What Scott Sumner thinks about Russia

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Monetary economist known for NGDP-level targeting; wrote TheMoneyIllusion.

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1. 18 Sept 2026

   Our readingEconomic sanctions almost never achieve the policy goals they are intended to achieve.

   Their wordsSmith would probably be able to explain to our foreign policy establishment why Russia's economy continued to do well after "draconian" sanctions were imposed in early 2022, and why economic sanctions almost never achieve their policy goals.

   ↗Adam Smith’s greatest insight?scottsumner.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece