Connie on Nostr: Consumption taxes are the better ones. Tariffs generate distortions in the market and ...
Consumption taxes are the better ones. Tariffs generate distortions in the market and have side effects that harm consumers in the long run. For example, by protecting certain industries they can make them inefficient, less competitive and less innovative; as a result, the consumer receives a product with an unfavorable price-quality ratio compared to a free market situation.
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