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Related: About this forumUH 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 Courts tariff ruling. - 02/21/2026.
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UH OH! Trump makes FATAL ERROR after TARIFF RULING!! - Meidas Touch (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
8 hrs ago
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Justin Wolfers has become a favorite of mine, he explains economics in a way that I can understand!
Rhiannon12866
7 hrs ago
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rampartd
(4,414 posts)1. "the most important skill in macroeconomics is understanding the difference
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
Rhiannon12866
(253,100 posts)2. Thanks for the important quotes!
rampartd
(4,414 posts)3. wolfers is very quotable
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!
rampartd
(4,414 posts)5. so much of their voodoo economics can be debunked by common sense
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...
rampartd
(4,414 posts)7. i've seen him a lot lately.
70sEraVet
(5,395 posts)8. What a shame, that there are brilliant, sensible economists like Wolfers
Yet we are stuck with sad bootlickers like Bessent.