The “Starbucks Effect”: Trade in the North American Neighborhood

By Andrea Durkin/CATEGORIES: , , ,

Last year, real estate research group Zillow determined that homes located within a quarter-mile of a Starbucks coffee shop increased in value by 96 percent. Starbucks is a premium brand. So is North America. We’re lucky in the United States because Canada and Mexico are the kind of neighbors that increase our value.

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What’s in a Number?

By Scott Miller/CATEGORIES: , , ,

Every trade negotiation is an exercise in pushing the government-imposed cronyism out of the way and freeing up space for markets to work, which is good for consumers and for economic freedom.

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Made in North America

By Andrea Durkin/CATEGORIES: , , , , ,

On the average day, approximately $2.4 billion worth—2 million tons—of goods move between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Co-production of world-class products made has given North America an advantage over other regions in the world.

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