Trump Tariffs Megathread (Please read before posting a trump tariff question)

2025 Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt

Learning economic science on my own — how to avoid getting lost?

Are military supply chains affected by the dollars reserve currency status in the same way civilian supply chains are?

Switzerland has canton-owned banks and UBS as the main international bank (private), is this a good system?

How would demise of the dollar as the global reserve currency affect the world economy?

Why hasn't the Philippines been able to grow its economy more?

why is iran's inflation rate so high?

What’s going on with the Atlanta fed GDP now Q4 projection of 5.4%?

They're saying Unit labor costs fell 1.9% and are calling it a productivity increase, however, could it be the case that labor costs going down are due to a deterioration of the labor market and declining salaries not more things actually being produced?

What’s the benefit of a cash settlement for the buyer?

If economics is a social science, what's the point of politics?

PhD for Quant Econ?

Is there a country whose government is relatively okay, yet suffers from poor economic performance?

If Real wage is higher than 30 years ago why can I afford less?

Does the y-o-y increase in wages of blue-colored/white-colored employees have a strong correlation with inflation ?

What is wrong with the US economy?

Is the US economy heading for a total collapse in the long term as a result of the national debt?

Did the maoist government indirectly benefit china by purging out all rich families?

What’re the possible short and long term ramifications of the recent announcement that institutional investors will be banned from purchasing single family homes?

Likelihood that an increase of natural resources from Venezuela lower gas prices to the point of making drilling unprofitable similar to what we saw during covid?

Why would SHEIN be getting into selling used books from small sellers via Allibris? Tariff related?

How is the Tukey economy booming whilst its currency is tanking?

Has anyone conducted a study that compares the income of college graduates to high school graduates who were accepted to college but didn’t attend?

Short Questions + Career/School Questions - January 07, 2026