Comments on: Hamilton vs. Kant on War and Peace http://libertarianstandard.com/2010/09/18/hamilton-vs-kant-on-war-and-peace/ Property - Prosperity - Peace Mon, 20 May 2013 06:54:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Larutaday Cebollahttp://libertarianstandard.com/2010/09/18/hamilton-vs-kant-on-war-and-peace/#comment-1141 Larutaday Cebolla Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:17:56 +0000 http://libertarianstandard.com/?p=5949#comment-1141 RT @libstandard: New blogpost: The Libertarian Standard » Hamilton vs. Kant on War and Peace | http://bit.ly/9JfgoO

]]> By: DASawyerhttp://libertarianstandard.com/2010/09/18/hamilton-vs-kant-on-war-and-peace/#comment-1084 DASawyer Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:58:43 +0000 http://libertarianstandard.com/?p=5949#comment-1084 I’ve been softening somewhat on the international trade associations, of late. I can’t help but think that the only reason this long recession hasn’t become a full-scale Great Depression 2 is the absence of a trade war–that is to say, the fact that the political establishment has not responded to the situation via protective measures. To listen to the rhetoric coming out of Washington, there are those who would like to do so, to “protect American jobs” against such “evils” as outsourcing, Chinese monetary policy, and so on. However, their membership in organizations like the WTO constrains such moves considerably.

These “managed trade” intergovernmental organizations are certainly far from perfect–unilateral free trade would be preferable. However, they do make backsliding in the area of international trade openness more difficult than it would otherwise be.

]]> By: Geoffrey Plauchehttp://libertarianstandard.com/2010/09/18/hamilton-vs-kant-on-war-and-peace/#comment-1082 Geoffrey Plauche Sun, 19 Sep 2010 09:34:13 +0000 http://libertarianstandard.com/?p=5949#comment-1082 RT @libstandard: New blogpost: The Libertarian Standard » Hamilton vs. Kant on War and Peace | http://bit.ly/9JfgoO

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