Renee Marlin-Bennett
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Renee Marlin-Bennett
@rmarlin-b.bsky.social
Political Scientist | IR Theory & Global Politics of Information | Power*ing* and the dark side of soft power | https://www.marlin-bennett.com/ | Salzburg Global Fellow | Amateur dancer, singer, & cook.
Here's the abstract.
September 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Trump is blowing a system that has benefitted the US in a way that is likely to increase the concentration of wealth in the hands of the already super wealthy and materially harm the vast majority of Americans..

And that ☝️is the bottom line. 8/8
April 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I'm not a free trade absolutist, and I'm Realist enough in my assessment of global politics to believe that there are some national security reasons to limit how free trade is. The pandemic reminded us that dependence on supply chains for essential goods is potentially dangerous. But 7/8
April 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
4. Explaining comparative advantage: www.wto.org/english/thew... 6/8
April 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
3. For comic relief:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuOH...
(We usually say "Smoot-Hawley," rather than "Hawley-Smoot." Aside from that detail, this is spot on.) 5/8
Hawley–Smoot Tariff - Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
YouTube video by International School History
www.youtube.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Here are some sources I found useful.
1. Even Conservative exports understand that Trump's tariffs are bad for the US. 3/8 www.nationalreview.com/2025/03/tari...
Tariff Mania | National Review
‘Tariff’ is not a beautiful word for the state of our economy or our strategic relationships.
www.nationalreview.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I posted a quick explainer on Facebook, too, because many friends and family just don't know this stuff. Not because they're stupid, but because it's not their job. Also pro-Trump friends/family should also hear truth even if they don't accept. (I still care about them!) 2/8
April 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Reposted by Renee Marlin-Bennett
BUT HER EMAILS!
March 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
[qt of Amb Ross, con’t.] “to discredit their cause. Kidnapping and killing by hand 9 month old babies is monstrous. No cause can justify it. It is past time forPalestinian leaders to condemn Hamas.”
February 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM