What William Graham Sumner thinks about tariffs

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American sociologist (1840 to 1910); author of What Social Classes Owe to Each Other.

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1 dated position, c. 1883, in their own words. Our reading of what William Graham Sumner has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1883

   Our readingA protective tariff is the greatest job of all

   Their wordsThe greatest job of all is a protective tariff. It includes the biggest log-rolling and the widest corruption of economic and political ideas.

   ↗What Social Classes Owe to Each Other (1883)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book