Expert Warns Railroad Strike Would Cause ‘Real Damage in the US Economy’

Expert Warns Railroad Strike Would Cause ‘Real Damage in the US Economy’
Lines of oil tanker cars sit in the busy Mandan railroad yard in Mandan, N.D., on Nov. 6, 2015. Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP
Jack Phillips
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A Harvard professor warned that a looming railroad strike could cause significant disruption to U.S. supply chains that most Americans would notice.

“I cannot imagine a larger and more rapid hit to supply chains than a rail strike,” said Jason Furman, a Harvard economics professor and a top adviser who served in former President Barack Obama’s White House, according to a recent interview with Politico.
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