The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now
Europe’s very real problems don’t look so bad by comparison
From The Economist
https://archive.is/Tq3KD
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@Mv1926 I agree with you. And to your point, I am hoping for #Wreckage #Damage #Pain and #Chaos In this #NewNihilism #RedStates will suffer more than #BlueStates. It's the only way We Know #WeAreWinning The damage must be complete and #Ruthless. It was brought about by the #TheTrumpMuskGOPClusterFuck and was known. There is not an #Economist on the planet of any stripe that thought #TrumpTariffs were a good thing.
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@realbloginista @doener
The #Economist magazine wrote that #Navarro "is a prolific writer, but has no publications in top-tier academic journals" and "his research interests are broader than the average economist's."
Navarro predict a 50,000 Dow.
Sure. Long after #Trump is gone.
In the short term, recession.
“Which system is gonna be hurt the most when you jab a fork into a light socket? I don't really know," says Michael Madowitz, principal #economist at the Roosevelt Institute. "That's why we don't force forks into light sockets, traditionally."
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/07/inflation-trump-tariffs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Axios · Inflation could hit different this time
#RachelMaddow brings another mental backstory on the #Trump #tariffs
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Peter #Navarro, a quack #economist recruited by #JaredKushner as Trump's trade advisor, the suspect author of the insane tariff #formula, turns out to have created a fictional expert called #RonVara, an anagram of his name, to cite in his books & memos as a trusted source and justify the policy of so-called #reciprocal tariffs. Even made up an email address for him.
Frighteningly, #Mike_Pence is spot on. There is not an #Economist in the entire fucking world who thinks #TrumpTariffs are an intelligent thing to do. But then again the #GOP is closing #libraries, #museums, and #TheDepartmentOfEducation so they are on message. OMG I agree with #Mike_Pence. When you agree with #Mike_Pence, it's time to go to bed. Gnite.
I did some quick math and replacing Income Tax with Tariffs on goods would equate to replacing $3.3 trillion with roughly $680 Billion. If that's correct, the country's screwed.
Is there an #Economist who can verify?
As a non native english speaker I wanted to be sure & looked up the term "#accord" before posting this. But it DOES mean "formal reaching of #agreement"; "#compact"; "#treaty".
Even the #economist in this video had a really hard time not laughing out loud in public.
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Now! Let's add #TrumpTariffs to the #TrumpMuskGOPClusterFuck. There is not an #Economist of any stripe who #beLIEves #Tariffs are a good idea. #TheUSDeservesToBurn. But #RedStates deserve to Burn more than #BlueStates
Often, the fear of one evil leads us into a worse one.
Souvent, la peur d’un mal nous entraîne dans un mal pire
Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
French Poet and Critic
Courtesy, The Economist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD0NtmKxH-c
#Economist goes OFF SCRIPT.
Even #capitalists are angry af.
Central Valley PolitiCast Ep. 50 https://www.byteseu.com/804149/ #CentralValley #economist #economy #GovernmentEmployment #GroceryStores #SanJoaquinValley #tariffs #trump
Merz darf nicht Kanzler bleiben! Die USA haben heute das Zielsystem für das ukrainische #HIMARS abgeschaltet , - Der #Economist -Journalist Oliver Carroll
„Die #Ukraine erhält keine Zieldaten und Echtzeitinformationen mehr für Langstreckenangriffe“, so der Journalist.
„Wir werden es auf die Gräber toter Ukrainer schreiben“
Ukraine Krieg
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@AlJazeera @us-canada-news-AlJazeera
It seems that #Trump is changing things simply to show that he can. I have yet to see any #economist in favor of these #tarriffs
Trump, like so many other #idiotsavants in the #oligarchy , mistakes his one and only gift, #marketing , for actual #intelligence of which he has none.
How Trump, DOGE job cuts may affect the U.S. economy https://www.byteseu.com/771540/ #BreakingNews:Economy #BreakingNews:Politics #BusinessNews #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency #DonaldTrump #economist #economy #ElonMusk #Jobs #LaborEconomy #layoffs #PersonalFinance #Politics #U.S.Economy #unemployment #UnitedStatesGovernment #WhiteHouse
#ArkadyOstrovsky on #Putin’s #War Strategy: What Does #Victory Mean?
Arkady #Ostrovsky, #Russia and Eastern #Europe Editor at The #Economist, unpacks the true purpose behind Putin’s war in Ukraine. Despite immense human and economic losses, Putin is playing a long game—using negotiations as a tool to outlast Western support and achieve a so-called “#DefinitiveResolution.” His ambition? To neutralize #Ukraine, rewrite the post-1945 order, and restore Russia’s #superpower status.
#Russia #UkraineWar #Putin #Geopolitics #TheEconomist #Sanctions #Trump #NATO #ForeignPolicy
Arkady #Ostrovsky, #Russia and Eastern #Europe Editor at The #Economist, unpacks the true purpose behind Putin’s war in Ukraine. Despite immense human and economic losses, Putin is playing a long game—using negotiations as a tool to outlast Western support and achieve a so-called “#DefinitiveResolution.” His ambition? To neutralize #Ukraine, rewrite the post-1945 order, and restore Russia’s #superpower status.
#Russia #UkraineWar #Putin #Geopolitics #TheEconomist #Sanctions #Trump #NATO #ForeignPolicy