Effects on golf of tariffs (not a political thread)

[John Kavanaugh]

Yes, I believe he coined the term “invisible foot”.

[Daryl David]

Ian, Chris Rock and Kid Rock are two different people.



Yes. With heavy emphasis on different.

[Chris Hughes]

First time I heard about “Land Banking” it was about this facility constructed in 1993. The owner told me he was going to mess with it until someone bought the ground. This place provided a service to every golfer in the community. They had the only legit club fitter in town. That owner is dead now and golf is still being played.


https://teetimegolfcomplex.com/

What an awesome looking facility, love it...👊


Did any/all of you oracles & soothsayers out there put any money to work today?

[Chris Hughes]

Ian, Chris Rock and Kid Rock are two different people.

Yes. With heavy emphasis on different.

How so?

[MCirba]

Folks,


Just a gentle reminder that the "Ignore" person feature is more fun than tariff-ing other countries, trust me.


Not only do you keep your blood pressure down by not having to read their posts but you do see they posted and are left to humorously guess what nonsense they posted this time.   

[Tom_Doak]

Is seems to me that tariffs will return manufacturing to countries that are better stewards of the environment.   Certainly countries that have higher GDP per co2 emissions.  Can't we all be happy for that?

That is one of the many fallacies of modern economics.  USA emissions are low compared to our GDP because we have outsourced a lot of the emissions (ie the manufacturing) to other countries.

[corey miller]

Is seems to me that tariffs will return manufacturing to countries that are better stewards of the environment.   Certainly countries that have higher GDP per co2 emissions.  Can't we all be happy for that?

That is one of the many fallacies of modern economics.  USA emissions are low compared to our GDP because we have outsourced a lot of the emissions (ie the manufacturing) to other countries.

Is seems to me that tariffs will return manufacturing to countries that are better stewards of the environment.   Certainly countries that have higher GDP per co2 emissions.  Can't we all be happy for that?

That is one of the many fallacies of modern economics.  USA emissions are low compared to our GDP because we have outsourced a lot of the emissions (ie the manufacturing) to other countries.

Fortunately, a higher percentage of our  GDP comes from Goldman Sachs and Blackrock, so it is inherently "cleaner".  That said, even without the emissions to GDP figure, do you really think manufacturing is cleaner in China?  Which says nothing of loading all the crap on a cargo ship and transporting it across the world. 


Maybe Trump would make more people happy if he focused more on the environment vis a vis trade? or perhaps insist on a global living wage as part of trade agreements?

[Brian Finn]

I am just glad I have access to this golf architecture website, where I can track the latest thoughts from the world's foremost authorities on economics, trade, and finance.

[David_Tepper]

"The president stands as much chance of reindustrializing the U.S. as you do of getting your frozen laptop to work by smashing the motherboard with a Minecraft hammer."
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[Eric Smith]

I am just glad I have access to this golf architecture website, where I can track the latest thoughts from the world's foremost authorities on economics, trade, and finance.

Praise Kier.

[Tom_Doak]

Fortunately, a higher percentage of our  GDP comes from Goldman Sachs and Blackrock, so it is inherently "cleaner".  That said, even without the emissions to GDP figure, do you really think manufacturing is cleaner in China?  Which says nothing of loading all the crap on a cargo ship and transporting it across the world. 

Corey:


I had the opportunity to look at a potential project on the west side of Beijing many years ago, out where the coal plants are.  It was like pictures of Pittsburgh from the early days of the 20th century.  But, they also do a lot of precision manufacturing over there, that has to be done in very clean workshops.

[MCirba]

Speaking of Pittsburgh, apparently US manufacturing is only allowed if it promotes continued use of fossil fuels.


https://6abc.com/amp/post/major-steel-projects-pennsylvania-jd-vances-hometown-list-trump-cuts-manufacturing-industry/16144012/

[corey miller]

Interesting MCirba, is that actually what you glean from that article? 




Prefer they run on Nuclear from Three Mile Island but Governor Shapiro only reopened that bad boy for Microsoft so they could run a wasteful AI farm with none of the energy going to people.  Might help him with 2028 contributions however. 

[Craig Sweet]

I wonder how much the market drop is impacting the membership at Augusta National?

[Chris Hughes]

I wonder how much the market drop is impacting the membership at Augusta National?

How much do you think it is?

[Pierre_C]

@Chris / Craig,
If they shorted the market, they made money - shorts made at least $127B USD since 2 April.


https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/wall-street-slide-nets-short-sellers-127-billion-2025-04-08/

I wonder how much the market drop is impacting the membership at Augusta National?

How much do you think it is?

[Chris Hughes]

@Chris / Craig,
If they shorted the market, they made money - shorts made at least $127B USD since 2 April.


https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/wall-street-slide-nets-short-sellers-127-billion-2025-04-08/

I wonder how much the market drop is impacting the membership at Augusta National?

How much do you think it is?

If they went long @ 9.45am yesterday and closed out @ 10.30am today, how much did they make?

[Craig Sweet]

Being played like a fiddle.....power is such an aphrodisiac

[Sam Morrow]

I am just glad I have access to this golf architecture website, where I can track the latest thoughts from the world's foremost authorities on economics, trade, and finance.

Half these guys don't even know architecture!

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