According to Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute, Geneva, Navarro's economic plan for Trump reflects "astoundingly ignorant economics".
[22] Dan Ikenson, director of Cato's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, described Navarro's views on trade as "misguided" and "dangerous".
[23] The Economist magazine has described Navarro's views on trade as "dodgy economics" and "fantasy".
[5] Laurence Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics at Boston University, describes Navarro as starting, together with President Trump, a new school of economic thought -- "Stupid Economics."
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