Trade is a self-imposed supply shock—tariffs make all the things we buy more expensive, raising the price level, which makes people poorer, reduces demand, and increases unemployment by combining inflation and unemployment effects
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Larry SummersEvidence Quote
“I think the simplest way to think about this is as a self-imposed supply shock. We're going to take all the things we buy and we're going to make them more expensive.”
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Tariffs, Decline, and the Promise of AI | A Conversation with Larry Summers and Niall Ferguson— University of Austin (UATX)Created: 8/11/2026, 6:52:24 AM
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