Economics/Class Relations

Over 1,500 Scholars Agree: Trump’s Tariffs Are Terrible

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April 26, 2025
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Over 1,500 Scholars Agree: Trump’s Tariffs Are Terrible

Reason interviewed five signatories of the Anti-Tariff Declaration— including Senior Fellow Michael C. Munger, Senior Fellow Benjamin Powell, and Research Fellow David Henderson—to learn why they oppose tariffs and support free trade.

“Tariffs are bad domestic policy, and bad foreign policy,” said Munger.

“Tariffs will harm the well-being of average Americans while failing to achieve the stated and often mutually contradictory objectives of their advocates,” said Powell.

Henderson warned Trump’s tariffs jeopardize 80 years of progress toward free trade.

Sell IRS Guns and Ammo to the People

Policy Fellow K. Lloyd Billingsley knows how to reduce the deficit: sell IRS guns and ammo.

Free Stuff is Expensive

Research Fellow Art Carden argues it takes more than simply starting farmer’s markets and building playgrounds to help the poor.

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Political Central Banks

Senior Fellow Judy Shelton argues central bankers, including Christine Lagarde, head of the European Central Bank, have become too political, powerful, and permanent.

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The Frederick News-Post

Research Associate Jonathan Hofer argues gang deportations are a fool’s errand; instead, end the drug war. Read more »

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Ave Maria Radio

Senior Fellow Robert Whaples, editor of Pope Francis and the Caring Society (now 50% off!), discusses the legacy of Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21st. Listen now »

The Library of Economics and Liberty

Research Fellow David Henderson urges readers to sign the Anti-Tariff Declaration. Read more »

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WABC Radio’s “Moore Money with Steve Moore” show

Senior Fellow Judy Shelton critiques Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell’s overtly political comments and describes what she would do if she were the Fed Chair. Listen now »

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The Tennessee Informer

Research Fellow William J. Watkins, Jr., joins The Tennessee Informer host Dave Vance to ask the provocative and unflinching question: Is it time to topple the 14th Amendment? Watch now »

The Unseen and The Unsaid Substack

Resarch Associate Caleb Petitt explains how tax competition kept taxes remarkably low throughout the colonial period, which fostered a love of liberty and limited government in the American colonists. Read more »

Independent.org

Senior Fellow Alvaro Vargas writes a moving tribute to his late father, Nobel laureate and novelist Mario Vargas Llosa. Read more »

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C-SPAN

Senior Fellow Robert M. Whaples is interviewed on C-SPAN’s Book TV about the book he edited, Pope Francis and the Caring Society (now 50% off!). Watch now »

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