Why Smart People Are Rightly Confused About Tariffs
Replacing the income tax, protecting American workers, serving as a negotiating tool, reducing the national deficit, reducing national debt, and more. We're told that tariffs are going to do all sorts of great things.
Mark Thornton sets the record straight and explains why tariffs are unequivocally a bad thing.
Additional Resources
"The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg" by Mark Thornton: Mises.org/U4_A
"Ludwig von Mises on Trade, Human Development, and Human Progress" by Mark Thornton: Mises.org/U4_B
"The Political Economy of Protectionism" by Thomas DiLorenzo: Mises.org/U4_C
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