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Read this korrent: A trade dispute escalated by aggressive tariffs can still end in a negotiated outcome that leaves all sides better off.
A trade dispute escalated by aggressive tariffs can still end in a negotiated outcome that leaves all sides better off.
Last stated a year ago
30 May 2025
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Guy Spier — holds since 2025-05-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country should raise revenue by tariffing foreign countries rather than by taxing its own citizens. — tap to centre the map on it
A country should raise revenue by tariffing foreign countries rather than by taxing its own citizens.
Last stated 2 years ago
20 Jan 2025
DT
Donald Trump — holds since 2025-01-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A protective tariff is the greatest job of all — tap to centre the map on it
A protective tariff is the greatest job of all
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William Graham Sumner — holds since c. 1883 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A subsidy race combined with stronger carbon pricing efforts is superior to a tariff war. — tap to centre the map on it
A subsidy race combined with stronger carbon pricing efforts is superior to a tariff war.
Last stated 3 years ago
5 Apr 2024
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Gernot Wagner — holds since 2024-04-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: America's large trade deficit in manufactured goods means fewer US manufacturing jobs than balanced trade would. — tap to centre the map on it
America's large trade deficit in manufactured goods means fewer US manufacturing jobs than balanced trade would.
Last stated 2 months ago
7 Sept 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American consumers, not foreign exporters, bear the vast majority of the cost of tariffs. — tap to centre the map on it
American consumers, not foreign exporters, bear the vast majority of the cost of tariffs.
Last stated 8 months ago
21 Feb 2026
JP
Joseph Politano — holds since 2026-02-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. — tap to centre the map on it
Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home.
Last stated 2 years ago
14 Apr 2025
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John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Erratic U.S. tariff implementation is teaching allies and enemies that the U.S. is no longer a reliable trading partner. — tap to centre the map on it
Erratic U.S. tariff implementation is teaching allies and enemies that the U.S. is no longer a reliable trading partner.
Last stated 9 months ago
9 Feb 2026
JC
JL Collins — holds since 2026-02-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Import prices have risen under Trump's tariffs, undercutting claims that foreigners would pay them. — tap to centre the map on it
Import prices have risen under Trump's tariffs, undercutting claims that foreigners would pay them.
Last stated 2 months ago
20 Sept 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company's staff-engineer bar should be set against the best companies in the industry rather than against its own history, which is what makes title inflation a real cost. — tap to centre the map on it
A company's staff-engineer bar should be set against the best companies in the industry rather than against its own history, which is what makes title inflation a real cost.
Last stated 7 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI may bring about widespread supply- and technologically-induced deflation. — tap to centre the map on it
AI may bring about widespread supply- and technologically-induced deflation.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
13 Oct 2026
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John H. Cochrane — holds since 2026-10-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI spending is crowding out other economic activity and driving up prices. — tap to centre the map on it
AI spending is crowding out other economic activity and driving up prices.
Last stated a month ago
25 Sept 2026
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Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 8Cr13MoV is no longer an acceptable steel for a knife, because the brands that built their name on it have moved on. — tap to centre the map on it
8Cr13MoV is no longer an acceptable steel for a knife, because the brands that built their name on it have moved on.
Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
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Anthony Sculimbrene — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it
A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for.
Last stated 5 months ago
9 Jun 2026
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Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: ‘Chainsaw’ economics as tried by Truss, Musk and Milei did damage without achieving its goals. — tap to centre the map on it
‘Chainsaw’ economics as tried by Truss, Musk and Milei did damage without achieving its goals.
Last stated a week ago
26 Oct 2026
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William Davies — holds since 2026-10-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A crowd will always accept an indirect tax, however high, because it passes unperceived — tap to centre the map on it
A crowd will always accept an indirect tax, however high, because it passes unperceived
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Gustave Le Bon — holds since c. 1895 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A fiscal expansion when the economy is already at potential output prompts monetary tightening that dampens or eliminates its effect on output. — tap to centre the map on it
A fiscal expansion when the economy is already at potential output prompts monetary tightening that dampens or eliminates its effect on output.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
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Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
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A trade dispute escalated by aggressive tariffs can still end in a negotiated outcome that leaves all sides better off.
Last stated 30 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds Guy Spier
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Same subject: tariffs
A country should raise revenue by tariffing foreign countries rather than by taxing its own citizens.
Last stated 20 Jan 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Donald Trump
Same subject: tariffs
A protective tariff is the greatest job of all
Last stated c. 1883
Holds William Graham Sumner
Same subject: tariffs
A subsidy race combined with stronger carbon pricing efforts is superior to a tariff war.
Last stated 5 Apr 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds Gernot Wagner
Same subject: tariffs
America's large trade deficit in manufactured goods means fewer US manufacturing jobs than balanced trade would.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Paul Krugman
Same subject: tariffs
American consumers, not foreign exporters, bear the vast majority of the cost of tariffs.
Last stated 21 Feb 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Joseph Politano
Same subject: tariffs
Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home.
Last stated 14 Apr 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds John H. Cochrane
Same subject: tariffs
Erratic U.S. tariff implementation is teaching allies and enemies that the U.S. is no longer a reliable trading partner.
Last stated 9 Feb 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds JL Collins
Same subject: tariffs
Import prices have risen under Trump's tariffs, undercutting claims that foreigners would pay them.
Last stated 20 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Paul Krugman
Same subject: inflation
A company's staff-engineer bar should be set against the best companies in the industry rather than against its own history, which is what makes title inflation a real cost.
Last stated 1 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Thuan Pham
Same subject: inflation
AI may bring about widespread supply- and technologically-induced deflation.
Last stated 13 Oct 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds John H. Cochrane
Same subject: inflation
AI spending is crowding out other economic activity and driving up prices.
Last stated 25 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Josh Marshall
Same subject: China
8Cr13MoV is no longer an acceptable steel for a knife, because the brands that built their name on it have moved on.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Anthony Sculimbrene
Same subject: China
A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for.
Last stated 9 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Sarah Paine
Same subject: China
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated 15 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds Hannah Ritchie
Same subject: fiscal policy
‘Chainsaw’ economics as tried by Truss, Musk and Milei did damage without achieving its goals.
Last stated 26 Oct 2026 · a week ago
Holds William Davies
Same subject: fiscal policy
A crowd will always accept an indirect tax, however high, because it passes unperceived
Last stated c. 1895
Holds Gustave Le Bon
Same subject: fiscal policy
A fiscal expansion when the economy is already at potential output prompts monetary tightening that dampens or eliminates its effect on output.
Last stated 1 Jun 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Olivier Blanchard