You are a one-note-wonder. Aside from GDP having grown in some years in spite of Hawley Smoot (a statement of fact granted, but having no bearing on the net effect of Hawley Smoot), have you any other arguments?
“the GDP figures totally refute his claim”
I know you did not make this statement...but you appear to be wise in the ways of Econ 101.
Isn’t governemnt spending a part of the Gross Domestic Product? Wouldn’t increased gov’t spending in the 1930s be a (significant) factor in WHY the GDP continued to increase despite Smoot Hawley?