Economist Trump Cited on Tariff Math Says President ‘Got It All Wrong’ An economist Donald Trump cited in calculations for his extra-high global tariffs says that the president should get an F- in math. University of Chicago economics professor Brett Neiman was a Biden-era Treasury official who wrote the research Trump has cited. In a New York Times op-ed on Monday, Neiman described his initial shock at the initial announcement, still unaware that he was a major player. “My first question, when the White House unveiled its tariff regime, was: How on earth did they calculate such huge rates?” Neiman’s question was answered the next day, when he said it got “personal.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/economist-trump-cited-on-tariff-math-says-he-got-it-all-wrong/
An economist Donald Trump cited in calculations for his extra-high global tariffs says that the president should get an F- in math.
University of Chicago economics professor Brett Neiman was a Biden-era Treasury official who wrote the research Trump has cited. In a New York Times op-ed on Monday, Neiman described his initial shock at the initial announcement, still unaware that he was a major player.
“My first question, when the White House unveiled its tariff regime, was: How on earth did they calculate such huge rates?”
Neiman’s question was answered the next day, when he said it got “personal.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/economist-trump-cited-on-tariff-math-says-he-got-it-all-wrong/