Monday Links

Posted by Chris Moody

• Obama spoke on Wall Street today about increasing regulation of the American financial system. But did deregulation really cause the financial crisis?

• Burnt rubber: Obama’s decision to slap a 35 percent tariff on Chinese tires whiffs of senseless protectionism.

• According to the Economic Freedom in the World report, the U.S. was ranked the second-freest economy in 2000. It has fallen to 6th place this year.

• A bold exit strategy for Afghanistan.

• The economics of health care reform.

• Why it’s time for the U.S. to start doing less abroad.

• Podcast: China’s economy is on track to be larger than the U.S. economy in a few years. Trade expert Dan Griswold says, “So what?”