Brent Neiman, a University of Chicago economics professor, predicted in a New York Times op-ed that President Trump’s sweeping tariff regime should have been roughly four times less if the administration had used his study correctly.
Economist Brent Neiman shocked to learn Trump admin used his formula to justify tariffs: ‘Got it wrong’
Politics
April 08, 2025
ultocalanissan@gmail.com
Related Posts
Biden still believes he could have beaten Trump — but shockingly admits he’s not sure he’d have survived another term
President Biden still believes he could have beaten his rival Donald Trump in the 2024 election -- but shockingly admitted he isn't convinced he would have survived another four...
Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deporting migrants to third countries
In a 6–3 decision that broke down along ideological lines, the justices stayed a late April ruling by a Boston federal judge that temporarily stymied the rapid deportation effort....
Head wounds, freezing temps — nothing stopped Trump super fans from getting to his inauguration
"I expected to see protesters, but I guess they couldn't withstand the cold," one Trump supporter said of the lack of antagonists outside the inauguration. "I expected to see...
Zohran Mamdani trashed Barack Obama as ‘pretty damn evil’ in resurfaced, pro-Edward Snowden tweets
Socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani trashed former Democratic President Obama as "evil", a liar and insufficiently progressive in a series of decades old tweets. Socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani...
Amy Gleason finally revealed to be acting DOGE administrator
It is unclear how much power or authority Gleason actually wields as acting administrator of DOGE, the federal cost-cutting initiative that has been publicly led by billionaire Elon Musk. ...
Laura Loomer claims she met with WH privately before 3 NSC staffers were reportedly fired
Right-wing influencer Laura Loomer claimed she had a “private” meeting with President Trump on Wednesday to present him with “research” — before three National Security Council staffers were reportedly...
Trump’s new 10% tariffs on China take effect
The 10% additional tariff on imported Chinese goods came into force at 12:01 a.m., hours after the leaders of Mexico and Canada were able to negotiate a 30-day pause...
JD Vance, Stephen Miller mock ‘old, white’ protesters during DC National Guard visit after vulgar couch taunts
The VP dismissed the demonstrators as 'old, primarily white people' who have 'never felt danger in their entire lives.' The VP dismissed the demonstrators as 'old, primarily white people'...
Wife of late Sen. John McCain facing calls to resign from UN post over failure to distribute emergency food in Gaza: ‘Wild incompetence’
In August alone, 2,307 of the 2,309 trucks were intercepted and cleared out in Gaza either by starving Palestinians or "forcefully armed actors," according to UN data. In August...
Ex-Obama staffers bash ‘stubborn old’ Biden’s ‘sad’ Jan. 6 op-ed
"There's like an entire language that Democrats just need to f--king throw in the trash about like 'institutions,' 'democracy,' 'sacred this,'" said Jon Favreau, who served as one of...