when unions monopolize labor markets…. Read More
Big Chemical: For Natural Gas Exports Before They Were Against Them
As the country waits with bated breath for the Obama Administration to belatedly approve nearly a dozen natural gas export projects, big chemical companies are… Read More
U.S. Should Export Natural Gas
A long-awaited report on natural gas exports was finally released by the Department of Energy (DOE) last week. Unsurprisingly, it concluded that exporting natural gas… Read More
Farm Subsidies Hurt the Poor Worldwide
Got milk? The European Parliament sure does. European dairy farmers were in Brussels this week to protest proposed changes in dairy regulations. Protestors doused the… Read More
Legalize Crude Oil Exports
An energy renaissance is underway in the United States. According to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), America’s decades-long dependence on foreign… Read More
Report: France Needs Shock Therapy to Jolt Its Economy Back to Life
C’est la vie. Such is life in the French Republic, where unemployment is high, growth is low, and government is big. Since the global recession… Read More
IMF: Fannie and Freddie Threaten U.S. Fiscal Health
Followers of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have long joked that the fund’s acronym stands for “It’s Mostly Fiscal.” For a long time it has… Read More
New Georgian PM: Promote Economic Freedom, Not the Statism You Learned in Russia
Former AC Milan star Kakha Kaladze is more than comfortable on the soccer pitch, where he played for 10 years as one of the club’s… Read More
Debate on Trade: It Isn’t Just About How Many Cases You Bring to the WTO
Trade policy with China was again front and center in last night’s presidential debate, with President Obama defending his Administration’s trade policies. In particular, the… Read More
Small Town Sympathy Shouldn’t Trump Common Sense Trade Policy
Recent negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership have sent representatives of government supported industries, like New Balance shoes, scrambling for political help to maintain their high… Read More
September Jobs Report Shows Imports Create Jobs
The jobs report is out, and it reveals more than you may think. While President Obama seems to believe that exports alone will grow us… Read More
