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Tariff Fight: California vs. Texas

The economics of spite.

Andrew Heaton and Austin Bragg | 6.28.2025 10:10 AM


Actors playing California and Texas mayors stand in front of their state flags. | ReasonTV
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It's not who ends up worse off, but who ends up worst off.

Andrew Heaton is a producer at Reason. He is the author of, most recently, Tribalism Is Dumb: Where It Came From, How It Got so Bad, and What To Do About It.

Austin Bragg is a senior producer at Reason.

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