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April 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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I see people comparing Trump to 1700s mercantilists. That’s not quite right.
Even 18th century mercantilists knew that if you were trying to use tariffs to boost your trade surplus, you wanted to tax imports of *finished goods,* not the *inputs*
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tru...
Even 18th century mercantilists knew that if you were trying to use tariffs to boost your trade surplus, you wanted to tax imports of *finished goods,* not the *inputs*
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Opinion | Trump’s trade policy is stuck in the ’80s — the 1680s
Tariffs are counterproductive. As Adam Smith showed us a long time ago.
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March 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I see people comparing Trump to 1700s mercantilists. That’s not quite right.
Even 18th century mercantilists knew that if you were trying to use tariffs to boost your trade surplus, you wanted to tax imports of *finished goods,* not the *inputs*
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tru...
Even 18th century mercantilists knew that if you were trying to use tariffs to boost your trade surplus, you wanted to tax imports of *finished goods,* not the *inputs*
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tru...
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In an exclusive interview with CNN's Bianna Golodryga and Zain Asher, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke out against President Trump’s trade policy, calling his recent tariffs “the worst self-inflicted wound that I have ever seen an administration impose."
April 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
In an exclusive interview with CNN's Bianna Golodryga and Zain Asher, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke out against President Trump’s trade policy, calling his recent tariffs “the worst self-inflicted wound that I have ever seen an administration impose."
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"No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
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April 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning"
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www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Trump tariffs will not only cause stagflation, but will also cause Republicans to lose midterm elections in ‘26 and the presidency in ‘28 if Dems run a strong candidate
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Donald Trump suffers quadruple approval rating blow
New polling data reveals a sharp decline in Trump's approval ratings amid dissatisfaction with his economic policies.
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April 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Trump tariffs will not only cause stagflation, but will also cause Republicans to lose midterm elections in ‘26 and the presidency in ‘28 if Dems run a strong candidate
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Big Tech backed Trump for acceleration.
They got a decel President instead
Effective accelerationists didn’t just accidentally shoot themselves in the foot. They methodically blew off each of their toes with a .50 caliber sniper rifle.
🔗 www.404media.co/big-tech-bac...
They got a decel President instead
Effective accelerationists didn’t just accidentally shoot themselves in the foot. They methodically blew off each of their toes with a .50 caliber sniper rifle.
🔗 www.404media.co/big-tech-bac...
Big Tech Backed Trump for Acceleration. They Got a Decel President Instead
Effective accelerationists didn’t just accidentally shoot themselves in the foot. They methodically blew off each of their toes with a .50 caliber sniper rifle.
www.404media.co
April 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Big Tech backed Trump for acceleration.
They got a decel President instead
Effective accelerationists didn’t just accidentally shoot themselves in the foot. They methodically blew off each of their toes with a .50 caliber sniper rifle.
🔗 www.404media.co/big-tech-bac...
They got a decel President instead
Effective accelerationists didn’t just accidentally shoot themselves in the foot. They methodically blew off each of their toes with a .50 caliber sniper rifle.
🔗 www.404media.co/big-tech-bac...
“Trump is liberated, even if the rest of us are not. In his second-term White House, they are all Steve Bannons now.” @sbg1.bsky.social
The global trade war that Donald Trump has long threatened finally seems to be happening. “Once again, the Wall Street boys, despite Trump’s many warnings, had failed to take him seriously,” @sbg1.bsky.social writes. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
April 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Trump is liberated, even if the rest of us are not. In his second-term White House, they are all Steve Bannons now.” @sbg1.bsky.social
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The global trade war that Donald Trump has long threatened finally seems to be happening. “Once again, the Wall Street boys, despite Trump’s many warnings, had failed to take him seriously,” @sbg1.bsky.social writes. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
April 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The global trade war that Donald Trump has long threatened finally seems to be happening. “Once again, the Wall Street boys, despite Trump’s many warnings, had failed to take him seriously,” @sbg1.bsky.social writes. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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Every single pundit and Wall Streeter and analyst that was like “sure he says he massively raise tariffs but he won’t actually” should be hounded by this for decades, the way we failed to do over all the idiots who bought the OBVIOUSLY FALSE WMD lie
April 4, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Every single pundit and Wall Streeter and analyst that was like “sure he says he massively raise tariffs but he won’t actually” should be hounded by this for decades, the way we failed to do over all the idiots who bought the OBVIOUSLY FALSE WMD lie
What liberation looks like
Dow plunges 1,700 points, Nasdaq, S&P 500 pummeled in biggest rout since 2020
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April 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
What liberation looks like
“‘Willing sycophants’ came up with simplistic formula that has thrown global economy into disarray” @rjpartington.bsky.social
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Trump’s ‘idiotic’ and flawed tariff calculations stun economists
‘Willing sycophants’ came up with simplistic formula that has thrown global economy into disarray
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April 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
“‘Willing sycophants’ came up with simplistic formula that has thrown global economy into disarray” @rjpartington.bsky.social
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Kamala Harris warned the American people that this would happen . . .
April 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Kamala Harris warned the American people that this would happen . . .
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Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
“The reality is that if the administration doesn't change course, Republicans can kiss goodbye to their majority” finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-...
Trump's tariffs stoke concerns that 'Republicans can kiss goodbye to their majority' in 2026
This week, there is renewed focus on what could happen to Republicans in 2026 if President Trump’s new tariffs don’t resonate with voters: a repeat of 2018.
finance.yahoo.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“The reality is that if the administration doesn't change course, Republicans can kiss goodbye to their majority” finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-...
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whole fucking world has to manage the Crybully-in-chief's moods or else, says Treasury Secretary
Bessent: "One of the messages that I'd like to get out tonight is everybody sit back, take a deep breath, don't immediately retaliate, let's see where this goes. Because if you retaliate, that's how we get escalation."
April 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
whole fucking world has to manage the Crybully-in-chief's moods or else, says Treasury Secretary
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Goldberg: "Hegseth is promising that US warplanes are taking off in 30 minutes to bomb enemy targets that we know are protected by anti-aircraft batteries. If that's not the most sensitive information, the most secret info in the world, I simply don't know what the meaning of 'classified' is."
March 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Goldberg: "Hegseth is promising that US warplanes are taking off in 30 minutes to bomb enemy targets that we know are protected by anti-aircraft batteries. If that's not the most sensitive information, the most secret info in the world, I simply don't know what the meaning of 'classified' is."
“Trump has benefitted from the tendency to view his political career through the lens of theatre criticism, which has the effect of downplaying the threat that he poses by casting him as a blowhard who craves the spotlight but cares little for what happens when the cameras are off” @sbg1.bsky.social
For too many years, Donald Trump’s theatrics have clouded public perception about the threat he poses to the country, @sbg1.bsky.social writes.
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March 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“Trump has benefitted from the tendency to view his political career through the lens of theatre criticism, which has the effect of downplaying the threat that he poses by casting him as a blowhard who craves the spotlight but cares little for what happens when the cameras are off” @sbg1.bsky.social
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The math doesn’t work in the president’s economic promises, which will create a giant upward transfer of wealth.
Trump’s tariffs will be paid by the poor – while his tax cuts help the rich. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/15/trump-tariffs-robert-reich
Trump’s tariffs will be paid by the poor – while his tax cuts help the rich. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/15/trump-tariffs-robert-reich
Trump’s tariffs will be paid by the poor – while his tax cuts help the rich | Robert Reich
The math doesn’t work in the president’s economic promises, which will create a giant upward transfer of wealth
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The math doesn’t work in the president’s economic promises, which will create a giant upward transfer of wealth.
Trump’s tariffs will be paid by the poor – while his tax cuts help the rich. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/15/trump-tariffs-robert-reich
Trump’s tariffs will be paid by the poor – while his tax cuts help the rich. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/15/trump-tariffs-robert-reich
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On the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” Fiona Hill discusses Donald Trump’s admiration for Vladimir Putin—and why his push for warmer relations with Moscow is raising alarms across European capitals:
What Does Trump See in Putin?
A Conversation With Fiona Hill
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March 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
On the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” Fiona Hill discusses Donald Trump’s admiration for Vladimir Putin—and why his push for warmer relations with Moscow is raising alarms across European capitals:
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Trump’s trade policy is all bluster and no logic. Cheap manufacturing isn’t coming back, and Americans aren’t giving up cheap prices. The math ain’t mathing.
How’s your 401K looking?
How’s your 401K looking?
March 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Trump’s trade policy is all bluster and no logic. Cheap manufacturing isn’t coming back, and Americans aren’t giving up cheap prices. The math ain’t mathing.
How’s your 401K looking?
How’s your 401K looking?
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I really enjoyed this podcast with @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, out today.
We discuss the many economic harms of Trump's tariff policies, alongside some of the broader economic policy issues of today.
Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/o...
We discuss the many economic harms of Trump's tariff policies, alongside some of the broader economic policy issues of today.
Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/o...
Opinion | Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work
The economist Kimberly Clausing explains the possible costs and consequences of Trump’s tariffs.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I really enjoyed this podcast with @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social, out today.
We discuss the many economic harms of Trump's tariff policies, alongside some of the broader economic policy issues of today.
Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/o...
We discuss the many economic harms of Trump's tariff policies, alongside some of the broader economic policy issues of today.
Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/o...
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Trump inherited an economy that was firing on all cylinders. Now, just weeks into his tenure, the outlook is far gloomier -- and the sudden deterioration is due almost entirely to his policies and the uncertainty they have created.
@colbylsmith.bsky.social #EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/b...
@colbylsmith.bsky.social #EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/b...
Trump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook (Gift Article)
Economic forecasts have deteriorated in recent weeks, reflecting the upheaval from federal layoffs, tariff moves and immigration roundups.
www.nytimes.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Trump inherited an economy that was firing on all cylinders. Now, just weeks into his tenure, the outlook is far gloomier -- and the sudden deterioration is due almost entirely to his policies and the uncertainty they have created.
@colbylsmith.bsky.social #EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/b...
@colbylsmith.bsky.social #EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/b...
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Trump policies make US ‘scary place to invest’ and risk stagflation, says Stiglitz
Trump policies make US ‘scary place to invest’ and risk stagflation, says Stiglitz
Uncertainty created by tariffs and contempt for rule of law will deter investment, says top economist
* Forget Trump’s tariffs, the president’s bond market threat is worse
Donald Trump’s tariff threats have made the US “a scary place to invest”…
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Trump policies make US ‘scary place to invest’ and risk stagflation, says Stiglitz