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Want To Kill The Middle Class? Try Tariffs

Earlier this month, the United States and China called a temporary truce in the countries’ months-long trade war, though difficult negotiations are required for the peace to hold. Matthew Rooney, managing director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, joins host Krys Boyd to make the case that excessive tariffs raise prices, kill jobs and inhibit innovation, which he writes about in the current issue of The Catalyst.