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cgod · 3293 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ben Stein: 'I don't think Trump knows a goddamn thing about economics'
Economists generally say nice things about Steins grasp of economic issues. He isn't a trade economist and from what I know from taking one trade economics class is that it seems like he is overstating the provable effects of trade on GDP but he's not ot of line with other bullish trade economists assessment of its value (like Jagdish Bhagwati). My view is probably distorted by the fact that the professor I knew best at university was a trade economist who hated speculation and did a lot of work on proving real gains from trade.