Up Is Down; Monopoly Is Prosperity
14 November 2006
The Editor, New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
To the Editor:
In today's Business section we learn that our Congressional overlords insist on preventing us from trading freely with the Vietnamese ("A Setback for Vietnam Trade Bill," Nov. 14) - confirming rumors that the superstitious belief in prosperity-through-monopoly (aka protectionism) is on the rise.
And to make today's news even more depressing, we learn on the Op-Ed page that your finest columnist, John Tierney, is leaving. He will now instead write for your Science Times. Your Op-Ed page now has no columnists who thoroughly understand economics.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
The Editor, New York Times
229 West 43rd St.
New York, NY 10036
To the Editor:
In today's Business section we learn that our Congressional overlords insist on preventing us from trading freely with the Vietnamese ("A Setback for Vietnam Trade Bill," Nov. 14) - confirming rumors that the superstitious belief in prosperity-through-monopoly (aka protectionism) is on the rise.
And to make today's news even more depressing, we learn on the Op-Ed page that your finest columnist, John Tierney, is leaving. He will now instead write for your Science Times. Your Op-Ed page now has no columnists who thoroughly understand economics.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Tuesday July 3, 2007 at 3:49am