Protectionism is expensive
February 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Protectionism is expensive
GOP’s labor market policy is market protectionism for white men.
"For the first time since the 1960s, the earnings gap between men and women has widened two years in a row...with women earning 80.9 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2024. That compares to women earning 84 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2022."
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Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office
Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
GOP’s labor market policy is market protectionism for white men.
Warren Buffett has criticized tariffs and protectionism, per CNBC: 'Trade should not be a weapon,’ he said.
May 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Warren Buffett has criticized tariffs and protectionism, per CNBC: 'Trade should not be a weapon,’ he said.
Protectionism is failing to revive manufacturing
Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist success
Protectionism is failing to revive manufacturing
econ.st
January 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Protectionism is failing to revive manufacturing
Back in 2011, George W. Bush warned about isolationism, protectionism, and nativism. MAGA today is exactly what he was warning about.
December 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Back in 2011, George W. Bush warned about isolationism, protectionism, and nativism. MAGA today is exactly what he was warning about.
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Farmers who overwhelmingly backed Trump are now warning they are in the worst financial crisis since the 1980s.
Key Voter Group Rages at Trump for Sparking Historic Crisis
Farmers who overwhelmingly backed Trump are now warning they are in the worst financial crisis since the 1980s.
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August 25, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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acab includes intellectual property protectionism
May 31, 2026 at 1:01 PM
acab includes intellectual property protectionism
Trump protectionism propelling the hemisphere backward to reactionary statism
November 29, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Trump protectionism propelling the hemisphere backward to reactionary statism
Even Marx agrees, people just fall for protectionism left & right
Free trade is good. It’s like, the only thing that economists near-universally agree on.
What's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?
March 29, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Even Marx agrees, people just fall for protectionism left & right
America's allies no longer think the country's isolationism and protectionism will end with Trump, Vivian Salama reports.
America’s Allies Are Done Trying to Wait Trump Out
They now figure isolationism and protectionism will be U.S. foreign policy for a long time to come.
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September 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
America's allies no longer think the country's isolationism and protectionism will end with Trump, Vivian Salama reports.
A big reason the tech billionaires are so interested in government now is they’re not innovating or building anything of value so they need protectionism & monopolistic leverage
January 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A big reason the tech billionaires are so interested in government now is they’re not innovating or building anything of value so they need protectionism & monopolistic leverage
The Ukrainian drone attack on Russia may do as much to slow global trade as all of Trump's regressive protectionism.
June 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Ukrainian drone attack on Russia may do as much to slow global trade as all of Trump's regressive protectionism.
"Protectionism" can anagram to "titmice pornos" and I think that's lovely.
September 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"Protectionism" can anagram to "titmice pornos" and I think that's lovely.
It is absolute demagoguery to say that a foreign student took anyone's spot. Foreign students have enriched and, bluntly, funded U.S. universities. Those universities will be less successful and less desirable as a result of this rank protectionism.
The Vice President’s parents-in-law came to the United States as foreign students, at the University of California.
April 6, 2026 at 10:50 AM
It is absolute demagoguery to say that a foreign student took anyone's spot. Foreign students have enriched and, bluntly, funded U.S. universities. Those universities will be less successful and less desirable as a result of this rank protectionism.
Lol. The tariffs don't even help Elon Musk. Tesla is falling worse than the market today.
Even protectionism can't bail out Musk.
Even protectionism can't bail out Musk.
April 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Lol. The tariffs don't even help Elon Musk. Tesla is falling worse than the market today.
Even protectionism can't bail out Musk.
Even protectionism can't bail out Musk.
Not free trade, not protectionism, but a secret third thing
March 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Not free trade, not protectionism, but a secret third thing
Warren Buffett knocks tariffs and protectionism: 'Trade should not be a weapon' - CNBC
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Warren Buffett knocks tariffs and protectionism: 'Trade should not be a weapon' — CNBC
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May 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Warren Buffett knocks tariffs and protectionism: 'Trade should not be a weapon' - CNBC
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protectionism. nazis. bizarre obsession with bitcoin. dawg i was wrong this isn't the soviet collapse, this is argentina.
Come ON man just ban all trade with other countries at this point and get it over with.
March 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
protectionism. nazis. bizarre obsession with bitcoin. dawg i was wrong this isn't the soviet collapse, this is argentina.
I wrote about how anti-China U.S. tech protectionism is stupid, corrupt, incompetently implemented, and normalized by a shitty press
U.S. Anti-China Tech Protectionism Is Sloppy, Corrupt, And Stupid
U.S. efforts to ban Chinese tech are driven by corruption, crafted by incompetent zealots, and normalized by a shitty corporate press.
karlbode.com
August 17, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I wrote about how anti-China U.S. tech protectionism is stupid, corrupt, incompetently implemented, and normalized by a shitty press
More protectionism from the Trump administration
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
More protectionism from the Trump administration
My Trade Secrets today. Imagine the US in 1957 had seen the Sputnik satellite overhead & said "Nah, we'll leave space to the Soviets".
Thanks to climate change denial, mindless prejudice and trade protectionism, that's just what it's doing now with China & green tech, esp EVs and batteries. 1/2
Thanks to climate change denial, mindless prejudice and trade protectionism, that's just what it's doing now with China & green tech, esp EVs and batteries. 1/2
The US is failing its green tech ‘Sputnik moment’
[FREE TO READ] Prejudice and protectionism are dismantling Joe Biden’s environmental legacy
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June 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
My Trade Secrets today. Imagine the US in 1957 had seen the Sputnik satellite overhead & said "Nah, we'll leave space to the Soviets".
Thanks to climate change denial, mindless prejudice and trade protectionism, that's just what it's doing now with China & green tech, esp EVs and batteries. 1/2
Thanks to climate change denial, mindless prejudice and trade protectionism, that's just what it's doing now with China & green tech, esp EVs and batteries. 1/2
America's allies no longer think the country's isolationism and protectionism will end with Trump, Vivian Salama reports.
America’s Allies Are Done Trying to Wait Trump Out
They now figure isolationism and protectionism will be U.S. foreign policy for a long time to come.
bit.ly
September 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
America's allies no longer think the country's isolationism and protectionism will end with Trump, Vivian Salama reports.
America's allies no longer think the country's isolationism and protectionism will end with Trump, Vivian Salama reports. theatln.tc/XHfekVfK
September 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
America's allies no longer think the country's isolationism and protectionism will end with Trump, Vivian Salama reports. theatln.tc/XHfekVfK
ECONOMIST: “With his aggressive and erratic protectionism, Mr Trump is playing with fire.”
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March 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
ECONOMIST: “With his aggressive and erratic protectionism, Mr Trump is playing with fire.”
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