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None. But he seems to have a disease found in many high achieving individuals. They spend a lifetime following assumptions that at some point may not apply. For example, many economists now retiring count Keynesian economics as the bedrock of their knowledge. That worked just fine for awhile, but not anymore.

Andrew McCarthy...worked for the Justice Dept for many years. Was an unabashed apologist for the FBI and Jim Comey...until he got past the assumption that both were incorruptible. Our assumptions blind us, and the more accomplished we are the more deeply rooted those assumptions are.

Kudlow is spouting boilerplate. Free trade, free trade, free trade...except what we have with China is not fair trade. "Free trade, free trade, free trade!" in this situation is destructive and counter productive. Getting the ChiComs to exercise free trade is the only winning strategy. Yes, it will involve pain...in this case, not so much for consumers but for the producers hit with counter tariffs.

We laugh when RATs engage in static analysis in regard to taxes. In the case of tariffs, many conservatives commit the same mistake. 25% tariffs on any item will not flow through to consumers.

Care to discuss?