Economists, Nobel laureates call Trump tariffs 'misguided'

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Economists, Nobel laureates call Trump tariffs 'misguided'

Dozens of leading economists, including two Nobel laureates, have signed a public declaration warning that U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating use of tariffs risks triggering a "self-inflicted recession" and undermining the constitutional balance of power in the United States.

The theory and practice of Trump’s economic policy

The president’s tariffs have wreaked havoc in financial markets. Beneath the short-term turmoil, though, are more fundamental woes. In this episode of The Big View podcast, Edward Chancellor describes how the US became a bubble economy, and why deflating it is so dangerous.

Economist Jeffrey Sachs - a professor at Columbia University and known for his work advising countries such as Russia, Bolivia, and Poland - harshly criticized the tariffs of the Trump Administration and the President of the United States himself. Last week, during the Diplomatic Forum in Antalya, Turkey, Sachs said that the United States has a trade deficit because the government spends more than the country produces, and not because of its tra…

Economist Alex Krüger Says US Committing ‘Economic Suicide’ Forcing American Assets Downward

A closely followed economist says US President Donald Trump is plunging the country into one of the most significant periods of economic turmoil in recent history. Alex Krüger tells his 209,200 followers on the social media platform X that Trump’s tariff policies are causing a massive selloff of US assets. “The US is trying to…

Over 1,300 Economists Condemn Trump’s Tariffs as Economic Folly

A coalition of over 1,300 economists—including Nobel laureates and former policymakers—has publicly denounced the Trump administration’s 2025 tariff policies as reckless, harmful, and historically misguided. Trump’s Tariffs Face Elite Academic Rebuke In a sweeping condemnation of U.S. trade policy,...