Economists, the Trump Tariffs, and Alternatives
One should not jump from the condemnation of Trump’s tariffs by economists (and others) to an acceptance of free trade as a key to economic progress.
Ask yourselves, Ronald Reagan asked the electorate in 1980, whether you are better off or worse off than you were
Why has our economy switched so greatly away from manufacturing that produces real goods and services that provide real value and towards speculative, financial activity--everything from mergers and acquisitions to derivatives, off-shore tax shelters, and other scams? --Glen W. Spielbauer, Dallas,