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Post #AsgqthXpJdWUKsJv9c by [email protected] |
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It's not that the Republicans and the Democrats are the same...obviously. B… |
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, h… |
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Post #AsgqtiYvX1ztUZqJVY by [email protected] |
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So the Dems stood against discrimination in mortgage lending - but not *for* th… |
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Post #Asgqtj5XZm5L7j6MLI by [email protected] |
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And of course, in a country where racial and gender discrimination were still t… |
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Post #AsgqtjaNj6ksfNWzPk by [email protected] |
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When Trump figured out that he could campaign on these issues, Dems had no resp… |
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Post #Asgqtk5vpnzaFEIBai by [email protected] |
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Trump's genius was to marry white supremacy to economic grievance, tricking… |
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Post #AsgqtkYe72xdgHj7Lc by [email protected] |
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From Pelosi's "We're capitalists and that's the way it is"… |
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Post #Asgqtl2QKKmRAdetlI by [email protected] |
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Racial and gender justice matter, of course, but when they're pursued witho… |
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Post #AsgqtlV8bZkUbh5pWC by [email protected] |
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The worst-treated workers in America are also its most discriminated-against wo… |
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Post #Asgqtm0KjahcARgk8u by [email protected] |
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Just as a special tax on incomes over $1m will disproportionately affect straig… |
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Post #AsgqtmUSvYnzftmo6q by [email protected] |
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This has produced a kind of grotesque, Sheryl Sandberg "Lean In" libe… |
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Post #AsgqtmyF8qcnAFiaWW by [email protected] |
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The right saw and opportunity and seized it. As Naomi Klein writes in *Doppelga… |
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Post #AsgqtnTRGrZuj0JV9E by [email protected] |
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In right wing, conspiratorial hands, rage at wage stagnation and lack of parent… |
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Post #AsgqtnyHQCFSGek8Dg by [email protected] |
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But Clinton went ahead and signed *more* free trade agreements, which were also… |
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Post #AsgqtoTpWtU9qVVKOe by [email protected] |
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It's a cheap trick, but Dems keep falling for it. When the right declares i… |
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Post #AsgqtoxxiraXLxbOMa by [email protected] |
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Anthropologists call this "schizmogenesis" - when a group defines its… |
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Post #AsgqtpRNxT7kpDMtE0 by [email protected] |
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Signalgate will be out of the headlines in a matter of days, though - unlike ta… |
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Post #AsgqtprGPFpA7TTYYq by [email protected] |
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For the most part, the progressive discussion of Trump's tariffs takes the … |
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Post #AsgqtqNsRzubkcjbOa by [email protected] |
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Economists support this analysis. But in a new, well-argued editorial in *The S… |
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Post #AsgqtqsMceIZHAzwum by [email protected] |
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Rejecting tariffs is practically an article of religious faith among economists… |
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Post #AsgqtrJezA8IdplkSe by [email protected] |
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Every Econ 101 class has a unit on David Ricardo's "theory of competit… |
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Post #AsgqtrqH1uDkGz1nIO by [email protected] |
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As Glick and Lozada write, the logic of this argument is unassailable, provided… |
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Post #AsgqtsJhGVkxkEnI9o by [email protected] |
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As Milton Friedman famously wrote:> Truly important and significant hypothes… |
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Post #AsgqtsqJJFqPNO3KzY by [email protected] |
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It's actually worse than it seems, because economics, as a field, has been … |
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Post #AsgqttKRVDwmsq9OxU by [email protected] |
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This is what Ely Devons meant when he said, "If economists wished to study… |
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Post #AsgqttnrjpU0M5utou by [email protected] |
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As Glick and Lozada write, the case against all tariffs depends on five assumpt… |
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Post #AsgqtuGa14S3n9LpZo by [email protected] |
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This assumption doesn't hold up to empirical scrutiny. After the US dropped… |
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Post #AsgqtulQAP7bKnmSeG by [email protected] |
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II. No externalitiesThe employment losses from free trade are not evenly distri… |
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The people who sold groceries, cars, and furniture to factory workers also lost… |
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Post #AsgqtvhuevuSGD9Aoq by [email protected] |
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III. Comparative advantage leads to long-term growth and developmentThe theory … |
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Without exception, the poor countries that grew richer did so in the presence o… |
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Post #AsgqtwgX1YOnIDVaIy by [email protected] |
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IV. Floating currencies keep trade balancedIn theory, adjustments in currency m… |
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V. The US provides compensation for trade-related job-lossesWhile other countri… |
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Post #AsgqtxgvHaJ2PihPYO by [email protected] |
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Now, just because *some* tariffs are beneficial, it doesn't follow that *al… |
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Post #Asgqty9zXVYfrsIcrY by [email protected] |
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Trump is doing mirror-world tariffs: tariffs without industrial policy, tariffs… |
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Post #AsgqtydlknNTMEEPHE by [email protected] |
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Resist the schizmogenic urge to say, "Trump likes tariffs, so I hate them.… |
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Post #Asgqtz9fqAtkxB9t0S by [email protected] |
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The digital age - in which US-based multinational firms rely on digital technol… |
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Post #AsgqtzcO7ProOEaolM by [email protected] |
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America's (former) trading partners can retaliate against US tariffs by abo… |
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Post #Asgqu06AKhgbsaWbB2 by [email protected] |
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That would deprive the largest US companies of their recurring revenue streams … |
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Post #Asgqu0ZwXzVPMwSNai by [email protected] |
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For example, your country could become the world's leading exporter of iPho… |
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Post #Asgqu13ilHKCrIOA0O by [email protected] |
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This would tempt in all the biggest app companies in the world - from Patreon t… |
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Post #Asgqu1XUyZ90LeJwQ4 by [email protected] |
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But that's just one market this enables: the actual business of iPhone jail… |
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Post #Asgqu21z9DWxsCaHwG by [email protected] |
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This is a development opportunity without parallel. US tech monopolists worked … |
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Post #Asgqu2W7LBdLNegLuC by [email protected] |
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I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*. Catch me … |
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Post #AshaiGx2Rd8oZ1bKqG by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic I agree on all these points but I only want to add that more progr… |
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Post #AshaiH481GoQv0uztQ by [email protected] |
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@CptSuperlative @pluralistic In America, the winners are 100% decided by who sp… |
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@algaeman @CptSuperlative This is a weird thing to post ONE DAY after a Democra… |
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Post #AshaiHGtFp1LYatBmi by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic @algaeman @CptSuperlative I'm not sure the winner, Crawford wa… |
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Post #AshcucDHQ1l1tFDAEC by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez @pluralistic @algaeman @CptSuperlative Didn't expect a &quo… |
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Post #AshfAsCvv4UW2Nvfzk by [email protected] |
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@johncarlosbaez @pluralistic @algaeman @CptSuperlative it took me a while to in… |
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Post #AshhkMj4e1TejT0xtI by [email protected] |
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@mapto - I said I'm not sure Crawford was wildly outspent. The reason why … |
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Post #AsiPpcVbmu3r74237o by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic "Since the Clinton years, Democrats have been trying to figur… |
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Post #AsiTNb2o2U4qHMS8Ia by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic There’s an old adage: “ Never attribute to malice that which c… |
