Figures why is it every time I ask for hard data from the tariff opponents they will never come up with it. I can do the math in regression anaysis and I can verify if it true or not as can othe mathemeticians.
I thought, for a moment, that you were actually interesting in learning something about the tariff.
I am interested in learning everything I can about tariffs. So far what I have learned is no one who argues that tariffs on imports to the USA are bad for the USA can or will come forward with evidence to justify that position. Oh yes I also learned that before the tariff of 1789 US wages were below those of England and after some years of protective tariffs in place they where higher than England's. I actually do remeber this from other sources but you brought it to mind. The historical record is out there if tariffs or bad for the USA then someone should be able to post the evidence. SO far all we have for evidence is the published conclusions of some individuals based up we know not what verifiable facts. Scholarship involves checking referneces and tracing back to at least seconday sources for factual data.
If you want a regression analysis of US China trade here is one here That IS the historical record. You cannot debate one variable without holding others constant, which requires computer regression analyses to perform. So if you don't want to accept the scholarship that is out there---and won't go check it out for yourself, then this whole things was a giant miscommunication.
So if I do not accept the conclusions you cited from teh scholarship out there I am not debating teh historical record. Please note you have been provided wit a regression analysis on US China trade relatiosn. I do not expectyou to simply accept it because I provided it to rather read it digest it and perhaps you will agree with its conclusions. yes it dry and not a "fun read" to many but it supports the idea that the currenttade policy with China is a disaster for the USA. I note this is the Historical recoird. I asked for proff from you I ahve herwith provided a link to even more proof. Yes 64 pages is a long read. We both know there are fashions in economic thinking and the current fashion is that tariffs are bad. This is based on computer regression analysis that does have some highly suspect assumptions in my opinion and assumptios are strictly a matter of opinion.
let me go back to Euclidian geometry Postulates can not be proven or disproven they are the assumptions uponwhich Geometry is built. Clearly if parallel lines were difined as two lines that eventually cross when one travels far enogh on those lines we would be dealing with a field of study whose conclusions would be entirely different. Postulates must be self-evident. Further in regression analysis the equations must be correct and the programing of the equations must be direct.
When you state tariffs harm teh anton that imposes them you are contardicting what appears to be observed reality. When questioned the justification must be clear and available or what you are stating should not be accepted. Clearly also an interdisciplinary approach is required.
I really was hoping you could show me the data that would convince me. Links to published articles on teh internet including the regression analysisi that debunks what you have been provided a link to would have been appreciated. I prefer that policy be decided on fact not theory and I clearly would have been interested in some actual evidence taht stood up of a tariff actually harming the nation that imposed it. I suspect one could come up with an example where teh tariff was only a tax increase and not off set by tax decreases. i am actually saddened taht you can not or will not come up with such information. I am just a poor working stiff not an academic. yes I do have degrees that include finace mathematics and history but I do not teach at a university. I thought certainly an academic could provide such information.
1) That is exactly why I tried to education you on exactly what the scholarly studies say.
2) Simply listing a series of wool prices from the 1830s establishes nothing except what wool prices were. That's why people do STUDIES, which you are unwilling to confront.
Hope all you people are getting this: I've offered the SPECFIC studies, the data, and he still doesn't want to examine it. Now we're at Euclid.