What educated person thinks tariffs help the US economy? At best

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Apr 15, 2019
6:16:33am

BeefNoodleSoup All-American

They're a price we're paying for better terms of trade.

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BeefNoodleSoup

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5 observations from my recent work trip to China, Malaysia, and Thailand

CrimWalCoug All-American in practice

4/15/19 12:49am

#1 in your list: history of life

Heinz57

4/15/19 1:13am

It's interesting how the tariffs seemed to work mainly as intended. As near as

ArchbishopMitty

4/15/19 1:23am

Who knows how they were "intended" for, but they have been generally harmful

ryebrye

4/15/19 5:30am

What educated person thinks tariffs help the US economy? At best

BeefNoodleSoup

4/15/19 6:16am

What educated person can’t see both sides of a discussion?

Pretorian

4/15/19 6:51am

What both sides? This is something that can be mathematically proven. That's why

BeefNoodleSoup

4/15/19 7:09am

99.9% is probably a better estimate. Very few non-Marxist economists disagree.

chilango

4/15/19 7:43am

AEA poll showed 87%. Only immigration polled higher (although immigration is

BeefNoodleSoup

4/15/19 7:48am

Surprised it’s only 87%. Must be a lot of Marxist economists out there.

chilango

4/15/19 7:50am

Marxists aren't allowed in the AEA.

BeefNoodleSoup

4/15/19 7:51am

Are you sure? When I was studying Econ at BYU, the faculty at utah was

chilango

4/15/19 7:57am

Utah has about 3-4 of them, including the department head.

BeefNoodleSoup

4/15/19 8:02am

Does China have free trade? I can't say I'm totally into these trade economics

Pretorian

4/15/19 10:38am

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chilango

4/15/19 12:03pm

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chilango

4/15/19 7:42am

Better IP protections is one of the goals.

BeefNoodleSoup

4/15/19 7:49am

Supposedly. But in the case of the massive steel and aluminum tariffs that have

chilango

4/15/19 7:52am

those are just bargaining chips

BeefNoodleSoup

4/15/19 8:09am

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chilango

4/15/19 8:35am

Whether they actually help the US achieve better, more fair trade deals.....

StarMan

4/15/19 8:09am

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chilango

4/15/19 8:41am

Thanks for sharing. It's good to see globalization equalize incomes across the

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