The Hidden Cost of Tariffs: A Lesson from Bastiat’s Seen and Unseen
https://mises.org/mises-wire/hidden-cost-tariffs-lesson-bastiats-seen-and-unseen
By Richard Martin
> The great French economist Frédéric Bastiat wrote that we should not look just at the visible results of government economic intervention, but also the good things that the intervention keeps from happening. Trump’s tariffs are a good example.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/907471
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