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L.A. writer @WorksinProgMag @AbundanceInst Ihttp://vpostrel.substack.com History podcast w/ @CharlesCMann: abundance.institute/EverydayAbunda…
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Virginia Postrel Verified account @vpostrel
Not just consumers. Tariffs walloped producers who needed intermediate goods and wrecked cross-border traffic between states like Maine and Michigan with Canada. Tariffs are bad but petulant toddler fit tariffs are even worse.
Jeff Flake Verified account @JeffFlake 5d
Republicans are blaming the Iran war and rising prices for this week's electoral shellacking. Fair enough. But the economic damage didn't begin with the war. It began with indiscriminate tariffs that amounted to a tax increase on American consumers.
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Good thread, ending with a reminder of why Zev Yaroslavsky, now appearing as a wise man pundit in news articles about LA politics, should be remembered for crippling LA housing and commercial vitality.
Toby Muresianu 🇺🇦 Verified account @tobyhardtospell 6d
So this new institute that just got $4.2 billion is one block from my house.

I’ve been to some public meetings and can provide a little color.

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