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@justinwolfers.bsky.social - "Literally every single word the President said was wrong."

The lies never stop.

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"Literally every single word the President said was wrong... We have enormous anxiety among voters. The cost of living is rising, and people are understandably upset. I just want to be crystal clear t...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
"Literally every single word the President said was wrong... We have enormous anxiety among voters. The cost of living is rising, and people are understandably upset. I just want to be crystal clear t...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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I math-ed it out, and right now your DOGE dividend is on track to be $4.29. Let me show my work.
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February 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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The dividend is nothing more than a shell game designed to divert your attention away from what’s really happening. The systematic take over of OUR country!
Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
DOGE is getting a whole lot of headlines mainly because our brains aren't wired to make sense of millions, billions, or trillions of dollars. Lemme help: Math out the DOGE numbers and you'll discover ...
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February 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
"The president could say that he's cut taxes today. But he hasn't." Let me defend this claim with every breath in my body.
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July 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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www.threads.com/@justinwolfe... @cnbc.com @steveliesman.bsky.social @justinwolfers.bsky.social Did CNBC ban Professor Wolfers for shaming on air hosts Kernen, Quick and Sara Eisen?
Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
Some folks are suggesting that if the White House meets the incredibly low bar it has set itself -- of making one deal, likely with India -- that would restore confidence. I disagree. Our 12th larges...
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May 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
The President has launched a stablecoin whose value is supported by binance, whose CEO is currently in jail, hoping for a bit of a pardon.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
Tariffs get especially complicated -- and costly -- when you realize that our production is so intimately tied with our nearest neighbors that many goods cross the border many times.
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February 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
There's a peculiar political genius to having a trade policy that lasts exactly three days: It makes it impossible for economists to ever crunch the numbers and figure out just what costs it imposed.
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May 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
PLEASE LISTEN AND REPOST www.threads.com/@justinwolfe...
Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
The President said of the U.S. economy: "We are a department store, and we set the price. I meet with the companies, and then I set a fair price, what I consider to be a fair price, and they can pay i...
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April 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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THIS. 👇🏼 and just think of the masses of previously loyal hard working government tax payers now jobless. www.threads.com/@justinwolfe...
Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
"It's time to declare DOGE one of the great failures." ...And I say that as an economist who is deeply committed to government efficiency.
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April 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
These trade deals are all underwhelming for one simple reason: While trade barriers were a big deal in Trump's youth, they've been tiny for decades. When tariffs are 1-2%, there's not much to gain fro...
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July 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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this is what #Trump's #GOP #Republicans #USA big beautiful bill is all about. Robbing the poor; robbing just about everybody except for the richest to get richer.

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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
“It’s the largest redistribution from poor to rich in a single bill in American history.” It's a play in three regressive parts: 1. Tax cuts for the rich. 2. Spending cuts on the poor. 3. Tariffs tha...
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June 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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I have good news and bad news about the Trump's pick for Fed Chair.
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
I have good news and bad news about the Trump's pick for Fed Chair.
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September 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
"Mate, if any of those numbers were true, you know, we could all be on yachts right now. It'd be terrific. I don't know why the bloke doesn't just say eleventy gajillion and get on with it. When you'r...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
So far the trade letters are the old "Liberation Day" tariffs +/- a little bit, with two exceptions: - A special 50% "don't tread on insurrectionists" surcharge for Brazil; and - An extra tariff surch...
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July 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
American President raises taxes on Americans across a wide range of goods; European Union President announces tax cuts for Europeans across a narrow range of goods.
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July 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Uncetainty is an economy killer. www.threads.com/@justinwolfe...
Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
"Let's start with the ktichen table economics. The overwhelming thing right now is not just the fear of tariffs, but also fear of the unknown. There's a tremendous spike in the degree of uncertainty. ...
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April 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
Lemme spell it out. Trump's only leverage over Jimmy Kimmel and ABC came from FCC regulation. His direct power over H1-B visas gives him similar leverage over tech, higher ed, and others.
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September 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
There's one theme that can tie together Ukraine, tariffs and DOGE: Economic chaos, sowing the seeds of uncertainty. And that has me worried for our short-run economic future.
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March 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
With one weird accounting trick, Republicans are hoping to pretend that $4 trillion of tax cuts won't cost anything. It sounds weird, much of it is obscure, but it's probably the most important budget...
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March 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
Something has happened in the months since January that has led the World Bank to dramatically lower its economic growth forecasts. And whatever it is, it's hurting the United States more than any oth...
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June 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
"It's time to stop calling these things deals."
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May 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
Sometimes I'm surprised by the ideas I need to explain, but I'll still happily do it. Bankruptcy can work well when you're running a company, but it doesn't work when you're running a country.
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May 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers) on Threads
It's really quite a thing to have a Secretary of Energy who does not understand, ummm... energy.
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September 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM