Articles by Bryan Riley

Natural Gas Exports: Remove Government Barriers

Bryan Riley | June 17, 2013

A June 18 House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing will focus on the future of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. Currently, the U.S. can freely… Read More

Economy

Getting More Bang for the Buck from Food Aid

Bryan Riley | May 20, 2013

Proposed changes to food aid programs would allow U.S. tax dollars to feed more people at a lower cost. Representatives Ed Royce (R–CA) and Karen… Read More

Economy

Trade Agreements Can Advance Economic Freedom

Bryan Riley | April 09, 2013

The United States is currently engaged in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations designed to reduce barriers to international trade and investment. The latest text from… Read More

Economy

Protectionist Japan? Check the Numbers

Bryan Riley | March 26, 2013

A recent news report was headlined: “Lawmakers, business groups balk at trade deal with protectionist Japan.” A more accurate title would have been: “Protectionist U.S…. Read More

Economy

The Best Plan for Farmers and Ranchers: Free Trade

Bryan Riley | March 24, 2013

Congress is currently fighting over the future of U.S. farm programs. In 2011, taxpayers subsidized farmers to the tune of $10.4 billion in government payments…. Read More

Economy

Government Sugar Policy: Buy High, Sell Low?

Bryan Riley | March 23, 2013

It was recently reported that the federal government is considering buying 400,000 tons of sugar to prop up prices for sugar producers. The government would… Read More

Economy

President Obama’s Middle East Trip Underscores Need for Economic Freedom

Bryan Riley | March 21, 2013

President Obama is in the Middle East this week, two years and three months after Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi unleashed the Arab Spring by… Read More

Economy

Does the United States Really Have a Trade Deficit?

Bryan Riley | March 18, 2013

In 2012, $3.4 trillion came into the United States through trade and investment, and $3.4 trillion left, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)…. Read More

Economy

One of America’s Biggest Exports: Treasury Securities

Bryan Riley | March 08, 2013

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently released statistics on U.S. exports for January, but failed to mention of one of the biggest U.S. “exports”—federal… Read More

Economy

Attention, Reporters: A Trade Deficit Is Not Bad

Bryan Riley | March 08, 2013

The latest trade deficit figures are out, and, as always, most reports fail to accurately explain what these numbers mean. Consider the following widely reported… Read More

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