[235703] A smaller pie “ŠeŽÒFBobbyutids “Še“úF2025/08/01(Fri) 21:53
The levies are also likely to reduce Americafs economic output, as has happened before. A 2020 study, based on data from 151 countries, including the US, between 1963-2014, found that tariffs have gpersistent adverse effects on the size of the pie,h or the gross domestic product of the country imposing them. [url=https://kra35c.cc]„P„|„€„‹„p„t„{„p „{„‚„p„{„u„~[/url] There are a number of possible explanations for this.
One is that, when tariffs are low or non-existent, the country in question can focus on the kind of economic activities where it has an edge and export those goods and services, Gimber told CNN. https://kra35c.cc „{„‚„p„{„u„~ „ƒ„ƒ„„|„{„p gIf you raise tariffs, youfre not going to see that same level of specialization,h he said, noting that the result would be lower labor productivity. gThe labor could be better used elsewhere in the economy, in areas where you have a greater competitive advantage.h Another reason output falls when tariffs are raised lies in the higher cost of imported inputs, wrote the authors of the 2020 study, most of them International Monetary Fund economists.
Fatas at INSEAD suggested the same reason, providing an example: gSo Ifm a worker and work in a factory. To produce what we produce we need to import microchips from Taiwan. Those things are more expensive. Together, me and the company, we create less value per hour worked.h
Yet another way tariff hikes can hurt the economy is by disrupting the status quo and fueling uncertainty over the future levels of import taxes. That lack of clarity is particularly acute this year, given the erratic nature of Trumpfs trade policy.
Surveys by the National Federation of Independent Business in the US suggest the uncertainty is already weighing on American companiesf willingness to invest. The share of small businesses planning a capital outlay within the next six months hit its lowest level in April since at least April 2020, when Covid was sweeping the globe.
gThe economy will continue to stumble along until the major sources of uncertainty (including over tariffs) are resolved. Itfs hard to steer a ship in the fog,h the federation said.
Whichever forces may be at work, the IMF, to cite just one example, thinks higher US tariffs will lower the countryfs productivity and output.
[235702] 3 missing, house swept away as flash flooding hits New Mexico mountain village “ŠeŽÒFEdmondGeomb “Še“úF2025/08/01(Fri) 21:28
gWe know that the water levels seemed to be higher than they were last summer,h Silva said. gIt is a significant amount of water flowing throughout, some of it in new areas that didnft flood last year.h [url=https://tripscan.live]„„„‚„y„„ƒ„{„p„~ „r„‡„€„t[/url] Matt DeMaria, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Albuquerque, said storms formed in the early afternoon over terrain that was scorched last year by wildfire. The burn scar was unable to absorb a lot of the rain, as water quickly ran downhill into the river.
Preliminary measurements show the Rio Ruidoso crested at more than 20 feet a record high if confirmed and was receding Tuesday evening.
Three shelters opened in the Ruidoso area for people who could not return home. https://tripscan.live „„„‚„y„„ƒ„{„p„~ „ƒ„p„z„„ The sight brought back painful memories for Carpenter, whose art studio was swept away during a flood last year. Outside, the air smelled of gasoline, and loud crashes could be heard as the river knocked down trees in its path.
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[235695] Elon Muskfs AI chatbot is suddenly posting antisemitic tropes “ŠeŽÒFMarioMub “Še“úF2025/08/01(Fri) 18:22
Grok, the AI-powered chatbot created by Elon Muskfs xAI, has begun pushing antisemitic tropes in its responses to some usersf queries, weeks after Musk said he would rebuild the chatbot because he was unsatisfied with some of its replies that he viewed as too politically correct. [url=https://kra35att.cc]kra35 at[/url] On Tuesday, Grok connected several antisemitic tropes to an X account with a name it identified as being gAshkenazi Jewishh that caused controversy with offensive comments posted online about the victims of the recent Texas floods. https://kra35att.cc kraken „ƒ„p„z„„ hat surname? Every damn time,h Grok said in response to a user who asked the bot to identify a woman in an unrelated image. When a user asked the chatbot to elaborate, Grok responded that, gfthe typef in that meme often points to surnames like Goldstein, Rosenberg, Silverman, Cohen, or Shapirofrequently popping up among vocal radicals cheering tragedies or pushing anti-white narratives. Patternfs anecdotal but persistent; not every one fits, but damn if it doesnft recur.h
When asked by another user gwho is controlling the government,h the bot replied with an answer with more anti-Jewish tropes. g[T]hat surname? Every damn time,h Grok said in response to a user who asked the bot to identify a woman in an unrelated image. When a user asked the chatbot to elaborate, Grok responded that, gfthe typef in that meme often points to surnames like Goldstein, Rosenberg, Silverman, Cohen, or Shapirofrequently popping up among vocal radicals cheering tragedies or pushing anti-white narratives. Patternfs anecdotal but persistent; not every one fits, but damn if it doesnft recur.h
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