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25. This is an opinion piece written by a conservative writer who backed brexit and who gives TSF lots

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of credit for Biden's cease fire plan.

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Economists were wrong about tariffs. They need to figure out why. [View all] Mosby Friday OP

Two reasons: 1) Staggered changing tariffs smeared the effect. 2) Massive uncertainty. . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Friday #1

This is a very pro-Trump column. yardwork Friday #2

Looking thru a partisan lens it might be. Mosby Friday #4

I don't see any evidence of hysteria on the part of economists. yardwork Friday #8

This article is poorly written propaganda. Dawson Leery Friday #5

Matthew Lynn is a financial columnist and author. He writes for the Daily Telegraph and the Spectator in London. Celerity Friday #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Friday #40

JFC Skittles Friday #39

Read on! yardwork Friday #41

*SNORT* Skittles Friday #44

Way too early to celebrate being wrong. Savings KPN Friday #3

It's darker than cheerleading. yardwork Friday #12

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Who is Lawrence? yardwork Friday #16

O'Donnell. Mosby Friday #19

Lawrence O'Donnell is not an economist. yardwork Friday #20

He has a degree in economics from Harvard. Mosby Friday #22

He has a bachelor's degree in economics. I have one too. Neither one of us is an economist. PeaceWave Friday #24

lol. I have an undergraduate degree in history but I am not a historian. yardwork Friday #26

'Liberation Day' in retrospect: 6 things that surprised investors Mosby Friday #13

The stock market isn't the economy for the average KPN Friday #49

I don't think FAFO sentiment is the same as "celebrating" Skittles Friday #45

With all due respect, this feels like Republican propaganda. By all accounts, tariffs are punishing U.S. farmers. PeaceWave Friday #6

WaPo is running a lot of Trump propaganda these days. yardwork Friday #9

because it is, see post 15 Celerity Friday #18

The rich can ride some of the effects out.................... Lovie777 Friday #7

So foreign manufacturers are lowering their prices? Bmoboy Friday #10

Bullshit edhopper Friday #11

We're still very early in the game. Wednesdays Friday #17

This is BS because he backed off a lot of tariffs, or lowered them drastically. OrlandoDem2 Friday #21

I am pretty sure this story is slanted in more than one way BootinUp Friday #23

This is an opinion piece written by a conservative writer who backed brexit and who gives TSF lots wiggs Friday #25

The US economy was so strong it withstood a huge major grifting operation by Trump. Irish_Dem Friday #27

This is the guy who predicted in a 2007 Bloomberg article that the iPhone would be a flop. Ocelot II Friday #28

the article Celerity Friday #52

Thanks! Ocelot II Friday #53

yw Celerity Friday #54

Supply chains and pricing has not fully adjusted yet. bucolic_frolic Friday #29

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I didn't alert but this column really is nothing but right wing talking points. yardwork Friday #34

They haven't been fully implemented, and temporarily companies have been lostincalifornia Friday #31

The Gatekeepers have arrived. Kingofalldems Friday #32

Krugman had a post about this today Krazy_Kat Friday #33

It's a tired canard to suggest that "companies are absorbing costs." PeaceWave Friday #37

He makes some good points. Mosby Friday #38

Let's See What Shareholders Say DallasNE Friday #56

This column is what is sometimes referred to as an "absolute pant load". BannonsLiver Friday #35

The comments from WaPo readers concur. yardwork Friday #36

Stagflation DallasNE Friday #42

Why are we allowing right wing bullshit like this to be posted here? I thought it was against the rules. Wiz Imp Friday #43

Same here. Kingofalldems Friday #46

Wrong about WHICH tariffs? DFW Friday #47

DOW -750 NASDAQ -695 S&P -155 Emile Friday #48

For those who thought that the author of this article was full of shit, but weren't sure, this should clinch it. Wiz Imp Friday #50

WAPO OP/ED page is a hard R now obamanut2012 Friday #51

Trump DELAYED most of the tariffs, so there is no 6months in blm Friday #55

Thank you for the having the courage to post this - at the risk of being flamed, I'm not surprised at all by this. Midwestern Democrat Friday #57

You could read Krugman and learn a few things. BootinUp Friday #59

There seems to be an agenda here Keepthesoulalive Friday #58