Export Taxes Are A Bad Idea, Obviously Enough
There has been some work done on optimal export tariffs but for there to be such an optimal one at a rate above zero...
Of Course The US Trade Deficit Is Up – The US Economy Is Booming
A nice little story showing how wrong so many are about trade and the economy - worries that the US trade deficit is expanding....
Worstall On Farming Today
I was asked a few questions by Farming Today on Radio 4. The responses can be heard here.
I start at about 7.17.
Worstall: "Now...
To Shout About Tariff Free Trade, Again
We've had one sensible decision made about trade post-Brexit. Bangladeshi goods will continue to enter the UK tariff free. Now, if only people got...
The Idiocy Of Sir Nicholas Soames Over Farming And Imports
Sir Nicholas is the laddie who was described unflatteringly by his first wife. Well, that's not unusual in such cases, there usually is a...
You’re Right Again, Willy Hutton Is Ignorant
Will Hutton continues his campaign to make all us proles do what he damn well tells us to do. We should only trade with...
Trump’s Tariffs Are An Appallingly Inefficient Method Of Raising Tax Revenue
President Donald Trump is hailing the money pouring into the Treasury from those import tariffs that have been imposed upon those things we all...
Where Do Inmates Get Most Of Their Meals?
It is said that half of Britain's trade is with the EU – here's Simon Jenkins in the Guardian.
Of course, he is.........mistaken.
80% of Britain's...
But We Want Free Trade *In Order* To Kill Sugar Beet Production
The UK now allows in some cane sugar, free of duty, to compete with domestic production of sugar from beet. OK, that's good, that's...
Free The Bangladeshi Salt Industry – Kill The Import Tariffs
An interesting little puzzle from Bangladesh concerning the salt industry. The particular complaint is that certain nefarious types are subverting the tariff protection enjoyed...