All Posts Tagged With: "smuggling"
The Two-Price System: U.S. Rationing During World War II
As the United States mobilized for war after mid-1940, the government’s demands for munitions and related resources began to put pressure on certain markets, and soon prices began to rise. In 1941 they rose faster: from December 1940 to December 1941, the producer price index increased by 17 percent, the consumer price index by 10 [...]
24Apr2009 | Robert Higgs | 5 comments | ContinuedUnderdeveloping Indiana
The people of the 50 states of the United States (5 percent of the world’s population) produce 31 percent of the world’s gross product of goods and services. Think of the United States as a world in itself, composed of 50 countries with open borders and no restrictions on trade between them. In this world, [...]
1Sep2002 | Manuel F. Ayau | 3 comments | ContinuedCommerce Triumphs
The day after the Taliban abandoned Kabul in Afghanistan last November, the New York Times‘s David Rohde reported on the quick revival of commerce in the capital. “Food appeared plentiful. A central market that lines the road leading into the city had large amounts of fresh meat for sale, fruit juices from Iran and even [...]
1Mar2002 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedYou’ve Got Mail and Now We Have It Too
Adam Young is studying computer science in Ontario, Canada. On March 2 it was revealed that for years the government of Canada has been randomly opening the incoming mail of Canadian citizens and copying the contents into a central database—all in the name of fighting illegal immigration. At Canada Post facilities all across the country, [...]
1Aug2001 | Adam Young | 0 comments | ContinuedMafia Capitalism or Red Legacy?
Gary Dempsey is a foreign policy analyst at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. Aaron Lukas is an analyst at Cato’s Center for Trade Policy Studies. Russia is experiencing an organized crime epidemic. Its interior ministry says there are now more than 9,000 criminal organizations operating inside the country, employing nearly 100,000 people, or about [...]
1Aug1998 | and Gary Dempsey | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Tobacco Deal: Myths and Misconceptions
Robert Levy is senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and author of the Cato Policy Analysis, “Tobacco Medicaid Litigation: Snuffing Out the Rule of Law.” The deal being forced on tobacco companies, whether it is the original negotiated agreement or one amended according to President Clinton’s liking, is manifestly unconstitutional and nothing [...]
1Jan1998 | Robert A. Levy | 1 comment | Continued-
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