First Principles: Tariffs Tend To Increase Prices For the Items Being Protected

“Measures which serve to abridge the free competition of foreign Articles, have a tendency to occasion an enhancement of prices.” – Alexander Hamilton (1791)

While the purposes behind the tariffs might be well intended.  The outcome is not very likely to be as intended.

 

 

 

 

 

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