Why Wall Street hates tariffs – and Main Street should love them

That is, the more that we manufacture, the lower the price of each unit of production becomes. Because the trade deficit causes inflation – not of goods but of assets and debts – the financial instruments that generate profit for the financial class. Instead, they manipulate the American public to promote a trade policy that inflates the price of assets that they already own – real estate and stocks – at the expense of the livelihoods of ordinary Americans.

Author: Spencer Morrison

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