Tariffs Mean Lost Jobs

Tags: Cronyism and Corporatism, Free Markets, Unemployment, U.S. Economy

07/29/2025 Joshua Mawhorter

The goalposts are continually changing (more like fallacy-hopping), but one would-be goal of tariffs needs to be confronted—tariffs for domestic job protection.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/tariffs-mean-lost-jobs

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