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Justin Wolfers

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1965 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

That uncertainty means, let me take the business side of this because it's easier. If you're the CEO of any kind of company right now and your staff came to you with expansion plans or they wanted to break ground on a new factory or open a new outlet, you might say to yourself, I don't know what the future looks like. Let me wait three to six months for the air to clear.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

That uncertainty means, let me take the business side of this because it's easier. If you're the CEO of any kind of company right now and your staff came to you with expansion plans or they wanted to break ground on a new factory or open a new outlet, you might say to yourself, I don't know what the future looks like. Let me wait three to six months for the air to clear.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

That uncertainty means, let me take the business side of this because it's easier. If you're the CEO of any kind of company right now and your staff came to you with expansion plans or they wanted to break ground on a new factory or open a new outlet, you might say to yourself, I don't know what the future looks like. Let me wait three to six months for the air to clear.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

Das ist das, was ein Unwahrscheinlichkeitsschock macht. Unwahrscheinlichkeit führt zu einer Verringerung der Anforderungen. Und deshalb denke ich, dass wir in der Mitte davon sind. Und das ist das, was die Rezession-Targeteile verursacht hat. Das könnte in der Folge zu einem steigenden Unwahrscheinlichkeitsschock führen, einem steigenden Einkommen und niedrigeren Wagen.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

Das ist das, was ein Unwahrscheinlichkeitsschock macht. Unwahrscheinlichkeit führt zu einer Verringerung der Anforderungen. Und deshalb denke ich, dass wir in der Mitte davon sind. Und das ist das, was die Rezession-Targeteile verursacht hat. Das könnte in der Folge zu einem steigenden Unwahrscheinlichkeitsschock führen, einem steigenden Einkommen und niedrigeren Wagen.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

Das ist das, was ein Unwahrscheinlichkeitsschock macht. Unwahrscheinlichkeit führt zu einer Verringerung der Anforderungen. Und deshalb denke ich, dass wir in der Mitte davon sind. Und das ist das, was die Rezession-Targeteile verursacht hat. Das könnte in der Folge zu einem steigenden Unwahrscheinlichkeitsschock führen, einem steigenden Einkommen und niedrigeren Wagen.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

Also das ist, wie es die täglichen Leute schlägt.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

Also das ist, wie es die täglichen Leute schlägt.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

Also das ist, wie es die täglichen Leute schlägt.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

Actually, I think checking Kelshi is a pretty good idea, because the problem with talking to one economist is, you don't know if the guy you're talking to is honest. His left wing, his right wing is in the pocket of big something or other.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

Actually, I think checking Kelshi is a pretty good idea, because the problem with talking to one economist is, you don't know if the guy you're talking to is honest. His left wing, his right wing is in the pocket of big something or other.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

Actually, I think checking Kelshi is a pretty good idea, because the problem with talking to one economist is, you don't know if the guy you're talking to is honest. His left wing, his right wing is in the pocket of big something or other.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

Well, no, I'll give a different answer then, which is, there's a lot of research showing the average of many economists is better than any individual economist. Okay. So, it's almost never worth saying, what is your forecast, Justin? What you should say is, Justin, what is the consensus of economists? Okay. Calci is sort of like that. It's a prediction market.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

Well, no, I'll give a different answer then, which is, there's a lot of research showing the average of many economists is better than any individual economist. Okay. So, it's almost never worth saying, what is your forecast, Justin? What you should say is, Justin, what is the consensus of economists? Okay. Calci is sort of like that. It's a prediction market.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

Well, no, I'll give a different answer then, which is, there's a lot of research showing the average of many economists is better than any individual economist. Okay. So, it's almost never worth saying, what is your forecast, Justin? What you should say is, Justin, what is the consensus of economists? Okay. Calci is sort of like that. It's a prediction market.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

So, in fact, Steve Bannon's point is an excellent one. I tweeted 15 minutes ago that Goldman Sachs has cut its recession odds to 35%. Goldman's at the bottom end, but it's absolutely true that the odds of a recession have fallen since the China deal. Now, let me come back and I want to repeat a point I made earlier. but saying it slightly differently.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

So, in fact, Steve Bannon's point is an excellent one. I tweeted 15 minutes ago that Goldman Sachs has cut its recession odds to 35%. Goldman's at the bottom end, but it's absolutely true that the odds of a recession have fallen since the China deal. Now, let me come back and I want to repeat a point I made earlier. but saying it slightly differently.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

So, in fact, Steve Bannon's point is an excellent one. I tweeted 15 minutes ago that Goldman Sachs has cut its recession odds to 35%. Goldman's at the bottom end, but it's absolutely true that the odds of a recession have fallen since the China deal. Now, let me come back and I want to repeat a point I made earlier. but saying it slightly differently.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

Every time Trump steps into tariffs, everyone puts out new research notes saying that the odds of recession have gone up. And every time Trump retreats, they re-evaluate and they say the odds have fallen. And the bigger the retreat, the bigger the revision. So what this says is, yes, the chances of recession have retreated. They've retreated because Trump has retreated from Trumpism.

The Bulwark Podcast
S2 Ep1041: Justin Wolfers: Trump's Centrally Planned Economy

Every time Trump steps into tariffs, everyone puts out new research notes saying that the odds of recession have gone up. And every time Trump retreats, they re-evaluate and they say the odds have fallen. And the bigger the retreat, the bigger the revision. So what this says is, yes, the chances of recession have retreated. They've retreated because Trump has retreated from Trumpism.