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“I sometimes call Donald Trump the placebo president. He will talk a big game, but for domestic policy I think change remarkably little.”

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Tyler Cowen

Tyler Cowen is an American economist known for his extensive research in economics, market theory, and the digital economy. He is a professor of economics at George Mason University and is also an active writer and critic. His books, such as 'Discovering Economics' and 'The Power of Markets,' have had a significant impact on the field of economics. more

“People feel better because Donald Trump says all kinds of things no one else would say and we get certain tendencies out of our system. So if attacking immigrants, say, is a substitute for doing something worse, there's at least a scenario under which that's a better alternative than something else that might have happened.”

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Author:Tyler Cowen

“Here's the positive scenario: that something has been going wrong in American society. You see it in wage growth, opioid abuse, many other social indicators, as you know. Sometimes it's better to get the bad reaction to that over with quickly while your civil society still is strong and you can react and respond and protest, and you know, four or eight years from now, make another decision, and maybe it's better to have that happen in 2017 than 20 years later when some of our problems are worse and our national mood is worse.”

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Author:Tyler Cowen

“It's not beneficial when you have a presidential candidate like Donald Trump, telling his supporters "punch that guy in the face." I think everyone candidate ought to aspire toward civility, towards decency, towards bringing us together. I don't think we should be using angry and hateful rhetoric.”

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Author:Ted Cruz

“Donald Trump done a lot of name calling, and he created a very toxic atmosphere. I mean just we want to start with immigration, do you want to start with these things that he has said - you know, about Muslims. I mean, where it ends?”

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Author:John Kasich