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34 sats \ 2 replies \ @0xIlmari 3 May \ on: Tariffs Did Not Make America Great and Won’t Make America Great Again econ
Excuse me, wtf? Wasn't the major intention of tariffs to bring back the industrial base back into the US? That will not happen overnight. How can anyone reasonably judge the effects already? This is insanely short-sighted thinking.
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7 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 3 May
Saying it won’t work is based on economic theory and history, not the realized outcomes.
There’s nothing shortsighted about applying theory and history to predicting what’s going to come from policy decisions.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 4 May
Some folk clearly struggle to learn from history.
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