Who trump ?

yes

there were a couple articles on Reddit about how he allegedly approached a German lab who is developing the vaccine and tried to purchase it and prevent them from selling it to other countries

to monopolize it

it doesn't sound right to me but I can't find any other info and a couple people have brought it up to me with a smug expression and I’ve had nothing to say in return because I don't know anything about it

was hoping some people here may have more info

I feel like they misrepresented the "exclusive licensing to America bit" in that the idea was probably him assuring the German companies that they wouldn't try to cut into their European distribution plans but idk tbh that's my personal interpretation of the vague wording behind it

that makes more sense

thank you for your input, honestly I know nothing about this sort of stuff and don't know where to start,so this at least gives me something to think about

What economic school of thought do you think line up here the best?

Laissez-faire economics is the only valid school tyvm

trump is a protectionist

Personally I fall toward Chicago-School

Of course, I don't *quite* know as i am a stupid teenager

Check out the Austrian school @tposedan good stuff there

Emphasis on von Mises

Any recommended authors? I've read only like two books on this stuff so far

ah ok

Man, Economy, and State - Murray Rothbard

gotcha

For a new liberty - Murray Rothbard

The road to serfdom - Frederich Hayek

I read that

Check those out on Libby app

For free

Actually on my desk rn

oh ok

Yeet

I'm rereading it as it has been a while

About 5 months

As a layperson regarding trade, what is the difference between NAFTA and USMCA

Well, one wasnt signed with a pen that may or may not have been in Monica Lewinski's mouth.

Spread this shit. Nowhere near as bad is MSM is saying, they're purposefully trying to bring down the economy and it's obvious as fuck... yet soooo many idiots are falling for it.

https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-coronavirus-infographic-datapack/

I'm watching our local news tonight, ABC 7 Chicago 10 PM - standard evening news. everyone is buying into this. there is no doubt in anyone's mind that shutting down our economy like this is the best thing we can do.

personally, I am holding my breath, but I feel like this is made out to be something much larger than it is. every year, the flu virus mutates and a new strain washes through society. every 4-5 years, some new crazy strain has come out of this Wuhan lab. we've never shut down our country, and it kills 20-100k people every year through Pneumonia and other complications.

the medical industry in the United States has been producing flu vaccines for decades, and they've become popular. every year, they keep track of which strains are new and which are resurgent. they weigh the pros and cons and decide, strategically, what it's best to innoculate people against. they produce the vaccines, typically dead or dying flu cells which can give you a mild case of the flu, but causes your body to produce antibodies that protect you from those strains throughout the entire flu season.

they give out these shows in october, november... because flu season is from then until it warms up

so along comes COVID-19, right after they release the shot.

dammit, the timing of that.

anyways, I think this isn't going to be much more than a normal flu. however, since we're all sheltering-in-place and shutting down, far less people will die.