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Do you think the economies of the various US states would improve if we instituted tariffs and restricted the flow of trade between states? If you agree that t
by esoterica 6y ago
Do you think the economies of the various US states would improve if we instituted tariffs and restricted the flow of trade between states?
If you agree that tariffs between states would be a disaster for the economy then why do you think tariffs between countries would magically help industry?
- blululu 6y agoThis is a false equivalence. The obvious difference is that states are bound by a shared legal, financial and political system. The externalities are internalized.
- andrewjl 6y agoI don't think it's necessarily false equivalence to say that if you assume a group of states can be bound in the same [legal, financial and political] ways that a single state is. I get that it's a near-identical variant of the argument you're making, but you have an unstated assumption that effective supra-national political (or otherwise) systems cannot exist. The Five Eyes is an example to the contrary. ASEAN is another in a more economic vein. These examples shown it's possible to achieve a balance between respecting national sovereignty and avoiding inter-state armed conflict. We could probably use more of them these days, global trends notwithstanding.
- thatcat 6y agoYou can’t just say tariffs in general bc certain tariffs may be beneficial while others are not when viewed individually in the context of each state. CA imposing water intensive agriculture based tariffs on exports would be a reasonable choice for example, while a tech tariff would not.
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoThats like saying: "separating violent criminals from general population is bad just like separating kids from parents is harmfull."