Brent Neiman, a Chicago economist believed to be the inspiration behind President Donald Trump's tariffs, revealed that he was shocked to learn he is being associated with the policy, arguing the administration got its math wrong.
Neiman, an economist at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, said the policy he originally proposed is based partly on academic work he co-wrote with three renowned economists— but insists the administration miscalculated. He also wrote in a New York Times Op-Ed on Monday saying "they got it all wrong."
