"The economists all agree tariffs are terrible!" And perhaps they do—or at least most of them do. Barriers to free and unfettered trade may well appear "inefficient" as a matter of an economic model's ...

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Worse still, tariffs also crimp economic growth by creating “deadweight loss", as demand is skewed towards domestic companies even when they are less efficient. As a consequence, resources are ...

Whenever the subject of trade comes up, many right-leaning free traders and left-leaning neoliberals alike trot out the same ...