And how do you know the historical record disagrees with them? Lawyers told you?
Here is a link to a article on the history of tariffs.
As you can see, high tariffs were the norm and were present during the many of the periods of rapid growth.
Logical fallacy of the single cause as well as cause and effect. The question before we proceed was how you know you know more than economists about economics. Both my education and business experience tells me they are right. Microeconomics is based on humans acting in their own self interest, which we do, and macroeconomics is how when you take a system of self interested people markets evolve. Everything in my experience backed up what I learned in school.
What was your epiphany that OMG, they are wrong and you are right? You need to share the source of that insight to convince me, not just keep repeating that you do
Except that I am not the one arguing that tariffs are the single cause that will lead to economic growth and better jobs.
You are the one arguing that a single cause, ie tariffs, will cause lack of economic growth and fewer jobs.
And the fact that you are focused on finding excuses to dismiss my case, rather then defend yours based on it's merits is STILL the Logical Fallacy of Appeal to Authority.
Have you considered how your financial and emotional investment in this issue could be coloring your perception of it?
Gotcha. It's only my "financial and emotional investment" that keeps me from seeing that you do in fact know more than economists about the economy, even though you can't explain how you know that.
Which is not at all what I said. YOu are conflating two separate points to make a strawman to attack.
And responding to neither of them.
And still, instead of discussing the topic, you are spending your time looking for rationalizations to NOT defend your position based on it's merits.
So, how do you know that? How do you know that you know more than economists about the economy? And BTW, they have seen all those charts ...
How do I know what?
That our economy, which you claimed was made number one by Free Trade, actually became number one during a period of high tariffs?
It is an historical fact, which I have supported with a footnoted article with historical statistics.
I know that that contradicts what you claimed would happen in a high tariff environment.
You have done nothing to support your various claims other than Appeal to Authority, citing both yourself and unnamed economists.
Oh, and lots of buzzwords and calling into doubt my credibility to speak on the matter.
