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59. You could read Krugman and learn a few things.

Reply to Midwestern Democrat (Reply #57)

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 10:35 PM

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Most of his excellent work on substack is free.

There is no mystery about the advantages of free trade. It simply means that goods are eventually produced by the most efficient means. It doesn't mean that governments have fair taxation or wisely invest in their country or do anything else wisely or fairly.

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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