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Christopher HODGE ...
  • Jonathan PINGLE

Biden targets unions and young professionals with new policies

President Biden this week laid out a plan to increase tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum products and to take another swing at student debt forgiveness. Both policies have questionable positive macroeconomic effects, with potentially considerable downsides. Tariffs on Chinese imports risk retaliatory measures and both tariffs and debt forgiveness could help stoke further inflation. The targets of both policies – union workers and blue-collar Americans more broadly , as well as young college graduates – are constituencies Biden needs to help his 2024 election chances. Neither plan would have much economic significance in the short run as their implementation will likely be delayed, if enacted at all. These seem to be policies that are more political play s than an economic one s.
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Christopher HODGE

Jonathan PINGLE

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