Government-Approved Economics Only: Dissent Will Be Punished Kevin Hassett, Trump’s former economic adviser and current National Economic Council Director, just made it official: if you publish economic research that contradicts the government’s narrative, you’re a problem—and problems must be disciplined. That’s not hyperbole. In a jaw-dropping CNBC interview, Hassett declared that the authors of a Federal Reserve study—who found that American consumers and importers bear the cost of tariffs—should face disciplinary action. The reason? Their findings don’t align with the political talking points of the administration. Let that sink in. This wasn’t a fringe blog post or a conspiracy theory—it was a data-driven, peer-reviewed economic analysis published by the New York Federal Reserve. And yet, because it told the truth—that…
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