They raise prices and reduce purchasing power. Taxes aren’t always bad, but the question is what we hope to accomplish with tariffs. President Joe Biden imposed tariffs on a limited number of items.

Dean Baker co-founded the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), where he is a senior economist. His areas of research include housing and macroeconomics, intellectual property ...

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To paraphrase Shakespeare, a tax by any other name costs as much. Despite President Donald Trump’s self-professed love affair with tariffs, they are a tax just like any other tax.