Dead Wrong® with Johan Norberg – Did China Take Our Jobs?
14 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, growth miracles, international economics Tags: China, free trade
Arguments Against International Trade
08 Jun 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, international economics Tags: anti-foreign bias, anti-market bias, free trade
What Donald Trump doesn’t understand about trade
08 Feb 2017 1 Comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, international economics Tags: 2016 presidential election, comparative advantage, free trade
The Flow of International Trade
08 Jan 2017 Leave a comment
in international economics Tags: free trade
50% of @PaulineHansonOz @OneNationAus votes come from @AustralianLabor voters
22 Sep 2016 1 Comment
in constitutional political economy, politics - Australia, Public Choice Tags: 2016 Australian federal election, antiforeign bias, antimarket bias, expressive voting, free trade, globalisation, left-wing popularism, makework bias, rational irrationality, right-wing popularism
How can Pauline Hanson be an extreme right-winger if half of her votes come from people who 2nd preference the Australian Labour Party? This strong support for her populism has been well-known since she won the safest Labour Party seed in Queensland in the 1996 Australian Federal Election but is hardly ever mentioned by the media or her critics.
Source: Antony Green’s Election Blog: Preference Flows at the 2016 Federal Election.
It should be therefore no surprise that a lot of her views have popular support because she has support across the political spectrum. Not knowing that will means you will be not very good at combating her views which you simply do not understand where they come from.
Few of her supporters see themselves as extremists and will be insulted when you suggest they are. Listen here dummy is no way to win back votes of people who just voted for you recently.
Hanson’s support among Labour voters is increasing. Only 42% of her voters gave their 2nd preference to Labour in previous federal elections for the House of Representatives.
A pro-poor bias of trade in every country #TPPANoWay @Oxfamnz
26 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in international economics Tags: free trade
Poor consumers spend relatively more on sectors that are more traded, while high-income individuals consume relatively more services, which are among the least traded sectors.
Source: Pro-poor bias of trade: New research on the expenditure channel | VOX, CEPR’s Policy Portal.
Milton Friedman Speaks – Free Trade: Producer vs. Consumer
27 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, international economics, Milton Friedman Tags: free trade
@BernieSanders should be the @realdonaldtrump’s running mate
08 May 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, international economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 presidential election, comparative advantage, free trade, left-wing popularism, rational ignorance, rational rationality, right-wing popularism
What undergrads and @stevenljoyce need to know about trade @GreenCatherine
12 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, international economics, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand Tags: antiforeign bias, free trade, makework bias, Paul Krugman, protectionism, tariffs, trade policy
Minister for everything Stephen Joyce wrote some nonsense in the paper today about how trade agreements and more exports will mean more jobs:
I would like to make the point that trade access is hugely important for a small country like New Zealand.
Without fair and equal trade access we can’t sell as much of our goods and we get less for them. And that means fewer jobs.
This make-work bias is as bad as those who oppose trade agreements on the grounds of an anti-foreign bias. Trade affects the composition of employment, not the number of jobs. Paul Krugman spent a good part of the 1990s trying to explain that to the general public and public intellectuals.
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