Trump is calling for steep tariffs to “protect” the steel and aluminum industries, and for retributive tariffs more generally. Can anything but free trade be “fair” or “smart”? This and more on today’s show. See Program Notes, below, for stories, etc., I plan to discuss.
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Program Notes
If you understood what “free” meant—what free trade is, why it’s both moral and necessary for *human* life—you would consider the last two redundant. https://t.co/z0fOqmI2R6
— Amy Peikoff 🇺🇸 (@AmyPeikoff) March 1, 2018
So basically you’re calling for affirmative action in trade? https://t.co/z0fOqmI2R6
— Amy Peikoff 🇺🇸 (@AmyPeikoff) March 1, 2018
Yes, analogous to affirmative action. Each relying on two wrongs making a right.
— Amy Peikoff 🇺🇸 (@AmyPeikoff) March 1, 2018
So let’s import steel, and shift workers to industries where we have a comparative advantage.
Affirmative action—including affirmative action in trade—is not the American Way. https://t.co/0TdraxsPIX
— Amy Peikoff 🇺🇸 (@AmyPeikoff) March 2, 2018
Are you sure you want to rely on an ad baculum argument? If so, discussion is over.
— Amy Peikoff 🇺🇸 (@AmyPeikoff) March 2, 2018
So freedom is no longer fair or smart? Somehow I missed the memo. https://t.co/N8X154VViJ
— Amy Peikoff 🇺🇸 (@AmyPeikoff) March 2, 2018
And now for something (almost) completely different:
You mean, in the same way you “respect” women? https://t.co/or4TD7jyXu
— Amy Peikoff 🇺🇸 (@AmyPeikoff) March 1, 2018
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