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  1. "the aluminum foil wrapper, subject to a 50 percent tariff … the Mexican tomatoes, carrying their own 17 percent tariff … Aussie beef, which has been tariffed, untariffed, threatened with another tariff and then exempted. The avocados for our guac come tariff-free … and those exemptions appear to be at risk. The cheese and sour cream come from American farms, which are struggling with worker shortages after Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.

    nytimes.com/2026/08/17/opinion #JustinWolfers #NYT

  2. @ecoscore
    That was great! Thanks for the recommendation. Alan Kohler is a national treasure & Justin Wolfers worth listening to; I especially liked his arguments on immigration = innovation (child of 2 immigrants myself) & his positive admiration of Australia. It really is past time to lose, & to stop acting out on that cultural cringe!

    The frightening thing was his costing of the US Presidency at ~$2b and profitable at that price - since est. that Thump made ~$8b last year (in bribes & corruption, not trades, which are chickenshit by comparison - such a small man). In Australia we need to tighten up the money flow potentials for that to happen here. No one - person or group - should be able to buy a Presidency, PM-ship or Premier-ship.

    #AusPol #USPol #economics #JustinWolfers #AlanKohler #immigration #innovation #immigrationIsInnovation #AustraliaLoseThatChip #costOfPresidency #corruption #bribery

  3. “Since Donald Trump returned to office, nearly all — 86%, to be precise — of net new payroll jobs have gone to women. What’s more, women now outnumber men in non-farm payroll jobs, making up 50.02% of the total.”

    #economy #genderequality #jobs #justinwolfers

    newsletter.platypuseconomics.c

  4. Wow, what a fantastic podcast! The plot twist pivot from tariffs to AI ownership was neat.

    I only wished they had skipped the 10 min banter intro, because this one needed two hours more.

    youtube.com/watch?v=EklEzXBQP9

    #Economics #AI #Tariffs #Equality #USEconomy #AIBubble #JustinWolfers @profgalloway

  5. —> The Majority Report ⦁ Sam Seder #TMR <—

    Americans Are Paying For Trump’s Trade War

    #JustinWolfers Professor of Economics & Public Policy at University of Michigan
    breaks down #Trump’s irrational tariff policies
    & importance of banking independence

    #TheMajorityReport
    #Pol #Politics #GeoPolitics #WorldNews
    #AusPol #CdnPoli #EUpol #NZpol #UKpol #USpol
    youtu.be/zVwFtZtISa8

  6. Economist Justin Wolfers: Trump’s Steel Tariffs Will Destroy U.S. Manufacturing (Again)

    University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers explains why Donald Trump’s new steel tariffs will backfire—hurting U.S. manufacturing far more than helping it.

    youtu.be/mHadGAKtqQw

    #TrumpTariffs #JustinWolfers #SteelTariffs #ManufacturingJobs #Economy #USManufacturing #TradePolicy #MSNBC #DeadlineWhiteHouse

  7. Michigan Economics Professor & Senior Fellow #JustinWolfers' observations of Trump policy:
    ✅ Step 1. Announce arbitrary tariffs for each country
    ✅ Step 2. When markets crash, pause those tariffs and say they're just leverage for deals
    ✅ Step 3. Promise deals
    ✅ Step 4. Fail to make deals
    ✅ Step 5. Announce arbitrary tariffs for each country
    #trump #justinwolfers #tariffs #reruns