Protectionism and Free Trade

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David Gordon

When economists idolize "efficiency" while ignoring property rights, they can justify pretty much anything.

Nicholas DeSimone

American tariffs are just taxes on Americans, and its the American consumer who will suffer most.

William Poole

Why attack the most vulnerable in our society, who benefit enormously from inexpensive imported retail goods?

T. Norman Van Cott

The Constitutional ban on export duties has always been a hollow victory. Export tariffs are analytically equivalent to import tariffs.

Ryan McMaken

Business owners understand that the key to prosperity is to reduce costs and deliver more goods to the customer. Wage workers, however, often want higher prices in order to "protect" their jobs.

Jeffrey Harding

Trump’s trade war is not about about being patriotic or protecting American businesses. It is about politics and bad economics.