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[–] Colloidal@programming.dev 59 points 4 months ago (8 children)

If I recall my history right, the 1929 stock market collapse precipitated the Great Depression, and the tariffs were a (misguided) attempt at trying to set the economy straight.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Ferris bueller kinda called this one.

The bueller... bueller... bueller bit is preceded by ben stein explaining the Hadley snoot tariffs to a visibly bored and distracted classroom.

[–] slag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago

From Smoot-Hawley to Bueller-Trumpy.

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