Macro Economics

 10 April 2025

A blogger explains how an increase in tariffs can affect economics and cause unemployment, recession, inflation, and conflict. Chandu Stun on X: "@Ronxyz00 When an entrepreneur goes bankrupt, unemployment rises. Those who lose their jobs often struggle to keep up with their mortgage payments, leading to an oversupply of homes on the market with fewer buyers. As housing prices drop, the value of properties no longer matches the" / X "matches the collateral for loans, forcing even those who aren’t yet in dire straits to sell their homes because they can’t provide sufficient guarantees to the bank. Real estate agencies collapse, leaving brokers unemployed.

Delis and diners face challenges as their regular customers - who used to grab breakfast or lunch during workdays - disappear. If these businesses don’t shut down entirely, they at least cut staff, adding to the growing number of people in debt.

Meanwhile, inflation rises as costs increase, and interest rates climb, making it even harder for those who are still managing to stay afloat. They reduce their spending, which leads to more stores and entrepreneurs going bankrupt. And in this game of Monopoly, you can go back to the starting square and start a new round."

Gandalv on X: "@Ronxyz00 Fox News finally discovered how tariffs work — after a special needs toy importer saw his bill jump from $26K to $346K overnight. The world’s been shouting this for months: Americans pay the tariffs. Not China. Not Europe. Welcome to the cost of MAGAnomics." / X

XRP 1% er on X: "@Microinteracti1 @Ronxyz00 There will be trillions of dollars of goods sitting in China warehouses waiting to ship. In the factories will start shutting down in China. That’s the effective tariffs." / X

Gandalv on X: "@XRPistheKING @Ronxyz00 That’s not what’s happening. These are goods that American businesses have already pre-ordered for billions of dollars. But now, because of the sudden tariffs, there’s no longer any point in bringing them into the U.S.—they’ve simply become too expensive to sell. Many of these" / X Many of these shipments are already being rerouted to Europe, Asia, and Latin America instead. So instead of hurting China, Trump’s tariffs are just pushing American inventory and opportunity away from the U.S.

Gandalv on X: "@XRPistheKING @Ronxyz00 That scenario doesn’t hold up. When you add up the populations of Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East, you’re looking at well over 5 billion potential consumers—compared to 330 million in the U.S. Chinese manufacturers won’t struggle to find buyers. Their" / X

Bluepill do exército on X: "@Microinteracti1 @XRPistheKING @Ronxyz00 There's no tariff war between China and South America, Europe, Asia or Africa. Right now, every country is seen the US as the unreliable troublemaker. This is a huge opportunity for China to go even deeper in it's trade expansion over the allies the US is backstabbing now." / X