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The Menace of Tariffs

Keith Preston

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2024
The erection of tariff walls has the same effect as the erection of real walls. It is significant that the protectionists habitually use the language of warfare.
–  Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., “The Menace of Tariffs” [2024]

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I’m currently driving to Texas and have two goals before I return to Virginia: one, to finish listening to the audio version of Jim Bovard’s excellent book Last Rights (which I can already highly recommend even without yet finishing the book) and, two, listen to Linda Ronstadt’s 24 albums.
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