Kent Smetters
Kent Smetters is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and serves as the faculty director of the nonpartisan Penn Wharton Model. He has been vocal about the implications of the ongoing trade war, expressing concerns that the escalating tariffs and retaliatory measures could lead the U.S. economy towards a recession.
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Countries Mentioned
| Country | Mentions | Sentiment | Dominance | + Persistence | x Population | = Reach | x GDP (millions) | = Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 5.00 | 0.09% | +0% | 331,002,651 | 289,085 | $21,000,000 | 18,341$ |
| Greece | 1 | 7.00 | 0.16% | +0% | 10,423,054 | 17,087 | $190,000 | 311$ |
| Totals | 2 | 341,425,705 | 306,172 | $21,190,000 | 18,652$ |
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Each country's color is based on "Mentions" from the table above.
Recent Mentions
United States:
Kent Smetters, faculty director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, discussed the potential costs of a two-month war.
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Greece:
Kent Smetters, director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, estimated the minimum cost that American taxpayers could incur due to strikes against Iran at 40 billion dollars.
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Vietnam:
Kent Smetters, director of the Penn-Wharton Budget Model, commented on the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling.
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Paraguay:
Kent Smetters is from the University of Pennsylvania and commented on the competitiveness of U.S. businesses under tariffs.
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United States:
Smetters highlighted the difficulties the Fed faces in timing interest rate changes.
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Guatemala:
Kent Smetters warns that the U.S. economy will contract as a large part of the workforce is deported.
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United States:
Kent Smetters, professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, said in an interview that the US economy will get smaller as you deport a lot of the workforce.
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United States:
Kent Smetters is a professor at Wharton who explained the differences in fiscal policy modeling.
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Liechtenstein:
Kent Smetters is an economist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who expressed concern about the implications of the bill.
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Canada:
Kent Smetters of the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Wharton Budget Model said that tariffs also isolate the United States and discourage foreigners from investing in its economy.
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