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What Austin Vernon thinks about tariffs

@austin-vernon · 42 positions · 0 changes of mind

Engineer and investor who writes quantitative posts about how physical industries actually work — chemical plants, geothermal drilling, shipyards, thermal storage and the economics of low-volume manufacturing — at austinvernon.site.

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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Austin Vernon has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingTariffs on imported components and machinery hurt the American manufacturers they are supposed to help.

    Their wordsThese end manufacturers (new and old) are vulnerable to tariffs on their inputs and they are the buyers that the "speed strategy" is relevant for.

    ↗Speed Can Reindustrialize Americaaustinvernon.site 9th of 15 in this piece

    America

    Interesting

  3. Our readingThe right tariff rate for a country trying to rebuild its manufacturing is zero.

    Their wordsZero tariffs are the best way to help them.

    ↗Speed Can Reindustrialize Americaaustinvernon.site 10th of 15 in this piece

    Interesting