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Offline endicom

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Spencer P. Morrison
Mar. 19, 2018

Ben Shapiro likes to say, “Facts don’t care about your feelings.” Shapiro on Thursday responded to my article “Why Ben Shapiro is Wrong on Free Trade” with his own piece: “Yes, Tariffs Are Still Stupid. Here’s Why.” He also talked about my article on the “Ben Shapiro Show.” Shapiro made it crystal clear: he hates tariffs.

But no matter how Ben feels, the fact remains: tariffs work.

Intellectual Whack-a-Mole

Shapiro begins with two rather embarrassing mistakes. First, he misstates the name of this publication. Second, he commits a call to authority fallacy—precisely the error I accused him of last week. Shapiro writes:

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Re: Yes, Ben Shapiro is Still Wrong on Tariffs. Here’s Why
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2018, 10:17:41 pm »
Got a link... perhaps I missed it. @endicom
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Re: Yes, Ben Shapiro is Still Wrong on Tariffs. Here’s Why
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2018, 10:20:34 pm »
Got a link... perhaps I missed it. @endicom

Nope, I missed it, @Sighlass. Fixed now. Thanks.


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Re: Yes, Ben Shapiro is Still Wrong on Tariffs. Here’s Why
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2018, 10:05:25 pm »
Nope, I missed it, @Sighlass. Fixed now. Thanks.

Thanks, it is a good read.
Exodus 18:21 Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders over ....