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Trump emerges as ‘prime suspect’ in economic mystery stumping experts: economist

A top economist believes he has finally solved why Americans feel so lousy about an economy that looks healthy on paper. University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers made his case Wednesday in his Substack newsletter Platypus Economics, pinning much of the national gloom on a record collapse in public faith in how President Donald Trump's…

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