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The scientific tariff : from origins to the travails of F. W. Taussig

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  • Rebeca Gomez Betancourt

    (TRIANGLE - Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - IEP Lyon - Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Stephen Meardon

    (Bowdoin College [Brunswick])

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The idea of a scientific tariff took root in the US after the Civil War. Generally, the idea was that tariffs could best be made by executive action under advisement of appointed experts; specifically, tariffs should counterbalance unequal costs of production between foreign and domestic producers. Economist Frank W. Taussig campaigned publicly for the establishment of the US Tariff Commission as a council of experts. Later, beginning in the 1920s, he was dismayed when it became a vehicle for implementing the scientific tariff. This article tells the history of the scientific tariff with particular attention to Taussig's ambivalence.

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  • Rebeca Gomez Betancourt & Stephen Meardon, 2025. "The scientific tariff : from origins to the travails of F. W. Taussig," Post-Print halshs-05219588, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-05219588
    DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2025.2530392
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