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Rhiannon12866

(253,100 posts)
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:41 AM 11 hrs ago

UH OH! Trump makes FATAL ERROR after TARIFF RULING!! - Meidas Touch



MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas and economist Justin Wolfers discuss how Trump and his top aides like Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made things much worse for themselves and the country after the Supreme Court’s tariff ruling. - 02/21/2026.
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rampartd

(4,415 posts)
1. "the most important skill in macroeconomics is understanding the difference
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 06:36 AM
10 hrs ago

between millions, billions, and trillions" wolfers

"tariffs are a bad policy, to aimed at something we shouldn't care about, and it did not work" wolfers

"every time trump has used the word trillion it has been in service of a lie" wolfers

rampartd

(4,415 posts)
3. wolfers is very quotable
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 06:41 AM
10 hrs ago

and meiselis asked him some good questions.

but, of course, trump will continueto act like a child.

Rhiannon12866

(253,100 posts)
4. Justin Wolfers has become a favorite of mine, he explains economics in a way that I can understand!
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 06:47 AM
10 hrs ago

rampartd

(4,415 posts)
5. so much of their voodoo economics can be debunked by common sense
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:03 AM
9 hrs ago

but it is nice that people who actially understand the econimic models call "bullshit" as well.

yea, i'll bet wolfers' students love him

that sounds like a good search on u tube . wonder if he has a ted talk

Rhiannon12866

(253,100 posts)
6. He makes a lot of appearances on other shows - and uploads them on YouTube, he's brought in to explain things...
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 07:13 AM
9 hrs ago

70sEraVet

(5,395 posts)
8. What a shame, that there are brilliant, sensible economists like Wolfers
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 08:23 AM
8 hrs ago

Yet we are stuck with sad bootlickers like Bessent.

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