Mises U 2025

Debate: Higher Tariff Taxes Will Create Prosperity

Tags: Taxes and Spending

07/26/2024 Murray Sabrin

Hosted live at Mises Unviversity 2025, Spencer Morrison, author of Reshore: How Tariffs Will Bring Our Jobs Home, faces off with economist Murray Sabrin over the economic merits and pitfalls of tariffs. Morrison argues that strategic tariffs protect national industries, foster innovation, and maintain economic independence, while Sabrin counters that free trade and economic freedom consistently deliver greater prosperity and peace. Both debaters examine historical evidence, current economic policy, and practical implications of interventionism versus open markets, providing a nuanced discussion on one of economics’ enduring controversies.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on July 25, 2025.

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