Matt Levine: “I have a patriotic appreciation for the U.S.’s export industry of finance, and two of that industry’s most popular products are: (1) Sprinkling some Greek letters on your work to add visual interest, and (2) Making up parameters to solve for the result you want. Even in this tariff announcement, you see the U.S. leaning into its comparative advantage.”
Trump’s Tariff Math
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