Hacker News with Generative AI: Economics

Are Tariffs an Emergency Power? (lawfaremedia.org)
In his first few months in office, President Trump has unleashed a blitz of tariffs and threats of tariffs against Colombia, Canada, Mexico, the European Union, and China.
Trade, Politics, Economics, Law
4 points by hn_acker 4 hours ago | 0 comments
Trump's new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT's (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Politics, Artificial Intelligence, Economics
9 points by ericzawo 5 hours ago | 1 comments
Donald Trump takes his trade war to the tiniest nations (ft.com)
Donald Trump takes his trade war to the world’s tiniest nations
Politics, International Relations, Trade, Economics
7 points by Jtsummers 5 hours ago | 1 comments
Video game industry group expects Trump tariffs to have dire effects (gamefile.news)
The Entertainment Software Association, the U.S. trade group that reps all major gaming companies, including Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, says President Donald Trump's recently announced tariffs "are going to have a real and detrimental impact on the video game industry."
Video Games, Trade, Politics, Economics
4 points by SLHamlet 6 hours ago | 0 comments
The Darkest Timeline – how I see the 54% tariff impacting the game industry (stonemaiergames.com)
Last night I tried to work on a new game I’m brainstorming, but it’s really hard to create something for the future when that future looks so grim. I mostly just found myself staring blankly at the enormity of the newly announced 54% tariff on goods manufactured in China and imported to the US.
Game Industry, Trade Policy, Economics, China
14 points by vyrotek 6 hours ago | 11 comments
Office of the United States Trade Representative Reciprocal Tariff Calculations (ustr.gov)
Reciprocal tariffs are calculated as the tariff rate necessary to balance bilateral trade deficits between the U.S. and each of our trading partners.
Trade, Economics, International Relations, Government
13 points by shidoshi 6 hours ago | 3 comments
Countries apply lower tariffs on products by high-emitting "dirty" industries (news.berkeley.edu)
Countries around the world consistently apply lower tariffs on products produced by “dirty” industries than by “clean” ones, finds a new analysis.
International Trade, Environmental Policy, Economics, Industry
5 points by TaurenHunter 8 hours ago | 2 comments
2025 Recession Indicators Hit Fashion and Wall Street at Once (marieclaire.com)
Recession, Economics, Fashion, Wall Street
81 points by herbertl 8 hours ago | 145 comments
Why Trump's tariff chaos makes sense (big picture) [video] (youtube.com)
Politics, Economics, Trade, Video
4 points by vanburen 8 hours ago | 0 comments
Trump's new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT's (theverge.com)
When President Donald Trump began yesterday’s announcement of the White House’s latest trade policy brandishing a novelty-sized cardboard sign labeled “Reciprocal Tariffs,” the immediate and nearly unanimous response was bafflement.
Politics, Economics, Artificial Intelligence
51 points by marban 9 hours ago | 24 comments
Bikes in the age of tariffs (renehersecycles.com)
Today’s post was going to be about a new product we’re introducing—but we need to hold off while we recalculate our prices. You’ve probably seen the news: Virtually all imports into the United States will be subjected to additional, steep import taxes, also called tariffs. The goal is to radically re-orient how manufacturing is done, and to make things domestically. Tariffs tend to be reciprocal, so most countries will increase their tariffs on American-made goods, too.
Tariffs, Trade, Manufacturing, Economics, Bicycle Industry
78 points by bobchadwick 9 hours ago | 86 comments
President Trump's mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc (economist.com)
Economics, Politics, Trade
21 points by nabla9 11 hours ago | 15 comments
Dow drops 1,500 points, S&P 500 loses 4% as stock market rout on tariffs worsens (cnbc.com)
Finance, Stock Market, Trade, Economics, Tariffs
18 points by spzx 12 hours ago | 10 comments
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer (theguardian.com)
The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the financial sector unable to operate.
Climate Change, Capitalism, Economics, Insurance
19 points by ljf 16 hours ago | 4 comments
AI theorized to have dropped a − sign in Trump tariff calculation (chaos.social)
Artificial Intelligence, Politics, Economics
11 points by eqvinox 17 hours ago | 1 comments
Reverse engineering of the formula used to generate the "reciprocal tariffs" (twitter.com)
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Economics, International Trade, Data Analysis, Reverse Engineering
34 points by mfiguiere 22 hours ago | 11 comments
Calibrated Basic Income by Derek Van Gorder [pdf] (greshm.org)
Economics, Social Programs, Research, Public Policy
49 points by Suncho 22 hours ago | 65 comments
Trump announce 10% tariff on all imports, higher rates for some trading partners (channelnewsasia.com)
Trade, Politics, Economics, Tariffs
6 points by doppp 23 hours ago | 1 comments
Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices (whitehouse.gov)
Trade, Economics, International Relations, Government Policy
21 points by vyrotek 1 day ago | 66 comments
Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing (apnews.com)
President Donald Trump is set to sign a barrage of self-described “reciprocal” tariffs on friend and foe alike.
Politics, Trade, Economics, Tariffs
48 points by thunderbong 1 day ago | 28 comments
Trump Announces Sweeping Tariffs (apnews.com)
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners — a 34% tax on imports from China and 20% on the European Union, among others — that threaten to dismantle much of the architecture of the global economy and trigger broader trade wars.
Politics, International Trade, Economics
36 points by Element_ 1 day ago | 2 comments
Trump Unveils Sweeping Retaliatory Tariffs at White House (nytimes.com)
President Trump unveiled his most expansive tariffs to date in a ceremony at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, saying he would impose a 10 percent tariff on all trading partners as well as double-digits tariffs on dozens of other countries that administration officials said had treated the United States unfairly.
Politics, Trade, Economics, International Relations, United States
13 points by jaredwiener 1 day ago | 0 comments
US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU (bbc.com)
US President Donald Trump announces universal 10% tariffs on all imports into the US will go into effect on 5 April in a watershed moment for global trade
Trade, Politics, International Relations, Economics
1728 points by belter 1 day ago | 3295 comments
Global scam industry evolving at 'unprecedented scale' despite recent crackdown (cnn.com)
Global Crime, Scams, Cybercrime, Economics, Law Enforcement
7 points by kingforaday 1 day ago | 3 comments
Are tariffs bad for growth? Yes, say 5 decades of data from 150 countries (2020) (sciencedirect.com)
Using an annual panel of macroeconomic data for 151 countries over 1963–2014, we find that tariff increases are associated with an economically and statistically sizeable and persistent decline in output growth.
Economics, Trade, Tariffs, Data Analysis, Macroeconomics
11 points by belter 2 days ago | 3 comments
Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows (theguardian.com)
Economic models have systematically underestimated how global heating will affect people’s wealth, according to a new study that finds 4C warming will make the average person 40% poorer – an almost four-fold increase on some estimates.
Climate Change, Economics, Research, Global Warming
11 points by nickcotter 2 days ago | 2 comments
Move fast, break things: A review of Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson (networked.substack.com)
Abundance, the buzzy new political call to arms by New York Times writer/podcaster Ezra Klein and The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson, is less a book than a manifesto.
Politics, Books, Media, Economics
54 points by jaypinho 2 days ago | 125 comments
Simulated Economy Tutorial (jasonfantl.com)
Imagine an open world RPG where your actions affect the price of goods, the markets reacting to anything the player may do (burn down wheat fields, cost of food increases; kill the merchants, prices differentiate between cities; sell the many swords you’ve collected on your adventures, tank the sword market). What would it take to have such an adaptive simulated economy?
Game Development, Economics, Artificial Intelligence
105 points by jfantl 2 days ago | 64 comments
Why are credit card rates so high? (newyorkfed.org)
Finance, Economics, Credit Cards
51 points by Vox_Leone 2 days ago | 130 comments
Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows (theguardian.com)
Economic models have systematically underestimated how global heating will affect people’s wealth, according to a new study that finds 4C warming will make the average person 40% poorer – an almost four-fold increase on some estimates.
Climate Change, Economics, Global Warming, Research, Poverty
10 points by speckx 2 days ago | 1 comments