What exactly are tariffs, and how do they work? How do they drive up prices? Are tariffs a way to protect the U.S. economy from hostile powers like the Communist Party of China? No, not really. Or a way to protect the supply chains on which U.S. military supremacy depends? No, not that either. In short, tariffs are toxic, and we discuss why that is.
In this far-reaching and compelling Independent Conversation, bestselling author, classicist and historian Victor Davis Hanson is interviewed by Dr. Graham H. Walker (Executive Director,...
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Both our presidential candidates, and their policy teams, seem to be suffering from a bad case of economic illiteracy, in somewhat different ways …...