Craig Eyermann | Monday June 10, 2019 at 12:29 PM PDT
According to Bloomberg, the cost of tariffs may soon exceed the benefits of tax cuts for middle earner households by a big margin.
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Tag: tariffs
K. Lloyd Billingsley | Thursday June 6, 2019 at 10:29 AM PDT
Whatever one thinks of Trump tariffs on all Mexican goods, a key back story is not being reported in the establishment media.
Robert Higgs | Monday June 3, 2019 at 10:52 AM PDT
Apart from practical difficulties and impossibilities, a Trumpian trade triumph, even if it could be achieved, would be a horrible objective to attain.
Craig Eyermann | Friday April 19, 2019 at 1:40 PM PDT
Together, faster economic growth and increased numbers of Americans earning higher incomes led to increased individual tax collections.
Robert Higgs | Tuesday February 19, 2019 at 9:59 AM PST
Tariffs make superior offers less desirable for buyers by making them more costly.
Robert Higgs | Wednesday February 13, 2019 at 11:41 AM PST
You simply can’t make people better off by removing options from them.
Robert Higgs | Friday November 2, 2018 at 4:12 PM PDT
Two cases of government obstructions at the border.
Alvaro Vargas Llosa | Tuesday August 21, 2018 at 9:00 AM PDT
Mounting debt and rising inflation are driving Turkey’s financial crisis.
Robert Higgs | Thursday July 26, 2018 at 9:00 AM PDT
The only way to win a trade war is not to fight one.
Robert Higgs | Wednesday July 18, 2018 at 4:23 PM PDT
Government interference neglects the nuance of trade.
