Tariffs and Trade Myopia. Trump's Disregard to 200 Years of Economic Wisdom
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- April 9, 2025
Boo Kok Chuon When Donald Trump imposed new tariffs globally, it was marketed as a nationalistic, job-saving strategy. In reality, it is nothing more than a superficial economic intervention—a painkiller for an economy suffering from systemic infection. To understand why, we must revisit the intellectual lineage of modern trade theory—beginning not with Ricardo, but with
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Boo Kok Chuon When Donald Trump imposed new tariffs globally, it was marketed as a nationalistic, job-saving strategy. In reality, it is nothing more than a superficial economic intervention—a painkiller for an economy suffering from systemic infection. To understand why, we must revisit the intellectual lineage of modern trade theory—beginning not with Ricardo, but with