The Modern Agreement of Amity and Commerce: Toward a New Model for Trade Agreements
The Open Society Foundation has published a white paper on a new model for trade agreements. As OSF explains: Around the world, the process of economic globalization is under fire for serving the needs of corporate elites rather than ordinary citizens. But it is important to recall that trade does not have to aggravate inequality.…
Famines, Gluts, and Free Trade
At this point we’re all more aware of shortages relating to COVID-19 than we’d like to be. But still another shortage looms: food. Yet even as the specter of starvation emerges, farmers in the United States are plowing under their crops and dairy farmers are dumping their milk. We are seeing deep failures in the ability of the…
Thoughts on Trade, Agriculture, and Competition - Election Edition
According to a recent poll, a novice politician, J.D. Scholten, is giving long-standing incumbent Steve King a run for his money in Iowa, trailing King by one percentage point. How is he doing it? One of the issues Scholten is raising is the effect of corporate concentration on farmers. Senator Cory Booker joined Scholten at an…