Irwin Stelzer- This Week in Economics, and Next

Affordability, Tariffs, Epstein, Mamdani, Trump’s NYC Nostalgia Trip, Jobs and More

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Irwin Stelzer
Nov 24, 2025
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Trump has declared “affordability” a Democratic “hoax and con job”. He has insisted tariffs are paid by foreigners and do not raise prices paid by American consumers. Clearly a job for Taco Trump, the Trump who Always Chicken Out. Or, if you prefer, Trump the realist, his signature Sharpie marker at the ready, adaptable, never the prisoner of his first …

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