Navarro is one of President Trump’s economic advisers and the one most closely associated with tariffs. Navarro, who has a Ph. D. in Economics from Harvard, holds extremely strong beliefs in the positive power of tariffs. What are the pro-tariff arguments? Let’s break them down.
Who wants to get more for less? I know what you are thinking: Who doesn’t want to get more for less? Evidently one answer is Peter Navarro, and any other economist who believes that a trade deficit is a bad thing. For those who are less familiar, Mr. Navarro is one of President Trump’s advisers…
The “dealings of my trade” are to maximize the financial welfare of our clients. Maximizing economic growth is part of that equation, which means when I discuss economic policies I will point out when they actually hurt the economy, and that is what gets me in trouble.
