Trump vs. the U.S. Economy | The Ezra Klein Show
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What is going on with the economy right now? There are a lot of mixed signals. President Trump slashed taxes, but he’s also bringing in a lot of money through tariffs. Inflation is creeping up, but the stock market keeps rising. Eye-wateringly large investments are flowing to A.I., which could lead to an explosion of productivity but also mass job loss. And then Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a disappointing jobs report, raising concerns that the government’s dat...
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- Precious Anne Frank (person)
- Paul Ryan (person)
- Liberation Day (concept)
- American economy (concept)
- jobs report (concept)
- Natasha Sarin (person)
- El Budget Lab (company)
- GM (company)
- GDP (concept)
- Artificial Intelligence (concept)
- Supreme Court (company)
- durable goods (concept)
- services (concept)
- Mexico (location)
- national security (concept)
- autarky (concept)
- Project 2025 (concept)
- Japan (location)
- trade deficit (concept)
- manufacturing (concept)