Erik Kimbrough
94 posts
@bemusement
Professor of Economics, Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy, Chapman University
If you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you. Don’t do it!
Globalization has FAILED. Secretary Lutnick at the World Economic Forum: “The Trump Administration and I are here to make a very clear point—globalization has failed the West and the United States of America. It’s a failed policy… and it has left America behind.” America is done exporting jobs and offshoring its future. We will no longer give in to globalization.
Merry Christmas, America. We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior.
My in laws Obamacare is going from $1800/month to $4125/month A full 50k a year
Reporter: You were the driving force behind operation warp speed, the mrna vaccines that are the gold standard. Your health secretary is pulling back all the funding for research. He is saying that the risks outweigh the benefits, which puts him at odds with the entire medical community and you. Trump: Research on what? Reporter: MRNA Vaccines Trump: We’re going to look at that. Operation warp speed, whether you are a Republican or Democrat, considered one of the most incredible things ever done in this country. We are looking at other answers to other problems, other sicknesses and diseases. And I think we are doing really well.
“Some firms that haven’t faced tariffs are also raising prices because their competitors, who do face tariffs, have raised prices.” cc: @IsabellaMWeber
Trump: "I don't think a beautiful baby girl that's 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls. I think they can have three dolls or four dolls ... they don't need to have 250 pencils. They can have five."
Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Local Labor Market Effects of the 2002 Bush Steel Tariffs" by James Lake and Ding Liu. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…
