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“The Case for Tariffs” Confuses U.S. History

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April 5, 2025

“The Case for Tariffs” Confuses U.S. History
Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip W. Magness sets the record straight on the disastrous Smoot-Hawley tariff and urges today’s policymakers not to make the same mistake.

No, Immigrants Aren’t Responsible for the Housing Shortage. Here’s the Real Cause.
Research Fellow Christopher Calton argues that if cities and states deregulated their housing markets so developers could build more freely, housing would quickly become more abundant regardless of how many people crossed the border.

Trump Needs Real Budget Slashing, Not DOGE’s Smoke and Mirrors
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland argues that instead of relying on DOGE’s gimmicks, the Trump administration should use budgetary processes to appropriate federal money.

HHS Terminates California’s ‘Wasteful’ DEI Grants
Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley calls on RFK Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya to investigate why so many federal grants were designed primarily to bolster DEI and transgenderism.

MORE MEDIA ATTENTION

New York Post

Journalists Ariel Zilber and Taylor Herzlich quote Senior Fellow and David J .Theroux Chair Phillip Magness on Trump’s chaotic approach tariffs. Read more »

The College Fix

Maria Davis of Liberty University praises Let Colleges Fail by Senior Fellow Richard Vedder. Read more »

Canada’s National Post

Journalist J. D. Tucille quotes Senior Fellow Benjamin Powell on Trump’s ill-conceived protectionist policies. Read more »

Cato.org

Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip Magness explains why Trump’s tariffs aren’t reciprocal and are a massive tax increase on Americans. Read more »

The Library of Economics and Liberty

On the subject of tariffs, Research Fellow David Henderson asks: what would true reciprocity mean? Read more »

Reason

Senior Fellow Stephen Halbrook explains how narrow SCOTUS decisions leave ATF regulation in limbo. Read more »

PODCAST

Cato Daily Podcast

Senior Fellow and David J. Theroux Chair Phillip Magness joins Caleb O. Brown to discuss how the Right and the Left obscure inconvenient history to protect their narratives. Read more »

The College Fix

Pedro Rodriguez-Aparicio of Florida State University quotes Senior Fellow Richard Vedder on the ineffectiveness of the student loan forgiveness program. Read more »

David Henderson’s Substack

Research Fellow David Henderson writes about his trade deficit with “those rascals” at Safeway.” Read more »

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