Tag Border Adjustment Tax

The Price of Decency

Silhouette of a person juggling four balls in an open field at sunrise.

Free trade, as practiced, rewards the dirtiest hands and punishes the cleanest. A Border Adjustment Tax flips that script—charging nations for the damage they export along with their goods. It’s not perfect, but it’s a start: a market where the cheapest product finally pays the real price of its making.