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caminantetoday at 12:08 AM2 repliesview on HN

Wait.

We agree.

Saying it needs to be a sustained increase is consistent with what I said above.


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dragonwritertoday at 1:22 AM

No, we do not agree.

The introduction of tariffs does, assuming no additional countervailing policy changes, result in sustained general price increases. (Over time, adaptation to the tariffs will, in cases where there aren't hard reasons preventing this, become more diffuse across products than they are initially at introduction, but the net long-term effect is still a general price increase.)

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lovichtoday at 12:29 AM

Do tariffs increase the price I pay for an imported item subject to tariffs?

Yes or no? No quibbling about other shit.

Does the price increase?