Ed Bouchard
@edwb.bsky.social
ret. movement teacher, musician, science writer
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OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.
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Asked my smart economist friend about how #TrumpTariffs help Americans or even the rich, because I couldn't see it, and he said, "It doesn't. He's destroying stuff. It doesn't benefit anyone...except our enemies."
April 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Asked my smart economist friend about how #TrumpTariffs help Americans or even the rich, because I couldn't see it, and he said, "It doesn't. He's destroying stuff. It doesn't benefit anyone...except our enemies."
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I watched all his rallies during the campaign. Saw all his interviews. Never saw this chart or heard anything about “short-term pain.”
April 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I watched all his rallies during the campaign. Saw all his interviews. Never saw this chart or heard anything about “short-term pain.”
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Jeffries: "This is not 'Liberation Day in America,' it's recession day."
April 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Jeffries: "This is not 'Liberation Day in America,' it's recession day."
March 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
@rrrrroger.bsky.social Hi Roger! I signed up here awhile ago. Hardly use it. But I didn’t use Twitter much either even before the new owner took over.
January 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@rrrrroger.bsky.social Hi Roger! I signed up here awhile ago. Hardly use it. But I didn’t use Twitter much either even before the new owner took over.
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