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Trump Tariffs as National Sales Tax
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Trump Tariffs as National Sales Tax

Authors
Steve Hanke
Outlet
Fortune Magazine
Type
Op-ed
Date published
August 26, 2025
Countries/regions
United States of America
Topic
Tariffs
URL
https://fortune.com/2025/08/26/trump-tariffs-us-economic-outlook-growth-inflation-debt/
Place

It's Time to Unmask the Trump Tariffs for What They Really Are: A Giant National Sales Tax

Authors: Steve H. Hanke and Shawn Tully

Outlet: Fortune

Date: August 26, 2025

Hanke and Tully argue that Trump's tariffs function as a giant national sales tax that will hobble U.S. economic growth.

Read at Fortune

Full Citation:

"It's time to unmask the Trump tariffs for what they really are: A giant national sales tax that will hobble U.S. economic growth," Fortune, August 26, 2025 (with Shawn Tully).