Check out Cafe Hayek, a blog that offers a counterpoint to Krugman’s positions. “Toughening trade protection is no manly maneuver. Nor is it a policy likely to discipline domestic firms into becoming as productive as possible. Being protected from competition by a ‘tough’ trade policy encourages domestic producers to get weak. Why stay on top of your game if a ‘tough’ protector will cover you should you lose a step or two?”
is run by two George Mason University economists: Donald Boudreaux, chairman of the economics department and former president of libertarian think tank Foundation for Economic Education; and Russell Roberts, professor of economics and a student of Milton Friedman’s. Roberts also is former director of the Center for Experiential Learning at Washington University.
