Michael Chapman Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850) (Image: LefontQ on Wikimedia Commons.) To understand the folly of protectionism, including the use of tariffs, there is perhaps no greater teacher than Frederic Bastiat (1801–1850), a classical liberal economist who fought for economic freedom in 19th-century France. His famous satirical missive, the “Candlemaker’s Petition,” published below, reveals the illogic and self-destructive nature of protectionism and humorously refutes the claims of those who would erect barriers to free exchange. Its message has influenced […]
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Tweet … is from page 2 of the late Kenneth Minogue’s 1999 “Preface to the Liberty Fund Edition” of his 1963 book, The Liberal Mind: Liberals are prepared to sacrifice much for a peaceful and co-operative world order, which can come about only by the exercise of great self-control and a talent for compromise. DBx: By “liberals,” Minogue here refers to persons much more akin to the likes of Adam Smith, the American founders, and John Stuart Mill […]
From Monday’s Justice Department press release: A North Texas man who threatened to shoot and kill ICE agents was arrested and charged in federal court …. Robert Wilson King, 35, was charged on April 3, 2025, via criminal complaint with transmitting an interstate threat…. According to the complaint, on March 29, 2025, King allegedly posted a threat on a social media platform, stating, “If I see ICE agents in my neighborhood I’m opening fire. It’s time to stop […]
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Derek Thompson, a senior writer at The Atlantic and co-author (with Ezra Klein) of Abundance: The New Politics of Growth, joins this episode of Just Asking Questions to make the case that if Democrats want to win in the future, they must first learn to build. In this conversation, Thompson challenges Democrats to reimagine themselves as the party of pragmatic progress, rather than redistribution. We wanted to bring Thompson on the show now because the tension inside the […]
Good morning and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Don’t forget to take your absolutely enormous bunny to a baseball game this season. Apologies if you were looking for a safe space from worrying about tariffs and the stock markets, but that’s our lead story today—fans (or haters) of the A’s, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manchester United, and New York Knicks will be especially interested. We’ll also talk about hockey’s GOATS, Formula 1 regulations, and a […]
Mustafa Akyol On March 30, 2025, I had the pleasure of visiting the Beth El Hebrew Congregation in Alexandria, Virginia, for a conversation inspired by my latest book, The Islamic Moses. The event was organized and hosted by my colleague Evan Bolick, General Counsel at the Cato Institute, and was attended by many members of his community. Thanks to Evan’s thoughtful questions, we explored the rich “Judeo-Islamic” tradition”—from history to theology. We concluded the morning by sharing a delicious spread, which fittingly […]
Tweet … is from page 432 of Phil Magness’s new paper “Old Lessons for the New Protectionists,” which is a chapter in the collection Free Trade in the Twenty-First Century (edited by Max Rangeley & Daniel Hannan, 2025) (link added): These economic nationalists spin an unambiguously false historical narrative wherein the United States’ industrial growth in the nineteenth century is causally attributed to protective tariffs. This argument falls apart under scrutiny, as non-traded sectors of the economy generally […]