Lynn Fischer Fox
@fischerfox.bsky.social
Latte drinking, bike riding, kale eating, planet loving, solar powered, trade warrior.
This was very good! So good we watched it on the big TV in the living room, even if the cool teenager said "this looks really boring".
Huge thanks to @pkrugman.bsky.social for the invite to be on the show — really fun conversation on all things trade policy, tariffs, and global weirdness.
Also confirming for family record-keeping purposes: this is indeed my “talking to a Nobel Laureate” face.
Also confirming for family record-keeping purposes: this is indeed my “talking to a Nobel Laureate” face.
Talking with Chad Bown
YouTube video by Paul Krugman
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February 1, 2026 at 3:20 AM
This was very good! So good we watched it on the big TV in the living room, even if the cool teenager said "this looks really boring".
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I can't wait for the stories about why everyone was all wrong about the economists being all wrong about the tariffs.
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I can't wait for the stories about why everyone was all wrong about the economists being all wrong about the tariffs.
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Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:
The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight
Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.
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October 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:
I'm not sure the world can wait until April 2026.....
Eeee the cover for the UK edition of How to Win a Trade War is out!
Pre-order your copy here...
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
Pre-order your copy here...
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
October 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I'm not sure the world can wait until April 2026.....
lol. This trade lawyer feels your pain.
Sir.
August 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
lol. This trade lawyer feels your pain.
Won't you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
The Quintessential Urban Design of ‘Sesame Street’ www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/r...
The Quintessential Urban Design of ‘Sesame Street’ www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/r...
The Quintessential Urban Design of ‘Sesame Street’
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Won't you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
The Quintessential Urban Design of ‘Sesame Street’ www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/r...
The Quintessential Urban Design of ‘Sesame Street’ www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/r...
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Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social,
Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism.
Looking forward to following you wherever you land,
Your fan, Mar🐫
Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism.
Looking forward to following you wherever you land,
Your fan, Mar🐫
July 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Dear @stephencolbert.bsky.social,
Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism.
Looking forward to following you wherever you land,
Your fan, Mar🐫
Thanks for all the years of speaking truth to power & finding the funny in fascism.
Looking forward to following you wherever you land,
Your fan, Mar🐫
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Forcing the removal of Colbert is not a good sign for the future of industrial policy.
July 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Forcing the removal of Colbert is not a good sign for the future of industrial policy.
Same.
If OBBA passes this week and then we get infinity tariffs next week I am going to become the joker
*TRUMP SUGGESTS JAPAN COULD PAY 30% OR 35% TARIFF
July 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Same.
Happy Canada Day, neighbors! 🇨🇦
July 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Happy Canada Day, neighbors! 🇨🇦
What he said @kairyssdal.bsky.social
JFC
Another Friday, another wildcat 50% tariff announcement.
May 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
What he said @kairyssdal.bsky.social
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After a few months off, I am back on #TheEconomicsShow! What better way to restart than to chat to Swati Dhingra, MPC member and trade economist.
We chatted about lots of things, including why she hasn't been voting for *even* larger rate cuts
link.chtbl.com/economicsshow
We chatted about lots of things, including why she hasn't been voting for *even* larger rate cuts
link.chtbl.com/economicsshow
May 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
After a few months off, I am back on #TheEconomicsShow! What better way to restart than to chat to Swati Dhingra, MPC member and trade economist.
We chatted about lots of things, including why she hasn't been voting for *even* larger rate cuts
link.chtbl.com/economicsshow
We chatted about lots of things, including why she hasn't been voting for *even* larger rate cuts
link.chtbl.com/economicsshow
Stop! Can't we just enjoy the 232s we have? Do we really need more? Maybe 232s are like dolls, two or three is enough, we don't need 30.
May 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Stop! Can't we just enjoy the 232s we have? Do we really need more? Maybe 232s are like dolls, two or three is enough, we don't need 30.
May 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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This description of 50-yrs of bipartisan human rights diplomacy is bonkers:
The bureau for democracy, human rights and labor, Mr. Rubio said, had become a “platform for left-wing activists to wage vendettas” against conservative foreign leaders, including those in Poland, Hungary and Brazil.
The bureau for democracy, human rights and labor, Mr. Rubio said, had become a “platform for left-wing activists to wage vendettas” against conservative foreign leaders, including those in Poland, Hungary and Brazil.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Rubio Announces Major State Dept. Overhaul www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Latest News on Hegseth, Rubio and More
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This description of 50-yrs of bipartisan human rights diplomacy is bonkers:
The bureau for democracy, human rights and labor, Mr. Rubio said, had become a “platform for left-wing activists to wage vendettas” against conservative foreign leaders, including those in Poland, Hungary and Brazil.
The bureau for democracy, human rights and labor, Mr. Rubio said, had become a “platform for left-wing activists to wage vendettas” against conservative foreign leaders, including those in Poland, Hungary and Brazil.
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This country needs an unequivocal, full-throated condemnation of pandering protectionism. Let this be the moment that liberates the Democratic Party from the populists tying them to the same mercantilist, regressive, costly command-and-control economic policies that so often drive Trump’s agenda.
Opinion | Why are Democrats pulling their punches on Trump’s disastrous trade war?
The party is blowing its chance to mount an offensive against protectionism.
wapo.st
April 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This country needs an unequivocal, full-throated condemnation of pandering protectionism. Let this be the moment that liberates the Democratic Party from the populists tying them to the same mercantilist, regressive, costly command-and-control economic policies that so often drive Trump’s agenda.
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Starting to think that we should sort out a general agreement on trade and tariffs, perhaps housed under some sort of world trade organization. Let's keep the region strong with some kind of of north american free trade agreement. Perhaps a trans pacific partnership could soften China's influence.
April 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Starting to think that we should sort out a general agreement on trade and tariffs, perhaps housed under some sort of world trade organization. Let's keep the region strong with some kind of of north american free trade agreement. Perhaps a trans pacific partnership could soften China's influence.
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Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
April 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
What will the people who are currently employed making iPhones do? What is the point of a policy that reverses the benefit of lifting millions in the developing world out of poverty?
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
What will the people who are currently employed making iPhones do? What is the point of a policy that reverses the benefit of lifting millions in the developing world out of poverty?
A bright spot in a crazy week @soumayakeynes.ft.com on @trade--talks.bsky.social! An excellent episode.
Want to digest the tariff news in podcast form? Well today is your lucky day...
I rejoin @chadpbown.com for this @trade--talks.bsky.social "tariff day" special.
And we hear from Kathleen Claussen, Maury Obstfeld, and @douglasirwin.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
I rejoin @chadpbown.com for this @trade--talks.bsky.social "tariff day" special.
And we hear from Kathleen Claussen, Maury Obstfeld, and @douglasirwin.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
207. What happened on Trump’s tariff day
Podcast Episode · Trade Talks · 04/04/2025 · 29m
podcasts.apple.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
A bright spot in a crazy week @soumayakeynes.ft.com on @trade--talks.bsky.social! An excellent episode.
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I had been reluctant to amplify the theory that Trump's "reciprocal tariff rate" for a given country was based on the dumb calculation: (bilateral trade deficit) divided by (imports from that country)
But now USTR has confirmed it. Brief 🧵
But now USTR has confirmed it. Brief 🧵
April 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I had been reluctant to amplify the theory that Trump's "reciprocal tariff rate" for a given country was based on the dumb calculation: (bilateral trade deficit) divided by (imports from that country)
But now USTR has confirmed it. Brief 🧵
But now USTR has confirmed it. Brief 🧵
Domestic steelmakers lay off workers due to tariffs. All going according to plan?https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/cleveland-cliffs-layoffs-canada-metal-nucor-steel-tariffs-trump/743772/
Cleveland-Cliffs lays off more than 1,200 workers as tariffs hit demand
A number of North American steel manufacturers are struggling to deal with the impacts of the Trump administration’s trade policy.
www.manufacturingdive.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Domestic steelmakers lay off workers due to tariffs. All going according to plan?https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/cleveland-cliffs-layoffs-canada-metal-nucor-steel-tariffs-trump/743772/
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Let me take a moment to honour the very great Steve Charnovitz. Steve was beloved by those who knew him- his students and coauthors, colleagues, and staunch unapologetic cranky multilateralists who believed that trade was a driver of development and could really help people all around the world.
March 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Let me take a moment to honour the very great Steve Charnovitz. Steve was beloved by those who knew him- his students and coauthors, colleagues, and staunch unapologetic cranky multilateralists who believed that trade was a driver of development and could really help people all around the world.
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It's also a violation of US non-refoulement obligations under the Convention Against Torture. See @becingber.bsky.social and @scott-roehm.bsky.social on @justsecurity.org here: www.justsecurity.org/109284/non-r...
March 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It's also a violation of US non-refoulement obligations under the Convention Against Torture. See @becingber.bsky.social and @scott-roehm.bsky.social on @justsecurity.org here: www.justsecurity.org/109284/non-r...