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Free the Sugar!
(Andrew Langer) – As a number of free-market, limited-government, and conservative groups have called for Congress to seriously consider the “Zero...
Chuck MuthAugust 7, 2013 -
It’s time for ‘zero for zero’ farm subsidies
(by Seton Motley) – We are approaching the DC’s sleepy season. Congress will soon adjourn for the summer. President Barack Obama...
Chuck MuthJuly 31, 2013 -
Rice, Rice Everywhere…and Not a Grain to Sell
It was a foolproof plan. What could possibly go wrong? Instead of paying money directly to rice farmers to subsidize rice...
Chuck MuthJuly 29, 2013 -
For Free Market Sugar, WTO only Way to Go
A new study by Dr. Mark Hartley, a Professor of Business at the College of Charleston, concludes in a new study...
Chuck MuthJuly 22, 2013 -
Study: A Third Way on Sugar
Americans for Limited Government Foundation released “The Case for a Zero for Zero Sugar Policy in the United States” by Dr....
Chuck MuthJuly 19, 2013 -
Nature Abhors A Vacuum… Even In Trade
By Andrew Langer The axiom that nature abhors a vacuum applies well-beyond the physics of the universe. Economics is an organic...
Chuck MuthJuly 15, 2013 -
India Jacks up Import Tax on Sugar
Stung by a “recent flood of cheap imports because of low global prices,” India earlier this month increased the import tax...
Chuck MuthJuly 15, 2013 -
Sugar and the Brazilian Man March
While I may not be an economist, I can understand news reports written in plain English about what Brazil is doing...
Chuck MuthJuly 11, 2013 -
Former congressman pushing sugar policy
(Jeremy Alford/HoumaToday.com) – Former U.S. Rep. Jeff Landry of New Iberia has been advocating an idea on Capitol Hill that involves...
Chuck MuthJuly 3, 2013 -
A sweet idea to end worldwide sugar war
A free-market approach would ratchet down subsidies to zero (Al Cardenas) – As farm bill negotiations get underway, the rhetoric surrounding...
Chuck MuthJuly 3, 2013