Export-Import Bank
As policymakers continue to debate the fate of the Export-Import Bank, research from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University calls into question the necessity of maintaining the 81-year-old government agency.
This page highlights research, charts, and commentary from a range of Mercatus scholars, demonstrating how the Export-Import Bank’s primary effect is to privilege favored firms at the expense of taxpayers and non-favored firms.
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POLICY SPOTLIGHT | The Export-Import Bank Is the Kind of Corporate Cronyism America Can’t Afford
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Ex-Im Bank’s Crony Activities | The John Batchelor Radio Show
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Extending Ex-Im Bank Financing to Domestic Markets is a Solution in Search of a Problem
Information Request on Potential Parameters of Export-Import Bank Financing for Domestic ProjectsAgency: Export-Import Bank of
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Export-Import Bank | The John Batchelor Radio Show
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Ex-Im Bank Competitiveness Doesn't Help Export Competitiveness
Members of the advisory board, members of the board of directors, thank you for the opportunity to submit this testimony. My
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Export-Import Bank | The John Batchelor Radio Show
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Bad Reporting from the Wall Street Journal on the Ex-Im Bank
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Tough Lessons From Economics
Veronique de Rugy appears on the podcast How Do We Fix It to discuss tax policy, debt, deficits, and the Ex-Im Bank. Listen here
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Veronique de Rugy on The John Batchelor Show - Ex-Im's Pandemic Cronyism
Veronique exposes the truth behind the "temporary" measures that the Ex-Im Bank adopted during the pandemic and is now
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Don’t Be Fooled: The Export-Import Bank Is in the Big-Business Business
The Ex-Im Bank's cronyism points to a larger pattern of cronyism that pervades government. Read more at National Review.
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How the Cronyism Sausage Is Made
Veronique de Rugy reports on the Ex-Im Bank's shockingly crooked Mozambique deal. Read more at National Review.
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Veronique de Rugy on The John Batchelor Show - Ex-Im and Energy Policy
Veronique de Rugy explains the role the Export-Import Bank plays in the Biden Administrations green energy plan. Listen on
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The Fox Is Watching the Henhouse: Green Energy Edition
The Export-Import Bank, which has poured taxpayer dollars into the oil and gas sector, is now expected to play a role in
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Veronique de Rugy on The John Batchelor Show - The Export-Import Bank
Veronique de Rugy lays bare the cronyism of the Ex-Im Bank and explains why nothing will change under President Biden. Listen on
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Memo to Team Biden: Rein in the Export-Import Bank
It leads to cronyism, fights battles it’s not equipped for, and may undermine your goals. Read more at Discourse.
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Political Pandering to Hide Incompetence: Ex-Im Edition
The Ex-Im Bank is supposed to fight China, but instead, its bloated cronyism is making America more like China. Read more at
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A Very Bad Bet
Only Washington could devise a scheme to support US jobs by financing Mexico’s scandal- and debt-ridden state-owned oil company