Jonathan Miller

3 weeks ago | thespectator.com | John Carney |Will Prescott |Alex Castellanos |Jonathan Miller

The classical defense of free trade, the one found in Econ 101 textbooks and Ricardo’s comparative advantage model, goes something like this: countries should specialize in what they can produce most efficiently, export the surplus and import the rest. Trade allows global output to increase, everyone gets richer, and any government interference – like tariffs or subsidies –just gums up the works. But that’s not the world we live in.

3 weeks ago | thespectator.com | John Carney |Will Prescott |Alex Castellanos |Jonathan Miller

The classical defense of free trade, the one found in Econ 101 textbooks and Ricardo’s comparative advantage model, goes something like this: countries should specialize in what they can produce most efficiently, export the surplus and import the rest. Trade allows global output to increase, everyone gets richer and any government interference – like tariffs or subsidies – just gums up the works. But that’s not the world we live in.

3 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Jonathan Miller |Ross Clark |Charles Lipson |Owen Matthews

Voters in Wisconsin and Florida head to the polls today, including one local election that’s set to break spending records for a race of its kind. In Wisconsin, the open race for the state’s Supreme Court takes top billing, as it will determine whether Democrat-backed judges keep their majority. The stakes are high and the spending reflects that; billionaires from both parties have poured tens of millions of dollars into the race.

3 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Jonathan Miller |Ross Clark |Charles Lipson |Owen Matthews

Billionaires and carpetbaggers dominate first elections of Trump’s second termVoters in Wisconsin and Florida head to the polls today, including one local election that’s set to break spending records for a race of its kind. Mischief, mayhem and Washington gossip from The Spectator’s intrepid beat reporter. In Wisconsin, the open race for the state’s Supreme Court takes top billing, as it will determine whether Democrat-backed judges keep their majority.

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Matthew Lynn |Neal Pollack |Jonathan Miller |Derek VanBuskirk

It will be an unacceptable intrusion on our sovereignty. And it will pave the way for American domination of the internet. Ministers will no doubt be appalled by the suggestion by President Trump that he will impose tariffs on the UK if it doesn’t rip all the tech legislation that he doesn’t like, especially if that is driven by his new friends in Silicon Valley. But hold on. Sure, the interference in our domestic regulation is unwelcome.