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Tariffs Are Not Enough

The tariff sledgehammer has a role, but it's a limited one.

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May 08, 2025
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There's an inherent tension in State-Corporate Capitalism. Proponents of the free market hold that any state Industrial Policy will fail because the State cannot pick the winners and losers as effectively as The Market. Yet Corporate Capitalism continually lobbies the State to lower interest rates and taxes, weaken the currency to make corporate product…

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