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The tariffs survived the case for them because their real purpose was the personal power they conferred.

Drawn from what Paul Krugman said

What these subjects mean

tariffs Taxes on imports: whether they close a trade deficit, what they do to prices, and what they are really for.

motivation What makes effort feel worth it: the neuroscience of wanting to act, apathy, dopamine, and habit.

Incentives

Do tariffs do what they are imposed to do?under our view: The counts came in and the tariffs did not do the things they were imposed to do

What Paul Krugman actually said

  1. Paul Krugman Trade economist, Nobel laureate in 2008 for his work…
    It has been clear from the beginning that a primary motivation for tariffs was that they empowered Trump personally.

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