保尔森先生在《支持特朗普关税的理由》（专栏文章，9月20日）一文中提出：“是否更合理地向进入美国市场的外国实体征税，而非对美国家庭新增税费？”他提出的这一问题情感强烈，但却与经济理论和大量的证据相左。
对于每一位经济学家而言，并且正如我接下来几周的入门经济学学生即将学习的内容一样：关税实为“对美国家庭的新税”。当面对引人入胜的理论和压倒性的证据时，自由贸易成为经济学家间的共识。这一次也不例外：消费者，而非外国生产者，将承担任何关税增加的成本。
新闻来源：www.wsj.com
原文地址：The Case for Trump’s Tariffs Doesn’t Persuade
新闻日期：2024-09-24
原文摘要：
In “The Case for Trump’s Tariffs” (op-ed, Sept. 20), John Paulson asks, “Isn’t it better to tax foreign entities for entering the American market than impose new taxes on American families?” His question is emotionally resonant but at odds with economic theory and mountains of evidence. As every economist can tell you, and as my introductory economics students will learn over the next few weeks, tariffs are “new taxes on American families.” Free trade became “orthodoxy” among economists in response to compelling theory and overwhelming evidence. This time isn’t different: American consumers, not foreign producers, will bear any tariff’s brunt.
