Aula de economia do dia

The Big Picture usa a decisão dos EUA de impor tarifas à importação de pneus chineses para lembrar da sonolenta aula de economia do maior clássico da Sessão da Tarde: Curtindo a vida adoidado (Ferris Bueller's Day Off). Divirtam-se:



“In 1930, the Republican controlled House of Rep, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the… Anyone? Anyone?… the Great Depression, passed the…Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act which, anyone? anyone? Raised or lowered?… Raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal gov’t. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and the US sank deeper into the Great Depression.”