Economists usually like data and studies. Navarro’s approach is new: Thoughtful commentary usually does not commence with “these garbage studies.” The corollary to fake news is, I guess, fake econ. How do you like them apples?

P.S. The origin of “how do you like them apples“: In World War I, some of the mortars resembled apples with a stick in them. In the 1959 movie Rio Bravo a guy tosses a hand grenade and says “How do ya like them apples?”