Marcus M. Witcher

Assistant Teaching Professor, West Virginia University. Books: Getting Right with Reagan and Black Liberation Through the Marketplace with @LibertyEthics.

[Marcus M. Witcher @MarcusWitcher]

@LibertyEthics and I are happy to announce that Black Liberation Through the Marketplace is now available for pre-order on Amazon. It will be released on May 10th!
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[Marcus M. Witcher @MarcusWitcher]

I really enjoyed reading George Selgin's new book False Dawn: The New Deal and the Promise of Recovery, 1933-1947 with my American Economic History students last semester. I decided to go ahead and write up a review for the Daily Economy, which is out today.

[The Daily Economy @thedailyeconomy]

George Selgin’s ‘False Dawn’ empirically demolishes the claim that Franklin Roosevelt pursued a Keynesian recovery strategy.

cc: @MarcusWitcher
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[Dave Hebert @Dave_Hebert]

It's shocking to me that @MarcusWitcher and I had to write this piece, but... here we are. The 40th President would absolutely NOT have endorsed the trade policies of the 47th.

Reagan used targeted tariffs as a last resort to enforce existing trade deals and was quick to lower and remove them. Trump uses them indiscriminately and as a first resort.

The two could not be further apart.

My latest in @aier and @thedailyeconomy

https://t.co/p0wQeCoxij

[Dave Hebert @Dave_Hebert]

.@MarcusWitcher crushed it on CBC's Power & Markets last night!

@RonaldReagan was pro free trade and, the few times he used tariffs, he did so surgically and as a LAST resort. Trump uses them as a sledgehammer and as a FIRST resort. The 40th President would be ashamed of the 47th and today's Republican Party.

[Marcus M. Witcher @MarcusWitcher]

This afternoon I was interviewed on Reagan's views on free trade by David Cochrane for CBC's "Power and Politics" the most watched daily political news program in Canada. Very cool to do a television interview at that level.

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[Dave Hebert @Dave_Hebert]

Lots of people are saying things about Reagan and how Canada "misrepresented his views on protectionism." @MarcusWitcher and I already debunked this. Reagan was a free trader, through and through.

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[Univ Press of Kansas @Kansas_Press]

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[Dave Hebert @Dave_Hebert]

.@MarcusWitcher and I recorded a segment for @batchelorshow's Eye on the World on @CBSNews, which should be out soon. Our topic: Was Reagan a protectionist, was the VER a good idea, and how do Reagan and Trump compare?

The answers are "absolutely not; no but it was the best he could do; there are some similarities, but it's clear that @RonaldReagan would not have condoned the actions of @realDonaldTrump."

Indeed, Reagan would not even recognize the @GOP or the Republican Party today.

Links to articles in the first comment:

[Samuel Gregg @DrSamuelGregg]

In @CivitasOutlook my @aier colleague @Dave_Hebert and @MarcusWitcher explain why Ronald Reagan's approach to #trade is not the same as Donald Trump's:
https://t.co/3SR55CZTDt

[Marcus M. Witcher @MarcusWitcher]

Thanks to Ben Jones at the History 605 Podcast for having @davidtbeito and me on to discuss Rose Wilder Lane's political evolution, her columns at the Pittsburgh Courier, and how her ideas are still important today.

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[Dave Hebert @Dave_Hebert]

While there are some vague similarities, Trump partisans and apologists need to leave Reagan out of their discussions. There's no way Reagan would have endorsed or condoned Trump, as @MarcusWitcher and I argue in today's @CivitasOutlook.

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[Dave Hebert @Dave_Hebert]

Was Reagan a protectionist? Once you understand that choice is between actual options and not imagined ones, the answer is clear: absolutely not, as @MarcusWitcher and I argue in today's Daily Economy with @aier.

https://t.co/5mzqw0X3JE

[American Institute for Economic Research @aier]

Rather than risk starting a trade war by imposing “reciprocal tariffs,” Reagan encouraged domestic manufacturing by making it easier for other countries to import our manufactured goods.

Read @Dave_Hebert & @MarcusWitcher's latest: https://t.co/ujmSvoy0Zn

[Marcus M. Witcher @MarcusWitcher]

It's very cool to be quoted at length in this NPR article. On the one hand I'm happy that economic historians are in demand, on the other hand I wish it were to discuss pro growth policies rather than Trump's misguided tariffs. https://t.co/s9P09nZezH

[Marcus M. Witcher @MarcusWitcher]

@davidtbeito and I would like to thank Larry Reed for this wonderful review of Rose Lane Says. We hope everyone who loves liberty will give it and our edited collection a read. @feeonline

https://t.co/cg9LGDbTQH

[Marcus M. Witcher @MarcusWitcher]

It was great to be on The Bookmonger podcast with @heymiller to discuss Rose Lane Says. It's a collection of her op-eds at the Pittsburgh Courier in which she applied libertarian principles to the problems faced by black Americans. I edited it with @davidtbeito.

[John J. Miller @heymiller]

New podcast on a founding mother of libertarianism: "Rose Lane Says," edited by @MarcusWitcher & @davidtbeito, from @sdhspress https://t.co/GDIwhsEecx

[Online Library of Liberty @online_liberty]

.@LibertyEthics and @MarcusWitcher pay homage to the role of libertarians and classical liberals in the fight for equal right for all in #LibertyMatters: https://t.co/r2KVIStfO9

[Marcus M. Witcher @MarcusWitcher]

@davidtbeito and I wrote this preview for our edited collection: Rose Lane Says. Thanks to Jesse Walker and @reason Magazine for giving us an opportunity to publicize Lane's work at the Pittsburgh Courier.

https://t.co/CjAwmWbqiw

[Marcus M. Witcher @MarcusWitcher]

@LibertyEthics and I are very happy that our response essay titled "Classical Liberals and Libertarians Have Been Consistent Champions for Minority Rights" is now available:
https://t.co/rM4EVo9zQq

[Online Library of Liberty @online_liberty]

Classical liberals aren’t famous for their anti-racism, but maybe they should be.

@LibertyEthics and @MarcusWitcher lead off our 🆕 #LibertyMatters series at the OLL: https://t.co/4viLc3qM0C #AntiRacism #Abolitionists #AmericanFounding#Economics

[Marcus M. Witcher @MarcusWitcher]

@LibertyEthics and I are very pleased that our lead essay on how the classical liberal tradition has fought against racism is now available. We hope classical liberals and libertarians find this Liberty Matters discussion useful and invigorating.

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