In the face of a tariff shock, an energy shock and a fiscal shock, the Fed is opting to raise interest rates. Donald Trump may not like it, but he has only himself to blame.
Guest: Justin Wolfers, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at University of Michigan, host of Platypus Economics.
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