Sam duPont
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Sam duPont
@swdp.bsky.social

Econ/Tech/Trade/Democracy/Policy
Views my own but I'm happy to share.

Environmental science 50%
Geography 17%

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Sharing a timely new interview I just completed with Senator Chris Coons. He's back from a trip to the Philippines and Taiwan and we discuss the extraordinary damage Trump is doing to our national security and standing in the world.
Watch and share 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-damage...
The Damage Trump Is Doing To America's National Security - My Conversation With Senator Chris Coons
“We are creating a Trump sized hole in our national security that the Chinese are walking through. And frankly, it is the dumbest, most self-destructive, most foolish thing I can imagine”
www.hopiumchronicles.com

"The price level rises by 1.0-1.2%, the equivalent of an average per household consumer loss of $1,600–2,000"
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/fis...
The Fiscal, Economic, and Distributional Effects of 20% Tariffs on China and 25% Tariffs on Canada and Mexico
budgetlab.yale.edu

Reposted by Sam Dupont

Climate advocates might feel hopeless with Pres-elect Trump returning to the WH.

They shouldn’t.

I wrote about how to make progress for NYT

1. Focus on innovation and industrial strategy
2. Be pragmatic about fossil fuels
3. Expand the interests that gain from decarbonization