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Dorian19's avatar

Really liked the scientific approach to this article, with citations and everything.

Made me reconsider some of my views on tariffs.

Hopefully, one of the positive effects from tariffs and the removal of the de minims exemption is the curb in demand for fast fashion clothes and cheaply made garbage.

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Larry Kann's avatar

Removing cheaply made garbage would he nice. I have a bit more philosophical hope, though. It would be nice if people figured out how to discern NEED from WANT and how the latter can be influenced and confused to be the former. I imagine this will disruptive for lots of small businesses that have taken advantage of that de minimis exemption prior to now, though. Those businesses probably need to start thinking about pivots...

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