Johnlocke iconJohnlockeSep 28, 2026

Time for a return to free trade

Phil Gramm and Donald Boudreaux predict a Republican revolt against tariffs. Real economic growth is slowing, consumer prices rising, and real wages stagnating.

Time for a return to free trade

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Phil Gramm and Donald Boudreaux predict a Republican revolt against tariffs.

Real economic growth is slowing, consumer prices rising, and real wages stagnating.

Since the founding, tariffs have proved toxic to the party that implemented them.

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Phil Gramm and Donald Boudreaux predict a Republican revolt against tariffs. Real economic growth is slowing, consumer prices rising, and real wages stagnating. Since the founding, tariffs have proved toxic to the party that implemented them.

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Donald Trump's tariffs are hurting Americans. Now the Republican Party is set to pay for it.

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