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Don’t Blame Sugar if Candyland moves Overseas
OK, I realize it’s the Wall Street Journal and not the Main Street Journal. And that the paper’s focus is on...
Chuck MuthOctober 30, 2013 -
U.S. Sugar Program: We’ll Drop Ours if You Drop Yours
Opponents of the present U.S. sugar policy – which consists of import quotas and relatively mild tariffs, rather than direct farmer...
Chuck MuthOctober 21, 2013 -
With Weekend’s Cyclone, India Crops are Gone with the Wind
Cyclone Phailin smashed into India over the weekend with winds in excess of 120 miles an hour, destroying millions of dollars...
Chuck MuthOctober 14, 2013 -
Apples to Apples, Sugar to Sugar
(Chuck Muth | October 8, 2013) – According to figures compiled by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the wholesale...
Chuck MuthOctober 8, 2013 -
A new, consensus approach to sugar subsidy reform
(Chuck Muth) – Republicans in the House of Representatives and Democrats in the Senate didn’t agree on much during the farm...
Chuck MuthSeptember 28, 2013 -
As Global Ag Subsidies Continue to Climb, U.S. Sugar Showing the Way Out
(Chuck Muth | September 25, 2013) – The international Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently released new figures showing...
Chuck MuthSeptember 25, 2013 -
There Are Sometimes Problems with Partial Deregulation
(Seton Motley) – Markets always work better the freer they are. Free from all but the barest necessity laws and regulations,...
Chuck MuthSeptember 17, 2013 -
NewsMax: NAFTA Blamed for U.S. Sugar Glut
(NewsMax.com) – The U.S. government has a ton of sugar on its hands — 85,000 short tons, in fact — after...
Chuck MuthSeptember 17, 2013 -
A Sour Situation for California Sugar Lovers
(Chuck Muth) – In case you missed it, sugar producers from around the globe met in the Bay Area in early...
Chuck MuthSeptember 3, 2013 -
Applying the Reagan Doctrine to Sugar Policy
(Chuck Muth) – In a recent press release, the free-market organization Club for Growth – for which I have the greatest...
Chuck MuthAugust 12, 2013