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Following Up: A Bad Tariff Plan: The Disaster of Smoot-Hawley
The general purpose of my follow-up articles is twofold: first, to explain why I find the topic interesting and important, and second, to review the books I used for my article. Sometimes, it isn’t easy to see why a casual reader may find the topic worth reading. Luckily, this is not the case with the…
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A Bad Tariff Plan: The Disaster of Smoot-Hawley
Passing Smoot-Hawley Picture this: You’re a Republican in Congress in 1928. You’ve controlled the government for the last eight years, and the economy is booming. So, what do you want to do next? Is it introducing painful tariffs that mess with international trade? If not, you’re not a Republican Congressman in 1928. The situation I…
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