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A group of top economists is circulating a letter that says Trump's tariffs have 'no basis in economic reality' (www.businessinsider.com)
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Summary

  • Dozens of leading economists and academics have taken issue with Trump's tariff plan.
  • The economists, including two Nobel laureates, signed a declaration criticizing Trump's trade war.
  • The signatories were especially critical of Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs.
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[–] Photuris@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Another strongly-worded letter will show ‘em.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’ll have more influence than a million Lemmy comments.

[–] Photuris@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago

Trump supporters don’t read, dude.