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Cost of school supplies skyrockets amid Trump's tariffs and Iran war

Name: Cost of school supplies skyrockets amid Trump's tariffs and Iran war
Uploaded: 2026-08-17T09:36:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 4 s
Description: The cost of school supplies has skyrocketed this year amid the war in Iran and President Trump's aggressive tariff policy. Tibor Besedes, an economics professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, joins with more.

The cost of school supplies has skyrocketed this year amid the war in Iran and President Trump's aggressive tariff policy. Tibor Besedes, an economics professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, joins with more.