Replacing the income tax, protecting American workers, serving as a negotiating tool, reducing the national deficit, reducing national debt, and more. We're told that tariffs are going to do all sorts of great things. 

Mark Thornton sets the record straight and explains why tariffs are unequivocally a bad thing.

"The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg" by Mark Thornton: Mises.org/U4_A

"Ludwig von Mises on Trade, Human Development, and Human Progress" by Mark Thornton: Mises.org/U4_B 

"The Political Economy of Protectionism" by Thomas DiLorenzo: Mises.org/U4_C

"Protectionism and Immigration Reform" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/U4_D

"Protectionism Abroad and Socialism at Home" by Ron Paul: Mises.org/U4_E

"Protectionism Is Not the Answer to the Canadian Fur Trade’s Problems" by Daniella Bassi: Mises.org/U4_F

"Mises on Protectionism and Immigration" by Matthew McCaffrey: Mises.org/U4_G

"Herbert Spencer: Protectionism Is Aggressionism" by Gary Galles: Mises.org/U4_H

"Protectionism Is Immoral, Unjust, and Corrupt" by James Bovard: Mises.org/U4_I

"Review of Peddling Protectionism: Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression by Douglas A. Irwin" by David Howden (QJAE 18, no. 2 ): Mises.org/U4_J

"Protectionism, War and the Southern Tradition" by Lew Rockwell (The Costs of War): Mises.org/U4_K

"Protectionism: Origin and Effects" by Thomas DiLorenzo (Mises University 2010): Mises.org/U4_L

"Free Trade vs. Protectionism" by Carmen Elena Dorobăț (Mises University 2024): Mises.org/U4_M

"Free Trade vs. Protectionism" by Shawn Ritenour (Mises University 2022): Mises.org/U4_N

"Free Trade vs. Protectionism" by Lucas M. Engelhardt (Mises University 2023): Mises.org/U4_O

"Clarifying Economists Arguments about International Trade" by Bob Murphy (Human Action Podcast): Mises.org/U4_P

"Do Trump Tariffs Make Sense" (The Bob Murphy Show): Mises.org/U4_Q

"Here's why Trump thinks tariffs are good for the US — and what the experts say" by Aimee Picchi (CBS News): Mises.org/U4_R

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Music: “My Universe” ℗ 2006 Kate Higgins (katehiggins.com). Used with permission.

All politics aside, in the modern capitalistic society, population and population growth—or decline—is a matter of choice. We need not worry about running out of resources, land, people, and energy.

See also the "Population" episode of the Minor Issues Podcast: Mises.org/Minor64

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Music: “My Universe” ℗ 2006 Kate Higgins (katehiggins.com). Used with permission.

Is equality good and inequality bad?

Over the known history of man, increasing economic inequality is associated with rising standards of living for all. Using common analogies, increased economic inequality lifts all boats, and not only increases the size of the economic pie, but also cuts everyone larger pieces of pie.

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Music: “My Universe” ℗ 2006 Kate Higgins (katehiggins.com). Used with permission.

Well-functioning labor markets and the rise of Western Civilization—and our standard of living—is not an accident, coincidence, or a matter of chance.

The topic of this episode is probably familiar to most everyone—especially the arguments on both sides of the political debate. Mark largely ignores the politics, however, and digs deeper into more important aspects of the issue. Minimum wage laws don't have to be politically divisive. Can minimum wage policy achieve shared goals and shared values?

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Music: "My Universe" ℗ 2006 Kate Higgins (katehiggins.com). Used with permission.

Mark Thornton launches a new podcast called Unanimity: Where Thoughts Matter. Exploring basic concepts of the world and humanity, he hopes to unlock the mystery of widespread disagreeableness in society. Please subscribe to this monthly podcast at Mises.org/Unanimity.

Unanimity will not replace the weekly Minor Issues podcast.