David R. Henderson

David R. Henderson, emeritus professor of economics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, is a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He was a senior economist at President Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1982 to 1984. He is editor of The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics and the author of The Joy of Freedom: An Economist’s Odyssey. He blogs at econlog.econlib.org.

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War-Fighting and the Loss of Liberty

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In response to: Between a Mirage and a Mistake: Correcting American Grand Strategy

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If we forswore military intervention in other countries, we could still affect the world in a positive way through free trade.

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Democratization Isn’t as Hard as You Think It Is

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The liberal international order is a useful tool of American security; defending and supporting it is pragmatic, not utopian.

Kim’s Grand Strategy

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From the pages of rocket man’s diary.

Grand Strategy: David Tucker Responds to His Critics

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It can’t simply be taken for granted that democracy in individual states is compatible with the liberal international order.

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He’s Good and Bad on Foreign Affairs, Good and Bad on the Economy

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In response to: The Price of Trump: Year One Reflections on an Unconventional Presidency

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump celebrates Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the South Lawn of the White House. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Trump’s biggest triumphs for liberty are in the area of regulation and taxes.

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Trump, the Great De-Mythologizer

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If there were a Cult of Trump, his supporters wouldn't criticize him. They do—oftener and in more serious ways than George W. Bush's fans criticized him.

Making Politics Possible Again

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Those who fear that the good ideas Trump champions will be tainted by his unsavory character are not thinking politically.

Greg Weiner Responds to His Critics

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Nothing about Trump's lying or vulgarity has contributed to his policy successes.

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