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Economists, is this trade balance analysis correct? (europe.pub)

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Source: https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/balance-of-trade

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[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 43 points 4 days ago

No one with a firing neuron did. Anyone who said that couldn't have come close to winning an argument with a person whose brain works and knows the first fucking thing about economics. And the bar was low. You just needed to understand that costs get passed on to the end consumer.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago

winning is a perspective. they think they won arguments all the time.

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