Lael Brainard Quotes

People lose in trade, and because our social safety nets here are so thin to begin with, the resistance is greater than it is in some of the other industrial countries.

Lael Brainard

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• People lose in trade, and because our social safety nets here are so thin to begin with, the resistance is greater than it is in some of the other industrial countries.

  

  Lael Brainard
  • People
  • Lose
  • Trade