The Protectionists Strike Again
Liberal Senator Byron Dorgan and Senator-elect Sherrod Brown have an op-ed in today's Washington Post titled, "How Free Trade Hurts".
I'll spare you an excerpt of their screed, but the good news is that it's barely past noon and already the good guys have debunked the column.
Don Boudreaux says the two men "parade their ignorance -- ignorance of economics, of facts, and of what constitutes a serious argument".
Pat Cleary at the NAM blog is justifiably "weary" of repeating the facts over and over again when protectionists roll out their complaints.
And Gren Mankiw provides a great explanation to refute Dorgan and Herrod based on U.S. history.
