Megan Bates-Apper
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Megan Bates-Apper
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People offended by Superman whose message is "be nice" should probably look inward. ✨
July 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Yellen ’28, amirite?
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April 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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OPINION:

Economics professor Brent Neiman cited by Trump’s tariff policy makers explains how they got it “all wrong”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oed...
Economics professor cited by Trump’s tariff policy makers explains how they got it all wrong
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April 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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President Trump’s economic advisors cited a 2021 research paper on tariffs and trade policy in their methodology for their tariff formula, but University of Chicago economics professor Brent Neiman, who co-authored that paper, says they got a lot wrong.

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Economics professor cited by Trump’s tariff policy makers explains how they got it all wrong
President Trump’s economic advisors cited a 2021 research paper on tariffs and U.S. trade policy in their methodology for their tariff formula, but University of Chicago economics professor Brent Neim...
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April 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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The escalating trade war between the U.S. and China has resulted in huge average tax rates on each other’s imports. Here’s a breakdown of how the tariffs on certain goods from China add up: nyti.ms/4cxIih9
April 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Heparin is cheap and essential to millions of hospitalized people. Tariffs could disrupt the supply chain that gets ingredients from China to their beds.
Millions in the U.S. take this drug. Tariffs might complicate their care.
Heparin is cheap and essential to millions of hospitalized people. Tariffs could disrupt the supply chain that gets ingredients from China to their beds.
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April 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o.... Brent Neiman points out that even if you grant the goals (which we shouldn’t) and the methodology (which we shouldn’t) to the Trump Admin, they still did the tariff math wrong. (Including using the wrong number from his research).
Opinion | Why Trump’s Tariff Math Is a Joke
A look inside the administration’s methodology is a real eye-opener.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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“Not all bilateral trade deficits are bad. … I don’t see why we need to put a tax on the purchase of vanilla beans from Madagascar.”

— Brent Neiman, the economist whose research was misused to justify Trump’s tariff scheme

via @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM